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Genesis Annotated: Chapter 45

Genesis Annotated: Chapter 47

1. And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
   
2. And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
   
3. And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
   
4. I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
   
5. And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
   
6. And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
   
7. His sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
   
8. And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
   
9. And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
   
10. And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
    
11. And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
    
12. And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
    
13. And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
    
14. And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
    
15. These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
    
16. And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
    
17. And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
    
18. These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
    
19. The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
    
20. And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
    
21. And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
    
22. These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
    
23. And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
    
24. And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
    
25. These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
    
26. All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
    
27. And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
    
28. And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
    
29. And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
    
30. And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
    
31. And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
    
32. And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
    
33. And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?
    
34. That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

1. Time to get travelling and making sacrifices again.
   
   
2. Even god can’t seem to keep Jacob’s… er Israel’s (No no, Jacob actually…) name straight.
   
3. This is sounding quite like every other time that god shows up to a person. He really like founding nations.
   
4. Uh…. no. Jacob dies in Egypt, he’s never brought back out.
   
   
5. I’m still not sure why the wagons were sent in the first place.
   
   
   
   
6. Weren’t they told to leave everything behind last chapter?
   
   
   
7. AKA: Everyone came with him.
   
   
   
8. Oh no… not another one of these…. Why are there so many genealogies? 1 Direct son.
   
   
9. That son had 4 sons (but how many daughters? We’ll never know)
   
10. 1 Direct son, that son had 6 sons. Why is one specified to be from another woman? Probably to make this 7 (6 + 1)
    
11. 1 direct son with 3 sons.
    
    
12. 1 son who has 5 sons, and 1 son with 2 sons. Oh look… we have a 7 again. These authors are REALLY forcing 7’s in where they can.
    
13. 1 son with 4 sons
    
    
14. 1 son with 3 sons
    
    
15. Aight… not sure why you care how many were there.
    
    
    
16. 1 son with 7 sons
    
    
17. 1 son with 4 sons and 1 daughter, 1 son with 2 sons. Why is the daughter mentioned here an no others? To make the kids total 7
    
18. The total for the sons so far is 16. Note that they ignore the daughter again.
    
    
19. 2 sons
    
    
20. Joseph had 2 sons
    
    
    
    
21. benjamin had 10 sons
    
    
    
22. Why don’t they go more generations? Or less? This is all contrived.
    
23. 1 son with 1 son
    
24. 1 son with 4 sons
    
    
25. The sons above with their sons total 7.
    
    
    
    
26. Total sons + that random daughter: 71.
    Total – Joseph and his kids: 67
    Total – the random daughter from verse 17: 66. This is misogynistic.
    
27. Total Sons + random daughter: 71
    Threescore and 10: 70
    What a bunch of assholes. I know it was common at the time, but I hate them now.
    
28. Judah goes and gets a map.
    
    
    
29. Everyone has a good cry.
    
    
    
    
    
30. And Jacob… er Israel… wants to die now.
    
    
    
31. He wants to show off his family to Pharaoh. Cool idea. Any records of this visit? No? Oh… no reason… just asking….
    
    
    
    
32. They have a trade
    
    
    
    
33. Here’s what you sy when he asks you your trade.
    
    
34. No. shepherds were not abominations. Egyptians actually had their own shepherding of sheep they did. Welcome to yet another false claim from the bible. What a surprise.

Genesis Annotated: Chapter 44

Genesis Annotated: Chapter 46

1. Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
   
2. And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
   
3. And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
   
4. And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
   
5. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
   
6. For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
   
7. And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
   
8. So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
   
9. Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
   
10. And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
    
11. And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
    
12. And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
    
13. And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
    
14. And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
    
15. Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.
    
16. And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
    
17. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
    
18. And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
    
19. Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
    
20. Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is your’s.
    
21. And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
    
22. To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
    
23. And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
    
24. So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
    
25. And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
    
26. And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed them not.
    
27. And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
    
28. And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.

1. Joseph can’t take it anymore and starts crying while telling his brothers that it’s him.
   
   
   
   
2. He’s noisy enough that everyone heard.
   
   
3. Didn’t we just go over this last chapter? These writers like to repeat themselves.
   
   
   
4. They don’t believe him… I can’t imagine why. Lying to people tends to have that effect.
   
   
5. Joseph really likes speaking for god. Did he ever talk to him? Did god ever reveal any plans? Not that I remember reading about.
   
