Genesis 35:6-36 Bible Teaching

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We are going to cut through a lot today as a means to get to next weeks information which has a great deal of meaning – the story of Joseph.

However, we left off with Jacob getting his household ready to travel back to Bethel in commemoration of God’s protection and to build an altar.

Genesis 35.6-36.end
June 4th 2023
6 So, Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
8 But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.

Alright, back to verse 6 where we read:

6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother

El-beth-el means, the house of the strong God. But the first el is lacking in a number of reliable mss. (Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac, and some copies of the Arabic). The sentence reads much better without it and is much more consistent with the parallel passages so we will just say, Bethel. The house of God.

8 But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.

Back in Genesis 24:59 we read how this nurse was sent with Rebekah when she was taken by Abraham’s servant to be wife to Isaac. But how she came to be in Jacob’s family puzzles as the text does not state that she was in Jacob’s family.

Her death is mentioned merely because Jacob and his family had now arrived at the place where she was buried, and the name of that place was called Allon-bachuth, meaning “the oak of weeping,” which suggests that she was greatly mourned in her passing.

As mentioned before, we know nothing about Rebekah’s death. All we hear is about her being buried in Genesis 49.

There appears to be something in the fact that her nurses death is mentioned by Rebeccah herself is not. (Verse 9)

9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.

He appeared to him first at Shechem, when he commanded him to go to Bethel, and now that he is arrived at the place, God appears to him the second time, and confirms to him the Abrahamic blessing.

It seems that these frequent appearances of God to Isaac and Jacob these necessary to keep them going. Verse 10

10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.

This visitation is considered by many Christian scholars to be preincarnate Jesus, whom they call, the angle of the covenant. Again, it says that Jacob talked with him but we know could not see Him – unless Jesus was wrong and man can see God.

Note too that God repeats to Jacob what he told Adam, in some ways, saying at verse 11

“And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

But lacking there is replenish as well as have dominion. (verse 14)

14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.

The pillar which Jacob set up was to commemorate the appearance of God to him; the drink-offering and the oil were intended to express his gratitude and devotion to his preserver.

It was an offering to God a sacrifice. It was probably the stones set up before, which might have even been since thrown down, and which he had consecrated afresh to God.

We will continue to read about and then even known about other stones that get anointed all picturing the Rock, Jesus, who to was anointed.

15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.

Again, house of God.
Let’s read through to the end of the chapter beginning at verse 16

Ge 35:16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.
17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni (which meant “the son of my sorrow”): but his father called him Benjamin. (which means, The son of the right hand)
19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.

21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Alright back to verse 16

16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor

Now geographically we are talking about them being in some pretty familiar places.

Ephrath is synonymous with Bethlehem and the term little way appears to be some sort of measurement like a mile or a meter.

Going out to the Matthew Gospel we read about Herod wanting to know the location of the birth of the Messiah and he called together all the leaders of the Nation together and

Matthew:4 And . . . he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
And then verse six is cited

Micah 5:2 which prophetically states

“But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.”

So back to Genesis 35: 17

17 And it came to pass, when she (Rachel), was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.

The word soul here is nephesh, and for clarification, I would suggest that this was the person of Rachel that was leaving her body.

Going back to Genesis we remember at the creation of Adam that God formed his body from the clay, then God breathed into this body his breath (wind, spirit, breath of life -ruach in the Hebrew, pneuma in the Greek) and then Man became a living soul (psuche in the Greek which they defined as “mind will and emotion”) or what I see as the very individualized person Adam became.

Note, what God breathed into Adam was the breath of life, but there is some debate on what this wind/breath/spirit actually was.

Some say that it was the Holy Spirit, some say the power of life or spirit of life that brooded over the earth prior to God forming it again and this is what I tend to say.

This spirit of life animated the clay called Adam and I am not so sure that this life giving force, this “animating power of God” left them when they sinned. I think what left them was their proximity to God Himself – which was synonymous with spiritual death.

