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Joseph is thrown into a well, and was taken as a slave by a passing caravan. When the brothers claimed to the father that a wolf had eaten Joseph, he observed patience. [50] In the Bible, Joseph discloses himself to his brethren before they return to their father the second time after buying grain. [51]
The narrative of the Testament explains that it was Judah who had sold Joseph into slavery, and goes on to portray Joseph as the ideal of virtue and generosity. The Testament 5:4-6 in an aside attacks Simeon's children for the sin of miscegenation, Numbers 25. It does not mention the attack on Shechem, which in the Torah Simeon had mounted ...
Being sold into sexual slavery meant greater chance of perpetual servitude, by way of explicit enslavement or forced marriage. One of the first discussions of manumission in the New Testament can be seen in Paul's interaction with Philemon's slave Onesimus.
After inviting the brothers to a feast, Joseph orders that Benjamin shall be punished, but the brothers offer themselves in his place to Joseph's surprise, where they confess to having sold Joseph into slavery. Joseph finally reveals himself to them, and they reconcile. Joseph reunites with his father Jacob.
The final chapters of the Book of Genesis (Genesis 37–50) tell how Joseph, son of Jacob, is sold by his brothers into Egyptian slavery, promoted by another unnamed pharaoh to vizier of Egypt, and later given permission to bring his father, his brothers, and their families into Egypt to live in the Land of Goshen (eastern Nile Delta around ...
Joseph's Brothers Sell Him into Captivity (1855 painting by Konstantin Flavitsky). Vayeshev, Vayeishev, or Vayesheb (וַיֵּשֶׁב —Hebrew for "and he lived," the first word of the parashah) is the ninth weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt. (Joseph sold to slavery by his own brothers after their father Isaac sent him to check up on them.)
Joseph is the eldest son of Jacob and Rachel. Their large family is marred by discord and violence. One day, Jacob gives Joseph a beautiful coat, which causes his envious half-brothers to sell Joseph into slavery. Potiphar announces that Joseph will go to Pharaoh's prison for humiliating his wife.