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Speaker 2: That's a little better, ain't it. Actually? I'm going to
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Speaker 2: Like I said, guys, so many windows, so it's bad
Speaker 2: when your equipment is smarter than you are. There we go.
Speaker 2: Let's not zoom in so much. There, that's better. Okay,
Speaker 2: So last time we left off, uh, and now we
Speaker 2: are at the wives of the sons of Jacob. Okay.
Speaker 2: Judah was the first of the sons of Jacob to
Speaker 2: enter wedlock. It'll here while the sale of Joseph to
Speaker 2: the Midianites, his brethren had said to Judah, if conditions
Speaker 2: were as before, our father would provide wives for us.
Speaker 2: Now as it is, he is entirely absorbed by his
Speaker 2: grief for Joseph, and we must look about for wives ourselves.
Speaker 2: Thou art chief, and thou shouldst marry. First Judah's marriage
Speaker 2: with a lit the daughter of the noble merchant Shua,
Speaker 2: which was consummated at Adalamma, the residence of his friend Harah,
Speaker 2: or as he was called later Harum, king of Tire. Oh,
Speaker 2: now we get some freemason stuff there, Hiram Habif, sorry, Hire,
Speaker 2: I'm King of Tire and was not happy. His two
Speaker 2: eldest sons died, and shortly thereafter his wife. Also. It
Speaker 2: was Juda's punishment for having began a good deed and
Speaker 2: left it unfinished. For he who begins a good deed
Speaker 2: and does not execute it to the end brings down
Speaker 2: misfortune upon his own head. I was just a Southern
Speaker 2: saying where I'm from, it's just hey, boy, don't start
Speaker 2: something you can't finish, or don't bite off more than
Speaker 2: you can chew. Judah had rescued Joseph from death, but
Speaker 2: it was his suggestion to sell him into slavery. Had
Speaker 2: he urged him to restore the lad to his father,
Speaker 2: His brethren would have obeyed his words. He was lacking
Speaker 2: in a consistency to persist until he had completed the
Speaker 2: work of Joseph's deliverance, which he had began in the
Speaker 2: same the year of Joseph's misfortune. All his other brethren
Speaker 2: married to Reuben's wife was named Iloram, the daughter of
Speaker 2: the Canaanite Uzi of Timnah. Simon married his sister Dana first,
Speaker 2: and then a second wife. When Simon and Levi massacred
Speaker 2: the men of Shechem, Dinah refused to leave the city
Speaker 2: and follow her brethren, saying whether shall I carry my shame?
Speaker 2: But Simon swore he would marry her, as he did later,
Speaker 2: and when she died in Egypt, he took her body
Speaker 2: to the Holy Land and buried it there. Dinah bore
Speaker 2: her brother a son, and from her union with Shechem,
Speaker 2: the son of Haymoor, sprang a daughter, Asnath by name
Speaker 2: afterward the wife of Joseph. When his daughter was born
Speaker 2: to Dinah, her brethren, the sons of Jacob, wanted to
Speaker 2: kill her that the finger of men might not point
Speaker 2: at the fruit of the sin in their father's house.
Speaker 2: But Jacob took a piece of Tin inscribed the holy
Speaker 2: name upon it and bounded about the neck of the girl,
Speaker 2: and he put her under a thorn bush and abandoned
Speaker 2: her there. An angel carried the babe down to Egypt.
