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That’s exactly what happened to Zepho. After a fierce battle, Joseph—yes, that Joseph, of the coat of many colors—returned triumphant. But instead of celebrating, he ordered Zepho ...
And someone was ready to stoke those embers. The son of Pharaoh, consumed by his own wicked ambitions, wasn't about to let things lie. He'd already failed to turn Simon and Levi ag...
One such story, expanded upon in Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews, concerns Asenath, Joseph's wife. Remember the dramatic reunion of Joseph and his brothers? It turns out there was m...
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...
The ancient traditions certainly thought so. Let's turn our gaze to the tribe of Benjamin. According to the Legends of the Jews, as retold by Louis Ginzberg, we can almost read the...
We find a glimpse of it in Legends of the Jews, Louis Ginzberg's monumental work that draws together so many threads of Jewish tradition. Reuben, you see, knew he was partially res...
He's surrounded by his children, his life's work laid bare before him. He’s not reminiscing about past glories, though. He's consumed by a vision of the future – a future where his...
Naphtali, one of the twelve sons of Jacob, is on his deathbed, surrounded by his family. And what he says is “I am one hundred and twenty-two years old," he proclaims, "and I can d...
to the story of Zebulun, one of the twelve sons of Jacob, and see how his compassion became his legacy. He’s not always the first name that comes to mind when we think of the tribe...