So, I think the very power that animated the clay to become a living soul of mind, will and emotion, the persons that we are, is still will all human beings who enter this world and thrive.

And It seems to me that at our death, this life giving power “returns to God who gave” it while our respective souls, what we became and what lived, making choices and decisions, continues on too while the body goes back to the dust.

This was how death reigned over man because the life-giving force at death “returned to God” who gave it and human beings, absent that spirit giving them life and having their bodies now lying in the ground, are after life separated from Him and remain as individuated minds wills and emotions.

This is why Jesus told Nicodemus that he must be born again from above! To have that abiding spirit of the Living God itself in them, illuminating their souls to know and to understand Him and relate to God.

Those who die not-born from above can’t even see the kingdom of God, cannot perceive it because the Spirit of God has not entered into them bringing their souls into relationship with Him.

I also submit that the very spirit necessary to bring the soul of a person into relationship with God was only available after the victory of Christ, and that that spirit is literally the Spirit of God and Christ, which He both blew on his apostles after His resurrection and that which fell at Pentecost and now is given to all people who have faith on Him.

It’s a whole separate teaching and not easily understood but something to think about if you want.

For Rachel’s soul to depart we can attest to the early belief that the Jews believed in a soul and I say this because some today do not.

Rachel’s body remained behind so there was an early belief that she was more than just a body – she was something that went on, to a distant place where invisible elements of a person who was once alive went after this life was over.

But before dying she tried to name her child Ben-oni (again, meaning son of my sorrow or affliction – perhaps because of the hard labor she had in bringing him into the world) but Jacob renames him Benjamin, which means, “son of my right hand,” or “the son especially dear to me.”
There is some debate on this.

19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.

Perhaps this was one of the origin of funeral monuments? There is a pillar known as Rachel’s monument somewhere in Bethlehem but it is said to be of modern origin.

21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

It is believed that this tower of Edar (or tower of the flocks) was about a mile from Bethlehem, and to have been the place where the angels appeared to the shepherds by night.

The Targum of Jonathan, a second century work, expressly says: “It is the place in which the King Messiah shall be manifested in the end of days.”

Of course, this denies that the Messiah had already come. But this tower of the flock may be understood to be a place built by the shepherds near to some well, for the convenience of watering their flocks, and keeping watch over them by night.

22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

Again, the Targum of Jonathan reports that Reuben merely overthrew the bed of Bilhah, which was set up opposite to the bed of his mother Leah, and that this was reputed to him as if he had lain with her.

Apparently, Reuben was incensed, because he found that Bilhah was preferred after the death of Rachel to his own mother Leah; and therefore in his anger he overthrew her couch.

Whatever Simeon did, “Israel heard it.”
And it was seen as evil

Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. Stephen, before being stoned, calls them “the twelve patriarchs,” because they became heads or chiefs of numerous families or tribes and the people that descended from them are called the twelve tribes (in Acts 26:7 and James 1:1.)

According to Genesis 25:16 twelve princes also came from Ishmael who also were heads of families and tribes.

And in reference to the twelve patriarchs, it seems that our Lord chose twelve apostles.

Strictly speaking, there were thirteen tribes among the Hebrews, as Ephraim and Manasses, sons of Joseph would be also counted for tribes instead of Joseph himself but the Scripture will name both 12 and every now and again 13.

In any case Moses lists them here beginning at verse 23

23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

Six sons and Dinah – so seven children from Leah.

The order that Moses gives is according to each of the mothers and not in the order of their births.

24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:

Two children by Rachel.

25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:

Two children by Bilhah

26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher:

And two by Zilpah.

So at this point, twelve sons of Israel and the passage ends with

“these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.”

27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

The city of Arbah, (which is Hebron)] It has been conjectured that Jacob must have paid a visit to his father before this time, as previously to this he had been some years in Canaan; but now, as he was approaching to his end, Jacob is supposed to have gone to live with and comfort him in his declining days.