   
6. So Joseph claims.
   
   
   
   
7. Again speaking for god. Why bring god into this at all? There was never any indication that god did any of this.
   
8. Not really… god let him interpret some dreams. The Pharaoh thought that was useful.
   
   
9. Man this kid has a grandiose view of himself. It’s no wonder that he was sold into slavery to try knock his ego down a peg or two.
   
10. Joseph is just giving land away.
    
    
    
    
    
11. I’ll take care of you guys if you do.
    
    
    
    
12. Why is Benjamin considered so important this entire time? It’s really not clear.
    
    
13. Hurry and tell dear ‘ol dad this.
    
    
    
    
14. Everyone cries.
    
    
    
15. And then kisses and makes out.
    
    
    
16. But why? I presume that Pharaoh would be a little concerned about having more random people to feed.
    
    
17. This sounds like a repetition of the verses above. Separate authors again?
    
    
18. Yeah, this is literally the same thing.
    
    
    
    
19. Only difference is, the Pharaoh is saying it this time.
    
    
    
20. AKA: Leave everything and come here.
    
    
21. And so they did. This appears to follow the Pharaoh speaking timeline.
    
    
    
22. Why the heck is Benjamin so special… seriously?
    
    
    
23. Why? They’ll be travelling right back again. Wouldn’t it make more sense to keep them in Egypt?
    
    
    
24. AKA: Make sure you come back.
    
    
    
25. They went home
    
    
    
26. Yeah, this is a pretty unbelievable claim
    
    
    
    
27. So… are they implying that Jacob nearly died here?
    
    
    
    
28. Jacob rejoices that Joseph is still alive.

Genesis Annotated: Chapter 43

Genesis Annotated: Chapter 45

1. And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s money in his sack’s mouth.
   
2. And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
   
3. As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
   
4. And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
   
5. Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
   
6. And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
   
7. And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
   
8. Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold?
   
9. With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondmen.
   
10. And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
    
11. Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
    
12. And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
    
13. Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
    
14. And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
    
15. And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
    
16. And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord’s servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
    
17. And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
    
18. Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.
    
19. My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
    
20. And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
    
21. And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
    
22. And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
    
23. And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
    
24. And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
    
25. And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food
    
26. And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us.
    
27. And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
    
28. And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
    
29. And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
    
30. Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;
    
31. It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
    
32. For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
    
33. Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
    
34. For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.

1. AKA: We’re giving their money back again.
   
   
   
   
2. Sounds like Joseph has something special planned for Benjaminny.
   
   
   
3. They leave.
   
   
4. Was the steward part of this whole deception? Did Joseph tell him what he planned? If not, the steward probably has some questions about this obvious setup.
   
   
   
5. AKA: You took a cup, how could you!
   
   
   
6. Good pacing, doesn’t pad out the reading time. 3/5 Cleopatras.
   
7. AKA: We didn’t do this!
   
   
   
8. We brought back the money we tried to pay with last time, why would we steal anything?
   
   
   
9. AKA: If your servants have it, kill that servent.
   
   
10. Whoever has the shiny is a slave, everyone else is free to go.
    
    
    
11. Get to searching quickly.
    
    
    
12. Searched oldest to youngest. Of course it’s in Benjamin’s sack.
    
    
13. Everyone returns to egypt.
    
    
14. They bow down before Joseph.
    
    
    
15. AKA: What have you all done? Didn’t you realize I’d notice this?
    
    
16. AKA: We’re all your slaves now to make up for a missing silver cup. This really doesn’t seem right… punishment doesn’t quite fit the crime. I’d offer to pay for the cup first before offering up lifelong servitude.
    
    
17. Joseph and his brothers really like speaking for god, don’t they? Anyways, just says only the cup-bearer is supposed to be the servant.
    