Speaker 2: And that's kind of like a reoccurring theme, isn't it,
Speaker 2: where Popeter I always get this wrong. Potiphar Potiphar adopted
Speaker 2: her as a child, for his wife was barren. Years thereafter,
Speaker 2: when Joseph traveled through the land as visceroy, the maidens
Speaker 2: threw gifts at him to make him turn his eyes
Speaker 2: in their direction and give them the opportunity of gazing
Speaker 2: upon his beauty. Asinath possessed nothing that would do as
Speaker 2: a present. Therefore, she took off the amulet suspended from
Speaker 2: her neck and gave it to him. Thus Joseph became
Speaker 2: acquainted with her lineage, and he married her, seeing that
Speaker 2: she was not an Egyptian, but one connected with the
Speaker 2: house of Jacob through his mother. Beside, the son of Dana,
Speaker 2: Simon had another son whose name was Saul. By Buona,
Speaker 2: the damsel he had taken captive in the campaign against
Speaker 2: Shechem Levi and Ishkar married two daughters of Joe Bab
Speaker 2: the grandson of Eber. The wife of the former was
Speaker 2: named Adana. The wife of the latter are dah Dan's
Speaker 2: wife was l Flat, a daughter of the Moabite Hama Dun. Sorry, guys,
Speaker 2: I'm a redneck. I could hardly speak English and these
Speaker 2: words are pretty hard. These are twenty dollars words right here.
Speaker 2: For a long time the marriage remained childless. Finally they
Speaker 2: had a son, whom they called Heshim. Gad and nef
Speaker 2: Tali married women from Haran, two sisters, daughters of Amram,
Speaker 2: the grandson of Nahor. Nephtali's wife, Mirmit was the older
Speaker 2: of the two, and the younger. The wife of Gad
Speaker 2: was named Uzit. Asher's first wife was Adon, the daughter
Speaker 2: of elf Law, the grandson of Ishmael. She died childless
Speaker 2: and he married a second wife, Hadra, a daughter of Ablel,
Speaker 2: the grandson of Shim. She had been married before, her
Speaker 2: first husband, having been Mikschel, also the grandson of Sim.
Speaker 2: And the issue of the first marriage was a daughter,
Speaker 2: Sarah by name. When Asher brought his wife to Canaan,
Speaker 2: the three year old orphan Sarah came with them. She
Speaker 2: was raised in the house of Jacob, and she walked
Speaker 2: in the ways of pious children, and God gave her beauty,
Speaker 2: wisdom and sagacity, sagacity s A g A c.
Speaker 3: I T y.
Speaker 2: I mightna have to look that one up. That one's
Speaker 2: got me curious. We'll do a word search real quick. Nope,
Speaker 2: I don't want to see how many times it was used.
Speaker 2: Back up study. Maybe that's it. There we go. Okay,
Speaker 2: wisdom says wisdom, wisdom literature. Wisdom is the capacity of
Speaker 2: the mind, and the Old Testament involves both knowledge and
Speaker 2: the ability to direct the mind toward full understanding of
Speaker 2: human life and towards the moral fulfillment. Okay, so it's
Speaker 2: just a fancy word for uh wisdom. So he gave
Speaker 2: her wisdom. H Zebuln's wife was Marshaw, the daughter of Molad,
Speaker 2: the grandson of the Median, the son of Abraham by Ketra.
Speaker 2: For Benjamin, when he was but ten years old, Jacob
Speaker 2: took Mahala to a wife, the daughter of Aram, the
Speaker 2: grandson of Tara, and she bore him five sons. At
Speaker 2: the age of eighteen, he married a second wife, Arbat,
Speaker 2: the daughter of Zimran, a son of Abraham by Keturah,
Speaker 2: and by her also he had five sons. Okay, that's
Speaker 2: the end of that section. I'll check in with you, guys.
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Speaker 2: My haters not came in yet. I don't have my
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Speaker 2: one is Joseph, the slave of Potiphar. Hey I got
Speaker 2: it right. That time. When Joseph was sold as a
Speaker 2: slave to the Ishmaelites, he kept silent out of respect
Speaker 2: for his brethren and did not tell his masters that
Speaker 2: he was the son of Jacob, a great and powerful man.
Speaker 2: Even when he came to the Midianites with the Ishmaelites
Speaker 2: and the former asked after his parentage, he still said
Speaker 2: he was a slave only in order not to put
Speaker 2: his brethren to shame. He's a better man than me.
Speaker 2: I snitched on him. They've done me that way. But
Speaker 2: the most distinguished of the Midianites rebuked Joseph, saying, thou
Speaker 2: art no slave. Thy appearance betrayeth thee and he threatened
Speaker 2: him with death unless he acknowled the truth. Joseph, however,
Speaker 2: was steadfast he would not act treacherously toward his brethren.
