The Source of Familial Strife: A Note on Genesis 37.2
Most translations treat Genesis 37.2 as an assemblage of unrelated elements: Joseph’s shepherding, his status as a נער “youth, servant,” and his unfavorable reporting on his brothers are all atomistic elements that do little to develop the story’s plot. Instead, I suggest that verse 2’s second circ...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2023
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| In: |
The Bible translator
Year: 2023, Volume: 74, Issue: 2, Pages: 231-241 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Genesis 37,2
/ Joseph Patriarch
/ Servant
/ Family conflict
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Genesis 37
B Conflict B Joseph B Family B Genesis B Servant |
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| Summary: | Most translations treat Genesis 37.2 as an assemblage of unrelated elements: Joseph’s shepherding, his status as a נער “youth, servant,” and his unfavorable reporting on his brothers are all atomistic elements that do little to develop the story’s plot. Instead, I suggest that verse 2’s second circumstantial clause, והוא נער את בני בלהה ואת בני זלפה נשׁי אביו “He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives,” is causal. Read this way, Genesis 37.2 describes the emerging familial conflict that defines the Joseph cycle. |
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| ISSN: | 2051-6789 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Bible translator
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/20516770231186829 |