18. AKA: Please listen up closely and don’t get mad.
    
    
    
    
19. And the writers start to pad out the read time here a bit. I’ll translate shorter texts.
    
20. AKA: We have a father and a brother.
    
    
    
    
21. You said bring the brother by.
    
    
    
22. We said our dad would die if the youngest left.
    
    
23. And you said don’t you dare come back without him.
    
    
24. So we told our dad this.
    
    
    
25. We ate the food, so he said go buy food again.
    
26. We said we need to take Benjamin with because you warned us not to come back without him.
    
    
    
27. Our dad said that his wife had two sons.
    
    
28. And one is probably dead
    
    
    
29. And if the other also dies, he’ll die of grief.
    
    
    
30. So if we get home and Benjamin isn’t with us,
    
    
    
31. Dad will see he’s not there and probably die of grief.
    
    
    
    
32. I took direct responsibility for Benjamin and am to blame if he doesn’t get back.
    
    
    
33. So please, let me stay instead of Benjamin.
    
    
    
34. How could I live with myself otherwise?

Genesis Annotated: Chapter 42

Genesis Annotated: Chapter 44

1. And the famine was sore in the land.
   
2. And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
   
3. And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
   
4. If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
   
5. But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
   
6. And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
   
7. And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
   
8. And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
   
9. I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
   
10. For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
    
11. And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
    
12. And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:
    
13. Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
    
14. And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
    
15. And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
    
16. And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.
    
17. And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph’s house.
    
18. And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.
    
19. And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,
    
20. And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
    
21. And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.
    
22. And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
    
23. And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.
    
24. And the man brought the men into Joseph’s house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.
    
25. And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
    
26. And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
    
27. And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
    
28. And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
    
29. And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
    
30. And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
    
31. And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
    
32. And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
    
33. And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
    
34. And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of their’s. And they drank, and were merry with him.

1. Yeah, we already heard know
   
2. How much food did they take? Did this last them days? Months? How long has Simeon been in prison now? Do the brothers/Jacob even care about him?
   
3. AKA: We gotta bring Benjaminny.
   
   
   
   
4. Send Benjamin and we go.
   
   
5. If not, we don’t go.
   
   
   
   
6. Oh look, they call him Israel in this chapter. They didn’t last chapter.
   
   
7. AKA: They realize that the request is strange and unreasonable, but they didn’t do anything about it.
   
   
   
   
8. AKA: We gotta do this.
   
   
   
   
9. AKA: If anything happens, I’m to blame.
   
   
   
   
10. AKA: We really should have gone back already.
    
11. Jacob decides to send a bribe with to try ensure the safety of his children. Not a bad idea actually.
    
    
    
    
12. And he’s also making them take enough to repay just in case they stole the money somehow. He’s being surprisingly reasonable in this case.
    
13. Take Benjaminny and go
    
    
14. AKA: I really hope nothing bad happens.
    
    
    
    
15. How easy is Joseph to find there? Presumably there’d be some evidence of him being there too, right? No? Oh… carry on then.
    
16. This is kinda ambiguous…. it almost sounds like he intends to slay his brothers. That’s not the case, and he really means slay some food, but still…
    
17. AKA: how much of this book should have been summed up.
    
18. They’re worried about the money. Seeing as they apparently weren’t there when it was returned, that’s somewhat reasonable.
    
    
    
    
    
19. They’re not going inside quite yet. Must not have been invited in.
    
    
20. And here the brothers tell the tale of the double money.
    
21. AKA: We don’t know how, but we still have all our money from last time. We brought it back here.
    
    
    
22. This is another redundant verse. Get rid of it.
    
    
23. They should REALLY be looking askance at this guy by now. Seriously. Why would he speak about a god, singular, when the Egyptians had a polytheistic faith? It doesn’t line up.
    
24. They were welcomed in and taken care of. This is ALSO something that a complete stranger who thinks they’re spies wouldn’t do.
    
25. Gotta prepare for eating some food with the guy who keeps accusing them of stuff.
    
    
26. Oh look.. Joseph’s dreams from oh so long ago are starting to come true. People point to this as prophecy fulfillment. I point out that any work of fiction can do that.
    
27. AKA: Is dad still alive?
    
    
    
28. AKA: Yes.
    
    
    
    
29. He sees Benjamin, and apparently this moves him to tears for some reason. Why? Unclear. It’s never explained why he liked Benjamin so much.
    
    
30. But why? We need details people! If you’re going to pad out your word count with retelling things ad naseum, at least you could provide some details.
    
31. AKA: He goes out and keeps from crying.
    
    
32. Why? I haven’t researched this quite yet, but I’m pretty sure this isn’t a thing. It seems more likely that this was made up to keep Joseph separate from them for a little longer. Egyptians eating with Hebrews is a VERY specific thing.
    
