Parshat Vayeshev

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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.

Marriage of Joseph and Potiphar

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:86

The details, as they say, are in the legends. Potiphar, understandably enraged by his wife's claims about Joseph, didn't just shrug it off. He had Joseph stripped and beaten, accor...

JosephTorahEgyptJudgment

Joseph's Vision and Potiphar

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:90

That's precisely where we find Joseph, the dreamer, in a rather precarious position. He ends up in the service of Potiphar – or Poti-phera as he's sometimes known – an Egyptian pri...

AngelsJosephPrayer

Joseph Among the Fathers and Pharaoh

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:146

Our story begins with Pharaoh's chief butler, recently tossed in the slammer. He's troubled, haunted by a vivid dream he can't shake. "In my dream," he recounts, "behold, a vine wa...

PatriarchsJosephMosesProphecy

Joseph Speaks for God and Judah

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:262

It can make you feel like you can take on the world. That's the feeling that must have coursed through Joseph's brothers as they strode back into the Egyptian city. Remember, these...

JosephProphecy

Judah and Joseph of Egypt

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:295

Tension? You could cut it with a knife. And Judah, ever the fiery one, is ready to rumble. His anger flares. “The fire of Shechem burneth in my heart,” he declares, “now will I bur...

JosephTorahEgypt

Joseph in Battle and Judah

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:297

Let me tell you a story, one ripped from the pages of Legends of the Jews, that might just give you a taste. Imagine this: Joseph, elevated to power in Egypt, is finally face-to-fa...

JosephEgypt

Joseph and the Lawgiver of Egypt

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:301

The stakes? Nothing less than the fate of Egypt, and the freedom of his own people. According to Legends of the Jews, as retold by Ginzberg, the situation had reached a fever pitch...

JosephMosesExileEgypt

Wisdom of Joseph and Potiphar

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:467

We're talking about the story of Joseph in Egypt, specifically his potential marriage to Asenath. According to Ginzberg's retelling in Legends of the Jews, during the first of the ...

Hell/GehennaJosephMosesProphecy

Egypt: Joseph Among the Fathers

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:488

Our story takes us back to Joseph in Egypt, a man who rose from prisoner to viceroy. As his life neared its end, Joseph knew he had one crucial task left: to ensure his bones would...

PatriarchsJosephMosesMessiah