Speaker 2: Arrived in Egypt, the honors of Joseph could come to
Speaker 2: no agreement regarding him. Each desire to have so an
Speaker 2: exclusive possession of him. They therefore decided to leave him
Speaker 2: with the shopkeeper until they should come back to Egypt.
Speaker 2: Again with their merchandise. And God, let Joseph find grace
Speaker 2: in the sight of the shopkeeper. All that he had,
Speaker 2: his whole house he put into Joseph's hand, And therefore
Speaker 2: the Lord blessed him with much silver and gold, and
Speaker 2: Joseph remained with him for three months and for five days.
Speaker 2: At that time there came from Memphis the wife of Potiphar,
Speaker 2: and she cast her eyes upon Joseph, of whose calmliness
Speaker 2: of person she had heard from the eunuchs. She told
Speaker 2: her husband how that a certain shopkeeper had grown rich
Speaker 2: through a young Hebrew. And she added, but it is
Speaker 2: said that the youth was stolen away out of the
Speaker 2: land of Canaan. Go therefore and sit in judgment upon
Speaker 2: his owner, and take the youth into thy house, that
Speaker 2: the God of the Hebrews may bless thee for the
Speaker 2: grace of Heaven rests upon this youth. Potiphar summoned the shopkeeper,
Speaker 2: and when he appeared before him, he spoke harshly to him, saying,
Speaker 2: what is this? I hear that thou stealest souls from
Speaker 2: the land of Canaan, and dost carry on traffic with
Speaker 2: them human trafficker. The shopkeeper protested his innocence, and he
Speaker 2: could not be made to recede from his assertions. That
Speaker 2: a company of Ishmaelites had left josephin charged temporarily until
Speaker 2: they should return. Potifar had them strip naked and beaten.
Speaker 2: God Ee, strip naked and beaten. I wasn't ready boy.
Speaker 2: That escalated quickly, so then Potiphar summoned Joseph. The youth
Speaker 2: prostrated himself before the chief of the eunuchs, for he
Speaker 2: was third in rank of the officers of Pharaoh. And
Speaker 2: he addressed Joseph and said, art thou a slave or
Speaker 2: a freeborn man? And Joseph replied a slave. Potiphar continued
Speaker 2: to question him whose slave art thou? And Joseph replies,
Speaker 2: I belonged to the Ishmaelites. And Potiphar, how whist thou
Speaker 2: made a slave? Joseph, they bought me in the land
Speaker 2: of Canaan. But Potiphar refused to give credence to what
Speaker 2: he said, and he had also he had him also
Speaker 2: stripped and beaten. The wife of Potiphar, standing by the door,
Speaker 2: saw how Joseph was abused, and she sent word to
Speaker 2: her husband. Thy verdict is unjust, for thou punished the
Speaker 2: freeborn youth that was stolen away from his place, as
Speaker 2: though he the one that had committed a crime. And
Speaker 2: Joseph held firmly to what he had said, Potiphar ordered
Speaker 2: him to prison until his master should return. In her
Speaker 2: sinful longing for him, his wife wanted to have Joseph
Speaker 2: in her own house, and she remonstrated with her husband
Speaker 2: in these words, Wherefore, wherefore dost thou keep the captive,
Speaker 2: nobly born, a slave a prisoner. Thou shouldst rather set
Speaker 2: him at liberty and have him serve thee And he answered,
Speaker 2: the law of the Egyptians does not permit us to
Speaker 2: take what belongs to another before all titles are made clear.
Speaker 2: So even slaves had titles like cars. And Joseph stayed
Speaker 2: in prison for twenty four days until the return of
Speaker 2: the ishmaelites to Egypt. Meanwhile, they had heard somewhere that
Speaker 2: Joseph was the son of Jacob, and they therefore said
Speaker 2: to him, why didst thou pretend that thou wast a slave?