33. AKA: The brothers eat and are surprised that everything is going so well.
    
    
    
34. Benjamin got the most food.

Genesis Annotated: Chapter 41

Genesis Annotated: Chapter 42

1. Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
   
2. And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
   
3. And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
   
4. But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
   
5. And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
   
6. And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
   
7. And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
   
8. And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
   
9. And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
   
10. And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
    
11. We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
    
12. And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
    
13. And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
    
14. And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
    
15. Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
    
16. Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
    
17. And he put them all together into ward three days.
    
18. And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
    
19. If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
    
20. But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
    
21. And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
    
22. And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
    
23. And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
    
24. And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
    
25. Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.
    
26. And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
    
27. And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack’s mouth.
    
28. And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
    
29. And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
    
30. The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
    
31. And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
    
32. We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
    
33. And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
    
34. And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
    
35. And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
    
36. And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
    
37. And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
    
38. And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

1. It’s been years since Joseph was sold into slavery, and the brothers are STILL cagey when Egypt comes up? I don’t buy it.
   
2. AKA: Go get us some food because we’re kinda hungry here.
   
   
   
3. Why are so many people needed? Protection from bandits?
   
4. First we’ve heard about Benjamin… and since he’s been introduced this way, we know something will happen to him.
   
5. What responsible brothers… they go to do exactly what was asked of them so they can live.
   
6. He was in charge of selling this by himself? That is a HUGE bottleneck. There’s no way that one person would be able to do everything by himself. He’d need some hired help for this.
   
7. This is sounding like a slightly different take on the whole “She’s my sister” narrative we got in other chapters. These people just LOVE to lie to others. How is this a good thing?
   
8. To be fair, last time Joseph saw them, they sold him into slavery.
   
9. Sounds like Joseph is still bitter about the entire ordeal still. If only someone could have told the brothers that actions have consequences…
   
10. Also… how would Joseph recognize them? Presumably it’s been YEARS.
    
11. AKA: Please don’t hurt us
    
    
12. It sounds like Joseph just wants to mess with them. Fair enough for what they did.
    
13. This is a very strange protestation to being called a spy. “We can’t be spies because we come from another country and are all brothers. 2 aren’t here right now”
    
14. Here we see a little something called “No Evidence” for this claim.
    
15. How would this prove anything? The brothers should be calling him out for just being weird.
    
16. This is surely the most convoluted way to get too-good-for-this-world Benjamin back into the main questline. The devs need to work on their narrative storywriting skills or hire an outside contractor.
    
17. But why? Didn’t he want them to go and fetch Benjamin? This makes no sense.
    
18. They should really ask him which god. That would clear things up.
    
19. AKA: Take your stuff home, but I’m keeping one of you here.
    
    
20. And make sure to bring Benjamin back. He’s very important because reasons and I said so.
    
21. They’re feeling remorseful still? It was years ago. I’m surprised they think this little event has anything at all to do with selling Joseph into slavery. There is NO logical link between the two from their point of view.
    
22. There’s still no reason to believe that there is any link between this situation and selling Joseph, especially since Joseph disguised himself.
    
23. See? Exactly what I was saying. They shouldn’t see any link between this. 1/5 Hieroglyphs. Needs better plot.
    
24. The “He” in this situation is Joseph, just in case you got lost.
    
    
    
25. So… everyone gets a refund for the grain that they buy? That’s no way to run a business. Seems like they should be feeling somewhat suspicious about this little escapade by now.
    
26. Time to move out.
    
    
27. Yeah, we were told that earlier.
    
    
    
    
28. Were the brothers not there when the money was put into the sacks? This is somewhat convoluted. Also, god did nothing. This is the work of men. Stop blaming god you ninny’s.
    
29. Hopefully we don’t have the authors about to pad out their word count again…
    
    
30. Dadgummit… at least it’s not padded out too much.
    
    
31. This is unnecessary. Were I the editor of the original, I’d take this out.
    
32. And this. Why repeat yourself? We, the audience, already know this information.
    
    
33. Additional blathering on about what we already know.
    
    
    
    
34. Seems like they really should be very confused about HOW this is supposed to prove anything to any reasonable person. They could come back with a random kid and claim it’s their brother.
    
