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That was Pharaoh's predicament, as told in Legends of the Jews. He summons all his wise men, his magicians, his interpreters of dreams. "Tell me," he demands, "what do these vision...
The scene: Joseph, now a powerful figure in Egypt, has just made a demand. He wants one of his brothers to stay behind as a hostage, a guarantee of their good faith. It's a tense m...
That’s kind of what happened when Joseph and his brothers finally made peace in Egypt. Remember the story? Joseph, sold into slavery by his jealous brothers, rises to power in Egyp...
We know the basic story: famine in Canaan, Joseph's rise to power, the invitation to relocate. But the details…oh, the details! They’re richer and more fascinating than you might i...
Even tales that seem straightforward often have shadowy corners, and the story of Asenath, Joseph's wife, is no exception. We all remember the story of Joseph. Sold into slavery in...
That feeling of responsibility, that weight of expectation... it's woven deep into the fabric of Jewish history. And no story embodies that more poignantly than the tale of Moses a...
This particular passage feels like a father's desperate plea to his children, a warning whispered on the eve of exile. "Be not like Sodom, my children," it begins. Don't repeat the...
We all know the story: Pharaoh, threatened by the growing Israelite population in Egypt, decides to enslave them. But how did he start? It wasn't just snapping his fingers and orde...
There's a fascinating story in Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews that tackles this very question, and it involves none other than Moses himself. So, picture this: An Arabian king comm...