Speaker 2: See we have information that thou art the son of
Speaker 2: a powerful man in Canaan, and thy father mourns for
Speaker 2: thee in sack cloth. Joseph was on the point of
Speaker 2: divulging his secret, but he kept a check upon himself
Speaker 2: for the sake of his brethren, and he repeated that
Speaker 2: he was a slave. Nonetheless, the Ishmaelites decided to sell
Speaker 2: him that he be not found in their hands, for
Speaker 2: they feared the revenge of Jacob, who they knew was
Speaker 2: in high favor with the Lord and with men. The
Speaker 2: shopkeeper begged the Ishmaelites to rescue him from the legal
Speaker 2: prosecution of Potiphar. So, yeah, he's just kind of caught
Speaker 2: in the middle. It's hey man, you watch my bag.
Speaker 2: It's like you go to the airport, It's like, hey man,
Speaker 2: you care to watch my bag for me? And you
Speaker 2: kind of take off and leave them stuck with it,
Speaker 2: you know, and then you are the one that gets
Speaker 2: taken to jail. He's kind of caught in the middle.
Speaker 2: There the legal prosecution of Potiphar and cleared him of
Speaker 2: the suspicion of the man theft. The Ishmaelites, in turn,
Speaker 2: had a conference with Joseph and bade him testify before
Speaker 2: Potiphar that he had bought him for the money. He
Speaker 2: did so, and then the chief of the eunuchs, liberated
Speaker 2: him from prison and dismissed all parties. Concerned with the
Speaker 2: permission of her husband, Potiphar's wife sent a eunuch to
Speaker 2: the Ishmaelites, bidding him to buy Joseph, but he returned
Speaker 2: and reported that they demanded an exorbitant piece for the slave.
Speaker 2: She just passed a second unit, charging him to conclude
Speaker 2: the bargain, and though they had asked one mina of
Speaker 2: gold or even two, he was not to be sparing
Speaker 2: of money. He was to be sure to buy the
Speaker 2: slave and bring him to her. The unit gave the
Speaker 2: Ishmaelites eighty pieces of gold for Joseph, telling his mistress, however,
Speaker 2: that he had paid out one hundred pieces. Joseph noted
Speaker 2: to the deception, but he kept silent and the eunuch
Speaker 2: might not be put to shame. Thus Joseph became a
Speaker 2: slave of the idolatrous priest Potiphar, or PoTA Pharah, as
Speaker 2: he is sometimes called. He had secured possession of the
Speaker 2: handsome youth for elewd purpose, but the angel Gabriel mutilated
Speaker 2: him in such a manner that he could not accomplish it.
Speaker 2: His master soon had occasion to notice that Joseph was
Speaker 2: a piet was as pious as he was beautiful, for
Speaker 2: whenever he was occupied with his ministrations, he would whisper
Speaker 2: a prayer. O, Lord of the world, thou art my trust,
Speaker 2: Thou art my protection. Let me find grace and favor
Speaker 2: in thy sight, and in the sight of all that
Speaker 2: see me, and in the sight of my master Potiphar.
Speaker 2: When Potiphar noticed the movement of his lips, he said
Speaker 2: to Joseph, dost thou purpose to cast a spell upon me? Nay,
Speaker 2: replied the youth, beseeching God to let me find favor
Speaker 2: in thine eyes. His prayer was heard. Potiphar convinced himself
Speaker 2: that God was with Joseph. Sometimes he would make a
Speaker 2: test of Joseph Joseph's miraculous powers. If he brought him
Speaker 2: a glass of hypcris he would say, I would rather
Speaker 2: have wine mixed with the absence, and straightway the spiced
Speaker 2: wine was changed into bitter wine. And that's kind of
Speaker 2: telling too. I've said on some shows that they seen
Speaker 2: two Messiah figures. You know, they believed in the Messiah
Speaker 2: of the They call him Yosiah ben Joseph. You know, Joseph.