35. They really must not have been present when the sacks were loaded or something.
    
    
    
    
36. AKA: I don’t want to lose yet another kid. Benjamin isn’t going nowhere (and of course, the double negative means he WILL be going somewhere… but in the next chapter.)
    
37. This is stupid in the extreme. “You lost Joseph, and if I don’t bring benjamin back, kill my sons”. Do the sons have any say in this?
    
38. AKA: Benjaminny ain’t going nowhere.

Genesis Annotated: Chapter 40

Genesis Annotated: Chapter 42

1. And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
   
2. And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
   
3. And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
   
4. And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
   
5. And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
   
6. And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
   
7. And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
   
8. And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
   
9. Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
   
10. Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:
    
11. And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
    
12. And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
    
13. And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
    
14. Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
    
15. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
    
16. And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
    
17. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
    
18. And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
    
19. And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
    
20. And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
    
21. And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
    
22. And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
    
23. And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
    
24. And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
    
25. And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
    
26. The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
    
27. And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
    
28. This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
    
29. Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
    
30. And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
    
31. And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
    
32. And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
    
33. Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
    
34. Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
    
35. And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
    
36. And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
    
37. And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
    
38. And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
    
39. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
    
40. Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
    
41. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
    
42. And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
    
43. And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
    
44. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
    
45. And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
    
46. And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
    
47. And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
    
48. And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
    
49. And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
    
50. And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
    
51. And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.
    
52. And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
    
53. And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
    
54. And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
    
55. And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
    
56. And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
    
57. And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

1. Oh look… a dream. We know what’s going to happen soon. Joseph is standing at stage left.
   
2. 7 fat cows come out of a river and are eating
   
   
3. 7 other thin cows pop out of the river and stand nearby.
   
   
   
4. The thin cows are carnivorous and eat the fat cows.
   
   
5. 7 good ears of corn show up
   
   
   
6. and 7 thin ears of corn show up
   
   
7. somehow corn manages to eat corn. Are we supposed to be surprised this was a dream when we’re told it was a dream?
   
8. But why? People have weird dreams all the time and don’t get all troubled by it.
   
   
   
   
   
9. AKA: The butler is going to own up about Joseph
   
10. References the last chapter
    
    
    
11. Also referencing the last chapter
    
    
    
12. Sounds like we’re about to have Joseph yoinked out of his cell because this is about him.
    
    
    
13. We never get to know the Pharaoh or the butler’s name, do we?
    
    
14. How nice of them to allow him to clean himself up after who knows how long in a dungeon.
    
    
    
15. AKA: Interpret this dream already
    
    
    
    
    
16. AKA: I can’t, god can.
    
    
    
17. Dadgummit… I hate when the writers do this. Is it because there were multiple writers who didn’t collaborate??
    
18. next
    
    
    
19. next
    
    
    
    
20. next
    
    
21. next
    
    
    
    
22. hurry up
    
    
23. Stop repeating
    
    
    
24. we already heard this
    
    
    
25. And now we get to interpreting.
    
    
    
26. 7 good years are coming
    
    
    
27. followed by 7 years of famine. These authors REALLY like the number 7.
    
    
    
28. Why doesn’t the Pharaoh ever ask which god Joseph is referring to?
    
    
29. And we get more repetition
    
    
30. And even more
    
    
    
    
31. AKA: This is going to be a terrible famine
    
    
    
32. This sounds like a justification for adding in repetitions and stories from different authors.
    
    
33. AKA: Hey Pharaoh, find someone smart to do something about this.
    
    
34. AKA: This guy should use 1/5th of the land in egypt to stock up
    
    
    
35. How are they going to store all this? And how would they keep it from rotting? They don’t have any technology for this.
    
    
36. Good idea, but still… how would you store all of this?
    
    
    
37. AKA: Pharaoh agrees
    
    
38. Why would the Pharaoh, someone who would not believe in the Hebrew god, ask this question?
    
39. Again with the mentioning of god, singular. Did the bible writers not know anything about Egyptian gods?
    
40. Oh look, this is pretty much the exact same thing as has always happened. Joesph is just SO awesome, you know?
    
    
41. And this starts a bunch of mythologizing
    
    
42. Yeah…. probably never happened, even if Joseph existed (heavily debatable).
    
    
    
43. Also probably never happened.
    
    
    
    
44. This sounds remarkably like the Pharaoh is handing over all control to Joseph. This would never happen.
    
45. What is with the name changes that every person we’ve followed has randomly had?
    
    
    
    
46. AKA: Joseph gets to work
    
    
    
    
    
47. We’re supposed to find this amazing, but it seems more likely that this is a story.
    
48. Presumably he didn’t gather up all the food.. people still gotta eat
    
    
    
    
49. That would be a lot of corn. Is this more, or less, than we make in a year with modern farming techniques? We can count that.
    
