{"id":39301,"date":"2018-09-03T23:15:58","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T20:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=39301"},"modified":"2022-03-28T22:37:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T19:37:11","slug":"what-goes-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/what-goes-around\/","title":{"rendered":"What Goes Around\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[561,567],"acf":{"old_id":"39301","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":34243,"related_cahpter":"38","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Ephraim, Moses, David, Solomon - and Peretz","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The previous chapter ends with the traders selling Joseph in Egypt (37:36) and the subsequent chapter begins with Joseph being brought down to Egypt (39:1). Our chapter, then, interrupts the narrative of Joseph\u2019s sale, raising the question: Why? Rashi (1040-1105) answered that it focuses our attention on Judah with the concomitant implication that since he did not prevent Joseph\u2019s sale, he effectively bore the lion\u2019s share of the responsibility for it, and this chapter tells the story of his ensuing undoing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indeed, a close reading of the chapter reveals both recurring themes and key words that link it to the larger context in which it appears. Tamar fooled Judah through her garments (38:14), just as the brothers fooled Jacob by presenting him with Joseph\u2019s bloodied garment (37:31-32). And just as Jacob\u2019s recognition of Joseph\u2019s coat is described, in Hebrew, as <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">va-yakirah<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (37:33) and Judah\u2019s belated recognition of his own staff and seal produced <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">va-yaker<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (38:26), so will Joseph\u2019s reunion with his brothers yield \u201cJoseph recognized (<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">va-yaker<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) his brothers, but they did not recognize him\u201d (<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lo<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hikkiruhu<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 42:8).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the closing verses of the chapter incorporate it into an even larger thematic context with, perhaps, even more striking consequences. Tamar gave birth to twin boys who appear to compete\u2014reminiscent of Jacob and Esau\u2014for the position of firstborn, with Zerah appearing first, but Peretz first emerged whole from her womb. The assumption of the privileges of birthright by a younger sibling is a recurring theme not only in Genesis (Isaac-Ishmael, Jacob-Esau, Joseph-Judah, and Ephraim-Manasseh) but elsewhere in Tanakh as well. Other better-known younger brothers include Moses, David, and Solomon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(This is Part I. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.929.org.il\/lang\/en\/page\/43\/post\/39707\">Part II appears in chapter 43<\/a>).<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":85040,"id":85040,"title":"ps69-other brother","filename":"ps69-other-brother.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ps69-other-brother.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/brothers-others\/ps69-other-brother\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"ps69-other-brother","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":85039,"date":"2020-12-19 19:48:27","modified":"2023-01-26 04:54:17","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1920,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ps69-other-brother-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ps69-other-brother-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ps69-other-brother-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ps69-other-brother-1024x1024.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ps69-other-brother.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ps69-other-brother.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1920,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ps69-other-brother-1200x1200.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ps69-other-brother-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"What Goes Around\u2026","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Ephraim, Moses, David, Solomon - 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