Speaker 2: And then the second one was supposed to be, in
Speaker 2: their eyes anyway, a liberator from a government, but no,
Speaker 2: he was liberating them from you know, the hands of
Speaker 2: Satan and death, so that they got that wrong. But
Speaker 2: here and you can kind of tell, you know, this
Speaker 2: is a later writing because they are casting Joseph in
Speaker 2: like the same role as Jesus. As Jesus you know,
Speaker 2: first miracle, he turned water into wine. So here you
Speaker 2: have their you know, their first messiah, ben Joseph doing
Speaker 2: the same things as Jesus, kind of trying to pick
Speaker 2: him up, you know, in the put him back in
Speaker 2: the same category. I guess you could say, let me see,
Speaker 2: whenever he desired, he could be sure to get from Joseph.
Speaker 2: And he saw clearly that God fulfilled the wishes of
Speaker 2: his slave. Therefore he put all the keys of his
Speaker 2: house into his hand, and he knew, not aught that
Speaker 2: that was with him, keeping back nothing from Joseph, but
Speaker 2: his wife, seeing that the chikhana rested upon him, Potiphar
Speaker 2: treated Joseph not as a slave, but as a member
Speaker 2: of his family. For he said, this youth is not
Speaker 2: cut out for the slave's work. He is worthy of
Speaker 2: the prince's palace. Accordingly, he provided instruction for him in
Speaker 2: the arts, and ordered him to have better fare than
Speaker 2: the other slaves. Joseph thanked God for his new and
Speaker 2: happy state. He prayed, blessed art thou, o Lord, that
Speaker 2: thou hast caused me to forget my father's house. What
Speaker 2: made his present fortune so agreeable was that he was
Speaker 2: removed from the envy and jealousy of his brethren. And
Speaker 2: he said, when I was in my father's house and
Speaker 2: he gave me something pretty, the coat of many colors,
Speaker 2: priestly garments, my brethren begrudged me with present. And now,
Speaker 2: O Lord, I thank THEE that I live amid plenty,
Speaker 2: free from anxieties. He turned his attention to the external appearance.
Speaker 2: He painted his eyes, dressed his hair, and aimed to
Speaker 2: be elegant in his walk. But God spake to him, saying,
Speaker 2: thy father is morning in sackcloth and ashes, while thou
Speaker 2: dost eat, drink, and dress thy hair. Therefore I will
Speaker 2: stir up thy mistress against THEE, and thou shalt be embarrassed.
Speaker 2: Thus Joseph's secret wish was fulfilled that he might be
Speaker 2: permitted to prove his piety under temptation, as the piety
Speaker 2: of his father's had been tested. Okay, that's the end
Speaker 2: of that section. I'll check back in with you guys
Speaker 2: in the chat. Wade been studying the Joe Bab thing,
Speaker 2: and there's some credence to Job being Jethrow ho Bab,
Speaker 2: Moses's father in law. The kennit. We will see what
Speaker 2: Ginsburg says, which I've heard. I can't remember who, but
Speaker 2: somebody was saying that Job was like in the black
Speaker 2: blood line of Esau of Edam, I think if I
Speaker 2: remember correctly. So I had told me that a while back. Yep,
Speaker 2: that's the right way. You got to be reading other
Speaker 2: people's stuff and get other people's opinions. Man, you've got
Speaker 2: to get different perspectives and gather those puzzle pieces. Bro,
Speaker 2: I commend you. Okay, I'll continue on. We're flying right along. Okay,
Speaker 2: this is uh Joseph and Zoega. That is untype right,
Speaker 2: bless me throw the stick up in the air. It
Speaker 2: will always return to its original place. Like Rachel, his mother,
Speaker 2: Joseph was of ravishing beauty and the why of his
Speaker 2: master was filled with invincible passion for him. Her feeling
Speaker 2: was heightened by the astrologic forecast that she was destined
Speaker 2: to have descendants through Joseph. This was true, but not
Speaker 2: in the sense in which she understood the prophecy. Joseph
Speaker 2: married her daughter Asnath later on, and she bore him children,
Speaker 2: thus fulfilling what had been read in the stars. So
Speaker 2: the magi, you know, the same ones that went after
Speaker 2: Jesus when they seen the stars in the having Let's see, Pink,
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Speaker 2: In the beginning, she did not confess her love to Joseph.