50. Again with the annoying repetition within a verse repeating. Joseph gets two kiddos.
    
    
    
51. Presumably this is supposed to mean something special in Hebrew.
    
    
    
52. And presumably this is supposed to mean something in hebrew too?
    
    
53. Famine starts.
    
    
54. Time to start using the stores of food I guess.
    
    
    
55. AKA: Pharaoh tells them “It’s not my problem”
    
    
    
    
56. And he starts selling the food to the Egyptians. Probably did wonders for the Egyptian royal treasury. Any records of this? No? Oh, no reason… just curious…
    
    
57. If this was truly worldwide, Egypt would have run out of food pretty quickly if everyone bought from them. If this happened, it was regional.

Genesis Annotated: Chapter 39

Genesis Annotated: Chapter 41

1. And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
   
2. And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
   
3. And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
   
4. And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
   
5. And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
   
6. And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.
   
7. And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
   
8. And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
   
9. And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
   
10. And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
    
11. And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.
    
12. And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
    
13. Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
    
14. But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
    
15. For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
    
16. When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:
    
17. And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
    
18. And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
    
19. Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
    
20. And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
    
21. And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:
    
22. But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
    
23. Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.

1. We never hear about why. Any records we could use to back this up with?
   
   
   
2. Again, why? What did these guys do to deserve this? Steal a sweetroll?
   
   
3. This sounds like there is either one prison where prisoners are sent, or Joseph is already in the capital.
   
4. This is still a terrible idea. Why have a prisoner in charge of other prisoners? This warden should be fired.
   
5. This verse shows the common repetitions that happened due to this being an oral epic, this verse does show.
   
   
   
6. How many prisoners are in here? Presumably Joseph knows these two personally.
   
7. Stop repeating yourself. I really hate this waste of time.
   
   
8. The Baker and the Butler should have immediately asked “Which one? Osiris? Amun? Ra? Amun-Ra? Tutu? …” This book takes the Hebrew god as a fact and works with that assumption though.
   
9. Dude saw a vine
   
   
   
10. Vines are considered female apparently.
    
    
    
    
11. Gives the Pharaoh some fresh made wine.
    
    
    
    
12. Ok, but what does the vine itself represent then?
    
    
13. AKA: It’s gonna be fine dude. You’re getting your job back.
    
    
    
    
14. AKA: Get me outta here when you’re free.
    
    
    
    
15. I’m pretty sure many people in prison claim they’re innocent.
    
    
    
16. This guy assumes that Joseph is going to give him a good interpretation as well?
    
    
    
    
17. I can guess that, due to story telling symmetry and lack of a pharaoh in this one, that this guy is gonna die in 3 days.
    
    
18. Got the 3 days part
    
    
    
19. And the dead part.
    
    
    
    
20. Pharaoh’s gotta party
    
    
    
    
    
21. What a shock… prophecy fulfillment in a work of fiction. Who could have seen that coming?
    
22. See note for verse 21
    
    
23. AKA: The butler is a dick.

Genesis Annotated: Chapter 38

Genesis Annotated: Chapter 40

1. And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
   
2. And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
   
3. And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
   
4. And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
   
5. And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
   
6. And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
   
7. And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
   
8. But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
   
9. There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
   
10. And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
    
11. And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
    
12. And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
    
13. And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
    
14. That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
    
15. And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
    
16. And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
    
17. And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
    
18. And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.
    
19. And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.
    
20. And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
    
21. But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
    
22. And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.
    
23. The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper.

1. There’s a lot of stuff going on in Egypt according to the bible… I wonder why there’s no records of any of this stuff…
   
   
   
2. Because the Israelites are just the best, amirite?
   
   
3. How? According to the bible, the Egyptians would have no basis to make a judgement like this. They don’t know god.
   
4. Because Joseph’s gotta have some special status if we’re going to make a story out of this.
   
   
5. With a setup like this, you know something is about to go wrong. The bible shows, if nothing else, that anything the Lord blesses someone, that person suffers soon thereafter. Maybe getting a blessing from god isn’t a good thing after all.
   
