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Joseph's dreams and his brothers' jealousy, Joseph sold into slavery, Judah and Tamar, and Joseph in Potiphar's house and prison. Genesis 37:1-40:23.

Dan's Transgression and Blessings

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 355:13

Take the blessing of the tribe of Dan in Deuteronomy, for example. It seems simple enough, but the rabbis of old saw layers upon layers of significance packed into just a few words...

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Kingdom of Jacob and Canaan

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 34:4

Today, we're diving into Chapter 34, a snapshot of tension and impending conflict. The scene is set: the seven kings of the Amorites—ancient inhabitants of Canaan—are plotting agai...

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Benjamin at the Dawn of Creation

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 43:10

Remember the story of Joseph, sold into slavery in Egypt? He rises through the ranks, becomes a powerful official, and then… his brothers, unknowingly, come to him seeking grain du...

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Death of Jacob of Egypt

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 43:33

Years ago, you thought you'd lost your beloved son, Joseph, to a tragic death. The grief must have been unbearable. Now, after all this time, his brothers are returning from Egypt ...

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Manetho and the Origins of the World

Josephus Against Apion 14:1

Take the story of the Jewish people and their time in Egypt, for example. We all know the Exodus story from the Torah, but what did the Egyptians themselves say about it? That's wh...

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Zaphnath Paaneah in Heaven

Book of Jasher Jasher 49

Remember Joseph? The Hebrew slave who correctly interpreted Pharaoh's dream about the famine? Well, Pharaoh hasn't forgotten. According to the Book of Jasher, after seeing that Jos...

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Death of Jacob and Hadad

Book of Jasher Jasher 62

It’s a relentless chronicle of life and death, battles and betrayals. We're in Egypt, some seventy-nine years after Jacob and his family arrived. The years are marked by a somber r...

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Targum Jonathan on Genesis 39

Midrash Aggadah Targum Jonathan on Genesis 39

But Joseph was brought down into Mizraim; and Potiphar, … a man of Mizraim, a chief of Pharoh, a chief of the executioners, bought him with the pledge of the Arabians who had broug...

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Targum Jonathan on Genesis 48

Midrash Aggadah Targum Jonathan on Genesis 48

And after these things it was told Joseph, Behold, thy father is lying ill. And he took his two sons with him., Menasheh and Ephraim. And it was announced to Jakob, saying, Behold,...

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