| The Yahwistic Joseph Cycle |
Basic Similarities |
| A: Joseph's Brothers Sell him into Slavery (Genesis 37) |
-siblings' sin-forgiveness, Joseph, powerful/powerless, burial |
| B: The Blessing of Potiphar's House (Genesis 39) |
-blessing through God subverted, grasping clothes/hands |
| C: Pharaoh and His Ministers Dreams (Genesis 40-41) |
-cattle and grain, keeping a portion for Pharaoh |
| D: The First Exodus (Genesis 42) |
- descending to Egypt because of hunger |
| E: Judah Pleads with Jacob (Genesis 42-43) |
- sparing Benjamin, Judah's speech
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| F: Benjamin's Descent to Egypt (Genesis 43) |
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| E: Judah Pleads with Joseph (Genesis 44) |
- sparing Benjamin, Judah's speech
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| D: The Final Exodus (Genesis 45-46) |
- descending to Egypt because of hunger |
| C: Egyptian Taxation "Reform" (Genesis 47) |
-cattle and grain, keeping a portion for Pharaoh
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| B: Jacob Blesses Joseph and his Sons (Genesis 48) |
-blessing through God subverted, grasping clothes/hands |
| A: Joseph Forgives His Brothers (Genesis 50) |
-siblings' sin-forgiveness, Joseph, powerful/powerless, burial |