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Joseph (/ ˈ dʒ oʊ z ə f,-s ə f /; Hebrew: יוֹסֵף, romanized: Yōsēp̄, lit. 'He shall add') [2] [a] is an important Hebrew figure in the Bible's Book of Genesis.He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh son).
"Slave Trader, Sold to Tennessee" depicting a coffle from Virginia in 1850 (Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum) Poindexter & Little, like many interstate slave-trading firms, had a buy-side in the upper south and a sell-side in the lower south [13] (Southern Confederacy, January 12, 1862, page 1, via Digital Library of Georgia) Slave ...
Joseph: Beloved Son, Rejected Slave, Exalted Ruler is a 2015 American direct-to-video animated biblical drama film. It is an adaptation of the story of Joseph from the Book of Genesis in the Bible . [ 1 ]
St. Patrick, himself captured and sold as a slave, protested against an attack that enslaved newly baptized Christians in his "Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus". As a commonly traded commodity, like cattle, slaves could become a form of internal or trans-border currency. [300] Slavery during the Early Middle Ages had several distinct sources.
Joseph Sold to Potiphar (c. 1515) by Pontormo. Joseph Sold to Potiphar is an oil on panel painting by Pontormo, executed c. 1515, now in the National Gallery in London. [1] Like The Baker Tortured, Joseph in Egypt and Joseph's Brothers Ask Him For Help (all also in the National Gallery), it was originally painted for the Marriage Chamber of the Palazzo Borgherini.
Because Joseph told Jacob that his sons were demeaning the sons of the maidservants and calling them slaves, "Joseph was sold as a slave" (Psalms 105:17). Because Joseph told Jacob that they were staring at the girls of the land, Potiphar's wife "cast her eyes upon Joseph." (Genesis 39:7). [68]
Joseph and His Brothers (German: Joseph und seine Brüder, pronounced [ˈjoːzɛf ʊnt ˌzaɪ̯nə ˈbʁyːdɐ]) is a four-part novel by Thomas Mann, written over the course of 16 years. Mann retells the familiar stories of Genesis , from Jacob to Joseph (chapters 27–50), setting it in the historical context of the Amarna Period .
In Egypt, Joseph is a Hebrew slave to Potiphar, chief of Pharaoh's palace guard. The overseer Ednan torments Joseph for his refusal to show deference, but Joseph earns his respect by reading, and Ednan increasingly relies on Joseph. Potiphar's wife unsuccessfully tries to seduce Joseph, and falsely accuses him of rape.