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Joseph -- Pt 3 of 24 ( Full Movie )
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Joseph or Yosef (Hebrew: יוֹסֵף Standard Yosef Tiberian Yôsēp̄ Arabic: يوسف Yusuf ; "May Yahweh add") was the eleventh of Jacob's twelve sons in the Hebrew Bible.Joseph was sold into slavery by his jealous brothers but rose to become the most powerful man in Egypt after Pharaoh. He then brought his entire family down to Egypt where they were settled in the land of Goshen. The story has been of great importance in later Jewish Islamic and Western culture. The Bible relates the birth of Joseph at Genesis 30:22-24 God remembered Rachel: God heeded her and unclosed her womb. She conceived and bore a son declaring "God has removed my disgrace." She named him Joseph meaning "May Yahweh add another son for me!"The verse gives two explanations of Joseph's name: the first from the Elohist source bases it on the root meaning "taken away " while the second from the Jahwist cites the similar root meaning "add." Joseph was the eleventh of the twelve sons of Jacob and the first of the two sons of Rachel. He was the favorite son of his father who arrayed him in a "coat of many colors" but his brothers' hatred was excited by his father's favoritism and Joseph's own dreams which predicted that they would one day bow down to him. One day when Joseph was seventeen his brothers plotted to kill him. But Reuben the eldest brother advised them to throw Joseph into a pit intending to rescue him later. And so the brothers stripped Joseph of the coat of many colours and threw him into the pit. A caravan of Ishmaelites passed by and Judah another of the brothers suggested that they sell Joseph to the merchants. Some Midianites were passing by and took Joseph out of the pit and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver and they took him to Egypt. When Reuben came back to the pit he found Joseph gone. The brothers dipped Joseph's coat in the blood of a goat and showed it to Jacob who mourned for Joseph believing him dead. The Midianites (or Ishmaelites at 39:1) sold Joseph to Potiphar the captain of Pharaoh's guard. (The confusion as to the events leading to Joseph coming to Egypt as a slave exists in the biblical text itself and is also reflected in the Septuagint.) Potiphar appointed Joseph superintendent of his household and they both prospered. But Potiphar's wife said she wanted to have sex with Joseph and when her advances were repulsed brought a false accusation against him before her husband and Joseph was thrown into prison. The warden put Joseph in charge of the other prisoners and soon afterward Pharaoh's chief cup bearer and chief baker who had offended the king were thrown into the prison. One morning they both told Joseph their dreams of the previous night which they were unable to interpret and Joseph told them that the chief cup bearer would be reinstated within three days but that the chief baker would be hanged. Joseph requested the cup bearer to mention him to Pharaoh and secure his release from prison but the cup bearer reinstalled in office forgot Joseph. After Joseph was in prison for two more years Pharaoh had two dreams which disturbed him. He dreamt of seven lean cows which rose out of the river and devoured seven fat cows; and of seven withered ears of grain which devoured seven fat ears. Pharaoh's wise men were unable to interpret these dreams but the chief cup bearer remembered Joseph and spoke of his skill to Pharaoh. Joseph was called for and interpreted the dreams as foretelling that seven years of abundance would be followed by seven years of famine and advised Pharaoh to store surplus grain during the years of abundance. Before Joseph was 30 years old Pharaoh made him viceroy over Egypt renamed him Zaphnath-Paaneah and married him to Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. Joseph had two sons with Asenath Manasseh and Ephraim and Egypt became prosperous under his care. The years of famine arrived and people came from the surrounding lands to Egypt to buy grain. Among those who came were ten of Joseph's eleven brothers the youngest Benjamin remaining with their father Jacob in Canaan. Joseph recognized his brothers but they did not recognize him. Joseph received them roughly accused them of being spies sent them back to their father and keeping Simeon as hostage demanded that they return with Benjamin. And so the brothers returned to Jacob in Canaan with Reuben lamenting that they had not listened to him and spared the life of their brother Joseph. Jacob sent his sons again to Egypt for grain. As Joseph had commanded them not to appear before him again without Benjamin Jacob was compelled to let Benjamin go with them. And they were amazed when this time the viceroy received them kindly and took them to feast in his own house inquiring after their father and their youngest brother Benjamin.
Categoría: Entertainment
Actualizado: 09/06/2010 - 06:32:33
Tags: Joseph, Pt, 03, 24, Full, Movie
Puntuación: 11 votos.
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