Genesis 36 describes the Esau's lineage (not sure what else to say!)
Genesis 37 starts an intriguing story of Jacob's 11th son, Joseph - Rachel's first son. Jacob (also called Israel) loved Joseph more than any other of his sons. Now Joseph was an honest guy - when he had dreams about him being more powerful than his brothers, he just told them straight out. This made the jealous brothers angrier! They were plotting to kill him, but Reuben, the eldest, didn't want any blood shed so instead suggested to throw him in a cistern... the other brothers then sold Joseph to Ishmaelites who took him to Egypt. Then they lied to their father Jacob and produced evidence that Joseph being attacked and killed by wild ferocious animals. Jacob believed and went into mourning.
Chapter 38 of Genesis describes the story of Judah, Joseph's brother. He married a Canaanite woman who gave birth to 2 sons, both of which were wicked in God's eyes and were put to death. Judah's daughter-in-law, Tamar, was then told to live at her father's place until his son grew up. However, later on Tamar pretended to be a prostitute and somehow tricked Judah to sleep with her - and gave her the seal and and the cord as a pledge. Later on Tamar was pregnant. Judah heard the news and was really mad. He was going to burn her to death, until she sent the message to Judah with the pledge (seal + cord). Recognizing the pledge, he realized that he was the one who slept with her!
Tamar gave birth to twin boys, Perez and Zerah.
No comments:
Post a Comment