Question

100 points Pretend that you are Joseph. You have just arrived in the strange country of Egypt. You have been placed on the auction block and sold to Potiphar as a slave. In a paragraph of at least 250 words, describe your surroundings, your feelings, and your work. Include 2-3 facts about Joseph's life as a slave in Egypt.

Answer 1

Joseph is an important figure in the Bible's Book of Genesis. His function is to explain how Israel came to Egypt. He is the favourite son of the patriarch Jacob, and is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers. He rises to become vizier, so that when famine strikes the region and Jacob's family leave Canaan, it is through him that they are given leave to settle in the Land of Goshen (the eastern part of the Nile Delta).

The composition of the story can be dated to the period between the 7th century BCE and the third quarter of the 5th century BCE, which is roughly the period to which scholars date the Book of Genesis.[2] In rabbinic tradition, he is considered the ancestor of a second Messiah called "Mashiach ben Yosef", who will wage war against the forces of evil alongside Mashiach ben David and die in combat with the enemies of God and Israe