Study Desk

When Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took Joseph to Egypt.

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” And his father wept for him.

Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and produce offspring for your brother.”

But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his, so whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he released his semen on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.

Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Remain a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He might die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.

So she took off her widow’s clothes, veiled her face, covered herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that, though Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.

When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

He went over to her and said, “Come, let me sleep with you,” for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law.

Judah replied, “Let her keep the items for herself; otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send this young goat, but you couldn’t find her.”

When the time came for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

But then he pulled his hand back, out came his brother, and she said, “What a breakout you have made for yourself!” So he was named Perez.

When he heard me screaming for help, he left his garment beside me and ran outside.”

but when I screamed for help, he left his garment beside me and ran outside.”

The warden put all the prisoners who were in the prison under Joseph’s authority, and he was responsible for everything that was done there.

The captain of the guards assigned Joseph to them as their personal attendant, and they were in custody for some time.

But when all goes well for you, remember that I was with you. Please show kindness to me by mentioning me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this prison.

For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing that they should put me in the dungeon.”

In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”