Speaker 2: She tried first to seduce him by artifice on the
Speaker 2: pretext of visiting him. She would go to him at night,
Speaker 2: and as she had no sons, she would pretend a
Speaker 2: desire to adopt him. Okay, so she's trying to play
Speaker 2: the mommy role here. Joseph then prayed to God in
Speaker 2: her behalf, and she bore a son. However, she continued
Speaker 2: to embrace him as though he were her own child,
Speaker 2: yet he did not notice her evil designs. Finally, when
Speaker 2: he recognized her wanton trickery, he mourned many days and
Speaker 2: endeavored to turn her away from her sinful passion by
Speaker 2: the word of God. Speaking of that situation in Doc Brown,
Speaker 2: that kind of puts you in mind of Marty McFly
Speaker 2: when he goes back in time and meets his bom
Speaker 2: and his mom's trying to have sex with him. He's
Speaker 2: like no. She on her side, often threatened him with
Speaker 2: death and surrendered him to castigations in order to make
Speaker 2: him amenable to her will. And when these means had
Speaker 2: no effect upon Joseph, she sought to seduce him with enticements.
Speaker 2: She would say, I promise thee thou shalt rule over
Speaker 2: me and all that I have, if that would but
Speaker 2: give thyself up to me, and thou shalt be to
Speaker 2: me the same as my lawful husband. But Joseph was
Speaker 2: mindful of the words of his father, and he went
Speaker 2: into his chamber and fasted, and prayed to God that
Speaker 2: he would deliver him from the toils of the Egyptian woman.
Speaker 2: In spite of the mortifications he practiced, and though he
Speaker 2: gave the poor and sick, the food pointed to him,
Speaker 2: his master thought he lived a luxurious life. For those
Speaker 2: that fast for the glory of God are made beautiful
Speaker 2: of countenance. The wife of Potiphar would frequently speak to
Speaker 2: her husband in praise of Joseph's chastity, in order that
Speaker 2: he might conceive no suspicion of the state of her feelings.
Speaker 2: And again he would encourage Joseph, secretly telling him not
Speaker 2: to fear her husband, that he was convinced of his
Speaker 2: purity of life. And though one should carry tales to
Speaker 2: him about Joseph and herself, Potiphar would lend them no credence.
Speaker 2: And when he saw that all of this was ineffectual,
Speaker 2: she approached him with the request that he teach her
Speaker 2: the word of God, saying, if it be thy wish
Speaker 2: that I forsake idle worship, then fulfill my desire, and
Speaker 2: I will persuade that Egyptian husband of mine to abjure
Speaker 2: the idols, and we shall walk in the law of God.
Speaker 2: So it's like, okay, don't be orre's that. Don't be
Speaker 2: like Felicia, where's that? There goes? She said, don't be standing.
Speaker 2: You give me some of that loving and we'll repent
Speaker 2: and start worshiping your God. You know, he's gonna gonna
Speaker 2: have to show me a little love, you know, trying
Speaker 2: to bargain with some uh, some sweet relations as they
Speaker 2: said on what was that the nutty professor? Oh, I remember,
Speaker 2: and I used to have sweet relations, Joseph replied. The
Speaker 2: Lord desires not that those who fear him shall walk
Speaker 2: in impurity, nor hath he pleasure in the adulterer. Another
Speaker 2: time she came to him and said, if that will
Speaker 2: not do my desire, I will murder the Egyptian and
Speaker 2: wed with thee according to the law whereat Joseph rent
Speaker 2: his garment, and he said, O, woman, fear the Lord,
Speaker 2: and do not execute this evil deed, that thou mayst
Speaker 2: not bring destruction down upon thyself, for I will proclaim
Speaker 2: thy impious purposes to all in public. Again, she sent
Speaker 2: him a dish prepared with magic spells, by means of
Speaker 2: which she hoped to get him into her power. But
Speaker 2: when the eunuch said it before him, he saw the
Speaker 2: image of a man handling him or handing him a
Speaker 2: sword together with the dish, and warned of the vision,
Speaker 2: he took good care not to taste of the food.
