Jacob leaves for Egypt. On the way, he has a vision from God that tells him it is indeed God’s will that he go there, that God’s will make his family into a great nation and that he will see Joseph before he dies. His family (all his sons, and their wives and the grand-children) go with him ( Read more... )

Joseph sends his brother back with food, and money, and asks his servant to hide his divining silver cup in his younger brother (his only full-brother) bag ( Read more... )

So for a while they don’t go, and they live of Joseph’s grain but once they’ve eaten it all, Joseph wants them to go back to Egypt and they can’t do that without Benjamin so they end up convincing Jospeh to let him go ( Read more... )

Back in Canaan, Jacob and his family are starving, so he sends ten of his sons to Egypt to buy grain. They go ask Joseph to sell them some grain, but while Joseph recognizes them, they don’t, and he accuses them of being spies. Joseph puts them in jail, and after three days, he frees nine of them with the mission to go to Canaan and bring back the ( Read more... )

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Two of Pharaoh's officers are arrested and put in Joseph's jail. One night, they both dream, but are without an interpreter. Joseph offers his services. He interprets the dreams correctly (one will be vindicated and the other hanged.)
Joseph had asked the one who would be vindicated to remember him, but he doesn't.

Yet another narrative chapter.

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Joseph is brought to Egypt and bought by an Egyptian. God is with him and therefore everything turns to gold (metaphorically) between his hands. His master leaves him all the running of the house. Then the master's wife tries to sleep with Joseph, who refuses and she accuses him of having tried to sleep with her. Joseph ends up in jail, but the ( Read more... )

Juda leaves his brothers. He marries, and has three sons. Juda marries his first son to Tamar, but God doesn't like the son, so he dies. Juda marries his second son, Onân, to Tamar with the understanding that his children by Tamar will be his brother's. Onân doesn't want that, so he practices the coitus interruptus. God doesn't like that either so ( Read more... )

Chapter 36 - Wives and children of Esaü in Canaan
Yay! A genealogy chapter!

Esaü has three wives and five sons. He goes to live somewhere that's not where his brother lives, because they're too rich to live in the same place.

Then you have another overview of Esaü's sons (there's more of them this time) and other genealogical considerations.

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Meeting EsaüJacob sets up everything so his people will be safe if Esau has ill intentions, but Esau is very happy to see that his brother is back. Esaü tries to refuse the gifts that Jacob wants to give him but Jacob insists and Esaü ends up accepting ( Read more... )