Joseph and I think going on here. that’s what’s R. The Joseph Narrative [81:51-84:01] Now I want to hit the Joseph narrative, this is going to be fast. I want to compare Jacob and Joseph. Jacob and Joseph in the book of Genesis are compared. The two were very different characters but yet have similar lives. For example, in both the Jacob story and the Joseph story you have the supremacy of the younger brother. Jacob is the younger brother, Esau is the older brother. Jacob is supreme. Joseph is the younger brother, the older brothers are all corrupt, Joseph is the winner. So there is the supremacy of the younger brother. In both the Jacob story and the Joseph story you get strife and deception in the family. By the way, you can see deception in the name You can see strife in the name “Jacob.” Do you remember when I started out Jacob is strife and deception? “Israel.” Those are two names: Jacob and Israel. Basically, the parental favoritism Jacob’s leads to sibling rivalry. Did Jacob favor Joseph over the other kids? Do you remember the coat of many colors? So Jacob favored him and whenever you have parental favoritism does it lead to the brothers and sisters duking it out? So, parental favoritism leads to sibling rivalry and strife in the families. In both cases the younger one who was the special one was separated from his family for 20 years. Jacob is separated from his family up in Haran. Joseph is separated from his family down in Egypt. Then, both Jacob and Joseph prosper in a foreign land. Joseph is going to come up so right under Pharaoh. Jacob gets all his wealth he’s from Laban. So they both prosper in a foreign land. Finally, lastly here, both of them at the end of their lives are reunited with their estranged brothers. Jacob is reunited with Esau although there are some problems with that, and Joseph is reunited with his brothers. At the end do you remember Joseph and the brothers come together. So the stories of Jacob and Joseph are somewhat parallel in the way the story forms, although two totally different characters. they’re S. Joseph and Wisdom [84:02-85:53] Now another major shift, I want to compare the Joseph narrative in Genesis
Joseph and I think that’s what’s going on here. R. The Joseph Narrative [81:51-84:01] Now I want to hit the Joseph narrative, this is going to be fast. I want to compare Jacob and Joseph. Jacob and Joseph in the book of Genesis are compared. The two were very different characters but yet have similar lives. For example, in both the Jacob story and the Joseph story you have the supremacy of the younger brother. Jacob is the younger brother, Esau is the older brother. Jacob is supreme. Joseph is the younger brother, the older brothers are all corrupt, Joseph is the winner. So there is the supremacy of the younger brother. In both the Jacob story and the Joseph story you get strife and deception in the family. By the way, you can see deception in the name “Jacob.” You can see strife in the name “Israel.” Do you remember when I started out Jacob is strife and deception? Those are Jacob’s two names: Jacob and Israel. Basically, the parental favoritism leads to sibling rivalry. Did Jacob favor Joseph over the other kids? Do you remember the coat of many colors? So Jacob favored him and whenever you have parental favoritism does it lead to the brothers and sisters duking it out? So, parental favoritism leads to sibling rivalry and strife in the families. In both cases the younger one who was the special one was separated from his family for 20 years. Jacob is separated from his family up in Haran. Joseph is separated from his family down in Egypt. Then, both Jacob and Joseph prosper in a foreign land. Joseph is going to come up so he’s right under Pharaoh. Jacob gets all his wealth from Laban. So they both prosper in a foreign land. Finally, lastly here, both of them at the end of their lives are reunited with their estranged brothers. Jacob is reunited with Esau although there are some problems with that, and Joseph is reunited with his brothers. At the end do you remember Joseph and the brothers come together. So the stories of Jacob and Joseph are somewhat parallel in the way the story forms, although they’re two totally different characters. S. Joseph and Wisdom [84:02-85:53] Now another major shift, I want to compare the Joseph narrative in Genesis
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