Speaker 2: A few days later, his mistress came to him and
Speaker 2: asked him why he had not eaten of what she
Speaker 2: had sent him. Approached her, saying, how couldst thou tell me?
Speaker 2: I do not come nigh unto the idols, but only
Speaker 2: unto the Lord. The God of my fathers, hath revealed
Speaker 2: thy iniquity to me through an angel. But thou mayst
Speaker 2: know that the malice of the wicked has no power
Speaker 2: of those who fear God impurity. I shall eat thy
Speaker 2: food before thine eyes, and the God of my father's
Speaker 2: and the Angel of Abraham will see will be with me.
Speaker 2: The wife of Potiphar fell upon her face at the
Speaker 2: feet of Joseph, and amidst tears, she promised not to
Speaker 2: commit this sin again, but her unholy passion for Joseph
Speaker 2: did not depart from her, and her distress over her
Speaker 2: unfulfilled wish made her look so ill that her husband
Speaker 2: said to her, why is thou countenance fallen? And she replied,
Speaker 2: I have a pain in my heart, and the groanings
Speaker 2: of my spirit oppressed me. Once she was a along
Speaker 2: with Joseph, she rushed toward him, crying, I will throttle myself,
Speaker 2: or I will jump into a well or a pit,
Speaker 2: if thou wilt not yield thyself to me. Noticing her
Speaker 2: extreme agitation, Joseph endeavored to calm her with these words, remember,
Speaker 2: if thou makest away with thyself thy husband's concubine, as
Speaker 2: still thy rival will maltreat thy children and exturbate thy
Speaker 2: memory from earth. These words, gently spoken, had the opposite
Speaker 2: effect from which he intended. They only inflamed her passion
Speaker 2: the more by feeding her hopes. She said, there seest
Speaker 2: thou thou dost love me now, crazy, crazy girl, it
Speaker 2: suffices for me that thou takest thought for me and
Speaker 2: for the safety of my children. Sweet I expect now
Speaker 2: that my desire will be fulfilled. It's like a a
Speaker 2: I shoot dumb and dumber. He's like, what's the chances
Speaker 2: of a girl like me getting with a guy like you?
Speaker 2: And she's like slim. He's like, well, how slim. She's like,
Speaker 2: I like want in a million. He's like, so, you're
Speaker 2: telling me there's a chance she did not know that
Speaker 2: Joseph spoke as he did for the sake of God
Speaker 2: and not for her sake. His mistress, or as she
Speaker 2: is called Zuluka, pursued him day after day with her
Speaker 2: amoracious talk, for her flattery, saying, how fair is thy appearance,
Speaker 2: how calmly thy form? Never have I seen so well
Speaker 2: favored a slave as thou, Joseph would reply, God, who
Speaker 2: formed me in my mother's womb, hath created all men? Yeah, sly,
Speaker 2: she's a whacko. Yeah, man, that's the chick they were
Speaker 2: talking about on that outcast song back in the day.
Speaker 2: You remember that crazy witch. Okay, Zeluca. How beautiful are
Speaker 2: thine eyes which thou hast charmed all Egyptians, both men
Speaker 2: and women, Joseph, beautiful as they may be while I
Speaker 2: am alive, so ghastly they will be to look upon
Speaker 2: in the grave, Seluca, How lovely and pleasant are thy words.
