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They said to them, "We can't do it, because it would be a disgrace to give our sister to someone who hasn't been circumcised.

and the young man did not put off doing what was asked of him, even though he was the most respected member of his father's family, because he so much wanted Ya‘akov' s daughter.

He built there an altar and called the place El-Beit-El [God of Beit-El], because it was there that God was revealed to him, at the time when he was fleeing from his brother.

Now Isra'el loved Yosef the most of all his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a long-sleeved robe.

The man said, "They've left here; because I heard them say, ‘Let's go to Dotan.'" Yosef went after his brothers and found them in Dotan.

When Y'hudah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, because she had covered her face.

Then Y'hudah acknowledged owning them. He said, "She is more righteous than I, because I didn't let her become the wife of my son Shelah." And he never slept with her again.

So he left all his possessions in Yosef's care; and because he had him, he paid no attention to his affairs, except for the food he ate. Now Yosef was well-built and handsome as well.

But he refused, saying to his master's wife, "Look, because my master has me, he doesn't know what's going on in this house. He has put all his possessions in my charge.

In this house I am his equal; he hasn't withheld anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?"

The prison warden paid no attention to anything Yosef did, because Adonai was with him; and whatever he did, Adonai prospered.

But after they had eaten them up, one couldn't tell that they had eaten them; because they were as miserable-looking as before. At this point I woke up.

and the abundance will not be known in the land because of the famine that will follow, because it will be truly terrible.

Why was the dream doubled for Pharaoh? Because the matter has been fixed by God, and God will shortly cause it to happen.

Yosef stored grain in quantities like the sand on the seashore, so much that they stopped counting, because it was beyond measure.

Yosef called the firstborn M'nasheh [causing to forget], "Because God has caused me to forget all the troubles I suffered at the hands of my family."

Moreover all countries came to Egypt to Yosef to buy grain, because the famine was severe throughout the earth.

except for Binyamin, Yosef's brother. Ya‘akov did not send him with his brothers, because he was afraid something might happen to him.

Upon being ushered inside Yosef's house, the men became fearful. They said, "It's because of the money that was returned in our packs the first time that we have been brought inside — so that he can use it as an excuse to attack us, take us as slaves and seize our donkeys too."

(vii) Then Yosef hurried out, because his feelings toward his brother were so strong that he wanted to cry; he went into his bedroom and there he wept.