Genesis 39: Potiphar's Murder Of Joseph

Proceeded to beat David. This shows that Joseph will even harm his own family out of hatred for anything and everything that is deviational, and this is where Joseph’s evil is most apparent in the book.

In each of these biblical characters, the change of names gives them a new sense of self. Joseph is also given an Egyptian wife, Potiphera. This intercultural marriage affirms that Joseph’s descendents will now become Egyptian not only by title, but by blood, furthering his identity as an Egyptian. An additional argument that supports his full assimilation is the tremendous authority that is given to him—the whole country of Egypt. Because he becomes the second highest ruler in the land, the remaining pieces of his Jewish identity are swept away. Even the language that he learns becomes so infused in him that he uses a translator, although he does not need one: “They did not know that Joseph understood them, since he spoke with them through an interpreter” (Genesis 42.23). One of the most major traits that show how much Joseph has assimilated to the Egyptian culture is found in the last sentence of Genesis: “And Joseph died… he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt” (Genesis 50.24). Embalmment was not a Jewish custom and Joseph requests that he does not be buried in Egypt. He wants his bones to instead be carried from Egypt back to where his forefathers were buried in, the cave of Machpelah in Canaan, but his wish is not granted.

Joseph stops behaving like a Jew, he eats the feast she prepares for him dropping the dietary Jewish dietary restrictions, and changes his dress by wearing Helen’s old husband’s clothes. Joseph lives with Helen like he is her husband, but one day he realizes that Helen wants to kill him, and drink his blood just as she had done with her previous husbands. After a two failed attempts on his life, Helen ends up killing herself instead. Joseph barely escapes, and in an unemotional manner leaves the lady’s house. After her death, instead of understanding the perils of his

When Joseph was thirteen, he made a decision to fall in love in order to distract his mind from the abuse he was suffering at home. The text states “ “.(Shmidt). Everyday, Joseph would walk seven miles to see his loved one and when they eventually had a child, his dedication sky rocketed. This impacted his life greatly because when Madison died during labor, he became depressed, and he wasn't even able to see his daughter because he was underage. Joseph felt so low, that he even accepted drugs from another's student in his school, and this made him insane enough to strangle a teacher. He then was sent to prison, and eventually ended up in a foster home. This all wouldn’t have happened if Joseph was smart enough to stay out of a serious relationship at such a young age. This section of the book informs the reader that your decisions can greatly impact your life. Once again, Joseph’s decision to enter a serious relationship impacted his life, and in this case the impact was

While Joseph did have to steal to fulfill his craving for gambling, he lost the trust he had with his family. While trying to hide this side of his life from his family, his daughter, Molly found

Later, lost all trust in Joseph and put him in jail after a false accusation

Joseph began his life as the favorite son of Jacob who tended to the flocks as a shepherd.3 These humble beginnings foreshadow how one day Joseph will tend to the Seed of the Woman during times of famine in the land by giving food to this eleven brothers. Jacob, who was the son of Isaac, had eleven other sons who were jealous of the special attention that Joseph received. In fact, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.4 Joseph had a dream that predicted that Joseph would one day reign over his older brothers. This upset his brothers and they tricked Joseph by selling him into slavery. Joseph was then taken to Egypt where he was sold to Potiphar and became a servant in

In a similar manner, Joseph's evil nature is evident through his actions and his beliefs about life. Joseph Strorm’s strong principles and strict rules kick into high gear when he misunderstands David’s wish, of having an extra hand. In Chapter 3, while cutting some wood, David unfortunately gets a splinter. David unobtrusively wished and thought about how

Comparisons can me made by accounting the part where Joseph’s master’s wife tries to seduce him too; in the Hebrew bible, Joseph is accused falsely and sent off to prison whereas in the Koran, the master acknowledges that his wife is the cunning one, “This is but one of your tricks. Your cunning is great indeed! Joseph, say no more about this. Woman, ask pardon for your sin. You have done wrong.” (p1448). The consequent imprisonment of Joseph is slightly different in both the stories too.

Pharaoh elevated Joseph above almost everyone in Egypt because Pharaoh saw that God was with Joseph and all he did, God made successful. Because of this, Pharaoh put Joseph in charge of his house, the people of Egypt, and all the land. One day, Pharaoh’s wife asked Joseph to lie with her and Joseph replied, “…he has held back nothing from me except you, as you are his wife, and how could I do this great evil and give offense to God?” (The Norton Anthology World Literature, pg. 182) Although Pharaoh’s wife did not succeed in demanding that Joseph lie with her, she called out to everyone in the house and said, “He came into me to lie with me and I called out in a loud voice…he left his garment by me and fled and went out.”

Genesis 39 What character traits do you see emerge in Joseph in response to his

Potiphar’s Wife Accusing Joseph (1512) is a print impression on laid paper by sixteenth-century Netherlands Renaissance artist Lucas van Leyden (known as Lucas). In his work, Lucas illustrates an Old Testament parable in which Potiphar’s wife presents the cloak of Joseph as proof of Joseph’s attempt to seduce her before her husband, the Pharaoh’s captain who had placed Joseph in charge of the household. In this 12.4 cm x 16.2 cm print, Lucas articulates the tension and division at this moment of reckoning through the careful arrangement of the figures, the contrasting depth of space and of light and darkness as well as the articulation of the figures’ facial and body expressions.

Furthermore, sculpting was known as a masculine skill because women were unlikely to endure the strength and flexibility needed to sculpt. Women were not allowed to see a man’s naked body either. Therefore, it was difficult for a woman to understand the man’s body in action. However, Properzia harmonized these abilities and made it apparent in her most famous marble sculpture Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife (1525-1526). Properzia enlisted in a competition against many male sculptors “to become one of a select team of sculptors, working in the Basilica of San Petronino, the main church of Bologna (Vickery, 2014). She won said competition. Although being a female sculptor had its obstructions; her masterpiece was hung in an unexclusive area

One of the inherent conflicts in the story of Joseph is the tension between Joseph and his brothers. The tension between them is caused by both Jacob and Joseph. First, Jacob shows favoritism toward Joseph, because he is the son of his favorite wife Rachel. Second, Joseph brings back bad reports when he is out pasturing with his brothers. However, what truly increased the hatred and jealousy was the Joseph’s dreams. The author notes that when Joseph recounts the dreams, “they hated him even more (Gen. 37:8).” Their jealousy for Joseph is strong enough that they are willing to murder him. However, they decide to instead sell him into slavery, and convince Jacob that he was killed.

Joseph then found himself here in jail wrongfully accused of doing something he had no intent on ever doing. He woke up in a great startle he finally had seen it, he had seen the darkness of his life, but bigger yet he had seen how positive things still had become, out of the most despicable times. He could also see how his heavenly father is a majestic, powerful heavenly father has even been with him in the darkness. He also began to see how all he had done was to the glory of God and he became reminded of how powerful his father was in those situations and how he was able to make it through on the very extravagance of his heavenly father. So he thought to himself how could this time in this cave be any different, my father's light can never be covered up, even if I am under hundreds of feet of cold damp, dark cobble stone, for God that is nothing but a thin piece of paper to shine his light through. My God is almighty and I know he has a plan for me even if it is for me to sit in this cave for