6. AKA: This Joseph guy is just the best, he does everything for this dude.
   
   
   
7. Time for the party to get started.
   
   
   
8. Given how eager everyone has been to get laid so far, this seems like an odd choice.
   
   
   
9. Did Joseph’s master tell him not to sleep with his wife at some point? I must have missed that relevant plot point.
   
   
   
10. Sounds like this woman won’t take no for an answer… just like many men I’ve heard of doing the same.
    
11. What time is this? How long has this been? Has Joseph been there days? Months? Years? No one knows.
    
    
12. Does this mean he fled out the door naked? Did they not wear any other clothing?
    
13. AKA: She’s gonna get her revenge. I think we’re supposed to hate her, but I just think god’s a dick for not helping out.
    
14. Oh no… she’s lying. How could anyone ever do such a thing? It’s not like we’ve ever seen anyone do that before. *cough* Abram *cough* Isaac *cough*. Also, shouldn’t that be Israelite, not Hebrew?
    
    
15. Anyone watching the house certainly would have seen the last part of this occur.
    
    
16. Has he been naked this entire time? Seriously…. it’s an important question!
    
17. Mock appears to be a euphemism for having sex in this context.
    
    
    
18. We already heard this… stop repeating yourself bible authors.
    
    
19. It seems to me that this entire story is an interweaving of two authors. One telling a story where the men were told, one where the master was told.
    
20. Lock him away, and redundantly repeat that he was locked away there. I really hate this repetition… I know it’s because it was an oral poem, but still… it’s annoying.
    
21. Seems like god could have done this with the master earlier. We get a better story this way though.
    
22. AKA: This guy does exactly the same thing that the other master did… why would you put a prisoner in charge of other prisoners though? That’s a terrible idea.
    
23. AKA: Joseph was able to get away with anything he wanted while he was in prison because the keeper decided Joseph was cool (because god made it happen).

Genesis Annotated: Chapter 37

Genesis Annotated: Chapter 39

1. And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
   
2. And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
   
3. And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
   
4. And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
   
5. And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
   
6. And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
   
7. And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him.
   
8. And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
   
9. And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
   
10. And the thing which he did displeased the Lord: wherefore he slew him also.
    
11. Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
    
12. And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
    
13. And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
    
14. And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
    
15. When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
    
16. And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
    
17. And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?
    
18. And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
    
19. And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
    
20. And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.
    
21. Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.
    
22. And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.
    
23. And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
    
24. And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
    
25. When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
    
26. And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
    
27. And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
    
28. And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.
    
29. And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
    
30. And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.

1. This is one of Jacob’s sons in case you’ve forgotten.
   
   
   
2. Did she consent to it? Presumably this is different from when Jacob’s daughter was raped… but we’re not shown how.
   
3. This better not start another dadgum genealogy again.
   
4. It seems like another small genealogy yet again.
   
5. Thankfully this genealogy is a very short one. Don’t get too attached to any of these kids though.
   
6. Did this woman consent to becoming someone’s wife as well?
   
7. But why? We’re never told why. We haven’t received many rules yet.
   
8. Did she consent to this as well? Look at the bible… turning women into objects. Women had no rights at the time period.
   
9. Onan decides that doing the wife of his deceased brother is probably not the best idea. Perhaps she didn’t consent to anything after all? Maybe she actually killed Er and claimed god did it.
   
10. God punishes Onan too because Onan decided it wasn’t right? That’s silly.
    
11. Let’s get this straight: 2 of Judah’s children have died due to things related to this woman. To be fair, maybe they deserved it. He’s going to send this woman to another of his children and hope the same thing doesn’t happen?
    
12. Why was he comforted by his wife dying?
    
    
    
    
    
13. Sounds like plot development
    
    
    
14. Does she want to be wife to Shelah then?
    
    
    
    
    
    
15. Prostitution… it’s in the bible.
    
    
    
16. It sounds like she gets a chance to consent to this one at least.
    
    
    
    
    
17. Is this a worthwhile trade? I suppose it’s not bestiality like in Genesis chapter 2.
    
    
18. Apparently this is a good trade for a sheep as well.
    
    
    
    
19. Sounds like she just wanted to get laid. Nothing wrong with that.
    
    
20. Oh no, the random mystery woman has vanished.
    
    
    
21. Apparently she never existed! If only he stopped searching now and claimed it was some spiritual thing, this would be hilarious.
    