28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

There is a chronological issue here which I am not going to touch but know the dating of his death here may not have been exactly when he actually died.

So, let’s go to chapter 36 and we are going to start a practice here where we will not read through, once then go back through the text face to face but will read and cover as we go if there is anything of interest along the way.

This will cut down our time – how about a straight read through without a whole lot of explanation – you’ll see why? Ready? This will be our first chapter that we will read once WHILE explaining as we go IF there is anything substantive to say.

1 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.

God had made promises to Esau and this accounting is particularly marked to show how exactly God fulfilled the promises he made to him.

To complicate the matter, a man named, Seir the Horite is added here because his family became in some measure blended with Esau’s.

2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;

If you are taking notes, the wifes of Esau get quite complex for the simple reason they go by very different names.

Aholibamah is named Judith; Adah is called Bashemath and she who is called Bashemath here is later called Mahalath.

Can’t really say why.

Additional problems come about when we read, “Anah the daughter of Zibeon.” Because in Genesis 36:24 we read that Anah is the son of Zibeon.

3 And Bashemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.
6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.

It appears that Esau and Jacob dwelt together in Canaan for a time and then Esau went from the face of his brother.

7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

9 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
10 These are the names of Esau’s sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.

There are some things we could cover but Im not – its just no that important to our purposes but just note the name, Amalek – because he is the father of the Amalekites who would become bitter enemies to the Jews and by the time we get to Deuteronomy 25 we will see where God commands the Nation to wipe them out completely.

13 And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.
14 And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
15 These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,

The term duke comes from the Latin dux, a captain or leader. The Hebrew means the same thing but it can also be a term for a thousand so it came to be believed that dukes were over 1000 men.

The Greeks called the chiliarches, which means the same thing.

So what is called, the ducal government” refers to what prevailed first among the Idumeans, or the descendants of Esau.

And here we’ve seen fourteen dukes reckoned to Esau, seven that came of his wife, Adah, four of Bashemath, and three of Aholibamah.

16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.

There is debate on this passage that is all I will say

17 And these are the sons of Reuel Esau’s son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.
18 And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau’s wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.
19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes.
20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.

22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna.
23 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.

24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.

Lots of opinions on verse 24. Not gonna even touch it.

25 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
26 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
28 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.
29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.
31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.

Here’s the thing – these passages could not have been written by Moses (from verses 31-29 and so it is believed that they were copied and taken from 1st Chronicles 1:43-50.

Again, not getting into it. There is a possibility Moses could have penned them, but its doubtful.

The bottom-line summary is Esau, after his dukes, had eight kings, who reigned successively over their people, while Israel were put in bondage in Egypt.

32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

As an interesting but truly unconvincing aside, some have supposed that Jobab is the same as Job, and that Eliphaz, mentioned in verse ten above was the same person who in the book of Job is called one of his friends.

Cannot say but there is some conjecture.

34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.
35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.

Verse 35. Smote Midian in the field of Moab] Bishop Cumberland supposes that this was Midian, the son of Abraham by Keturah, and that he was killed by Hadad some time before he was one hundred and nine years of age; and that Moses recorded this, probably, because it was a calamity to the ancestor of Jethro, his father-in-law.-Orig. of Nat., p. 14.

36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
38 And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
39 And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
40 And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,

Some suggest that these are the names of the Dukes existing in Edom or Idumea at the time of the exodus of Israel from Egypt, setting the stage for the warfare that Israel was going to later face and so we end with

41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.

So that was an account of the posterity of Esau, who was the father of Edom. Thus ends Esau’s history; for after this there is no farther account of his life, actions, or death, in the first five books of the Old Testament also called the Pentateuch.

This sets us up for the next chapter where we are introduced to a major event in the lives of the Nation of Israel and it has to do with one of the sons whose name was Joseph.

Let’s wrap out time up today reading the first installment on Josephs life, and we will break it all down next week. This story is rife with meaning.

Genesis 37:1 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.

And we will stop here.

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