22. He’s really hung up on this for some reason. Is it because he wants to have his staff back?
    
    
23. How many people has he asked about this now?
    
    
24. What sort of demented logic is this?
    
    
    
    
    
    
25. AKA: Figure out whose these are and that’s whose kid I’m carrying.
    
    
    
    
26. This is very demented. Judah was going to hill her, and the only reason he didn’t is because he found out she has his kid. He would have killed her if it was another’s son
    
27. She had twins. Alright.
    
    
    
28. This kiddo is the first of the twins. How did they know there were twins?
    
    
    
29. Pharez is the first kid.
    
    
    
    
    
30. Zarah is second.

Genesis Annotated: Chapter 36

Genesis Annotated: Chapter 38

1. And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
   
2. These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
   
3. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
   
4. And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
   
5. And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
   
6. And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
   
7. For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
   
8. And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
   
9. And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
   
10. And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
    
11. And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
    
12. And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
    
13. And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
    
14. And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
    
15. And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
    
16. And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
    
17. And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
    
18. And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
    
19. And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
    
20. Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
    
21. And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
    
22. And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
    
23. And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
    
24. And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
    
25. And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
    
26. And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
    
27. Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
    
28. Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
    
29. And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
    
30. And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
    
31. And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
    
32. And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no.
    
33. And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
    
34. And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
    
    
35. And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
    
36. And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.

1. Didn’t his father LIVE in Canaa, just like AbramHam did?
   
   
2. Thankfully, this one doesn’t kick off a genealogy like I feared it might.
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Sounds like favoritism to me. Also, note the inconsistent, random name change again.
   
   
   
4. Doesn’t quite seem like a measured response.
   
   
   
5. Must have been a good dream
   
   
   
6. Don’t do it!
   
   
7. Yeah, telling people that they should bow down to you really doesn’t go over well.
   
   
   
   
8. Dudes, chill, it’s literally just a dream. If Joseph is the youngest, let him dream.
   
   
   
   
9. Sounds like he has a big opinion of himself.
   
   
   
   
   
10. At least he’s mostly chill about it. Just says no.
    
    
    
    
    
11. So… doesn’t care?
    
    
12. aight.
    
    
13. Gwan, git to work!
    
    
    
    
14. Just wants Jaseph to check up on the others.
    
    
    
    
15. Random dude shows up.
    
    
    
16. Talking to strangers is a good thing, kids!
    
    
17. How does this guy know where to find them anyways? This sounds like as convenient a plot device as any.
    
    
18. Killing your brother seems a little much for him having big dreams.
    
    
19. And now they decide to mock him.
    
    
20. Again with wanting to kill him. Are we supposed to emulate this thinking in our day to day life? It IS in the bible afterall…
    
    
21. Finally, a voice of reason.
    
    
    
22. This is confusingly worded. Reuben wants to toss him in a pit so Reuben can come back later and free Joseph.
    
    
    
23. How rude!
    
    
    
    
24. At least he didn’t get wet.
    
    
    
25. Sounds like a plot device to me.
    
    
    
    
    
    
26. There’s a reasonable question. I think I found the Chaotic Neutral one of the party.
    
    
27. Or maybe he’s Chaotic evil? I’m not sure. Could be Neutral evil…
    
    
    
28. Is this worth more than Jesus because of the time period? Jesus was sold for 30 “pieces of silver” later.
    
    
    
29. Oh no, if only he could have anticipated his brothers wanting to get rid of Joseph somehow…
    
30. Did they not think this through? Just tell Reuben that something fell in the pit and ate Joseph.
    
31. Seems a bit dramatic.
    
    
    
32. I’m pretty sure the way that they phrase this would light off warning bells to anyone.
    
    
    
33. nom nom nom
    
    
    
34. He’s saddened by the loss… if only the brothers could have seen this coming! Who knew death caused sorrow? Also, looks like he’s being called Jacob again.
    
35. Dang dude, you have a lot of life ahead of you. You’ll get over it.
    
    
    
    
36. mmkay.