Speaker 2: I pray THEE take thy harp play, and also sing
Speaker 2: that I may hear thy words, Joseph. Lovely and pleasant
Speaker 2: are my words when I proclaim the praises of my god, Zeluca,
Speaker 2: How beautiful is thy hair? Take my golden comb and
Speaker 2: comb it, Joseph, How long will thou continue to speak
Speaker 2: thus to me? Leave off? It were better for THEE
Speaker 2: to care for thy household, Seluca. There is nothing in
Speaker 2: my house that I care for, save THEE alone. But
Speaker 2: Joseph's virtue was unshaken while she spoke. Thus he did
Speaker 2: not so much as raise his eyes to look at
Speaker 2: his mistress. He remained equally steadfast when she lavished gifts
Speaker 2: upon him, for she provided him with garments of one
Speaker 2: kind for the morning, and another for noon, and a
Speaker 2: third kind for the evening. Nor could treats move him.
Speaker 2: She would say, I will bring false accusations against THEE
Speaker 2: before thy master, and Joseph would reply, the Lord executeth
Speaker 2: judgment for the oppressed, or I will deprive THEE of food,
Speaker 2: whereupon Joseph would say, the Lord giveth food to the hungry,
Speaker 2: or I will have THEE thrown into prison, whereupon Joseph
Speaker 2: would reply, ooseth the prisoners, or I will put heavy
Speaker 2: labor upon thee, and I will bend. I will bend
Speaker 2: thee double. Whereupon Joseph the Lord raises up them that
Speaker 2: are bowed down, or I will bind thine eyes. Whereupon
Speaker 2: Joseph replies, the Lord openeth the eyes of the blind.
Speaker 2: When she began to exercise her blandishments upon him, he
Speaker 2: rejected them with words, I fear my master. But Zukalah
Speaker 2: would say, I will kill him. Joseph replied with indignation,
Speaker 2: not enough that thou wast making adulter of me. Thou
Speaker 2: woult have me be a murderer. Besides, and he spoke furthermore, saying,
Speaker 2: I fear the Lord, my god. Zuklah, nonsense. He is
Speaker 2: not here to see thee. Joseph great is the Lord,
Speaker 2: and highly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable. Thereupon,
Speaker 2: she took Joseph into her chamber, where an idol hung
Speaker 2: above the bed. This she covered that it might not
Speaker 2: be a witness of what she was about to do.
Speaker 2: And Joseph said, though thou coverest up the eyes of
Speaker 2: the idol, remember the eyes of the Lord run to
Speaker 2: and fro and the whole earth. Yes, Joseph continued, I
Speaker 2: have many reasons not to do this thing for the
Speaker 2: sake of God. Adam was banished from Paradise on the
Speaker 2: account of violating a light command. How much more should
Speaker 2: I have to fear the punishment of God were I
Speaker 2: to commit so grave a sin as adultery. The Lord
Speaker 2: is in the habit of choosing a favorite member of
Speaker 2: our family as a sacrifice unto himself. Perhaps he desired
Speaker 2: to make choice of me. But if I do as
Speaker 2: thy will, I make myself unfit to be a sacrificing
Speaker 2: to God. Also, the Lord is in the habit of
Speaker 2: appearing suddenly in visions of the night and into those
Speaker 2: that love him. Thus did he appear into Abraham, Isaac
Speaker 2: and Jacob. And I fear that he may appear unto
Speaker 2: me at the very moment while I am defiling myself
Speaker 2: with thee. And as I fear God, so I fear
Speaker 2: my father, who withdrew the birthright from his firstborn son, Ruben,
Speaker 2: on the account of an immoral act. And that's what
Speaker 2: I talk about in the Epic of Esau. You know,
Speaker 2: sleeping with your father's wife or concubine is active rebellion,
Speaker 2: trying to take over the household. That's what Ham did
Speaker 2: to Noah. That's what's his name. King David's son did
Speaker 2: the same thing as soon as he run out to
Speaker 2: his father. It starts with an a abslom. First thing
Speaker 2: he did, he pitched a ten on his father's house
Speaker 2: and went into all of his concubines in the side
Speaker 2: of all of Israel. And Reuben also slept with his
Speaker 2: father's concubines. So this is like a reoccurring trend or
Speaker 2: theme that you see. So withdrew the birthright from his
Speaker 2: firstborn son, Ruben, on the account of an immoral act,
Speaker 2: and gave it to me. Were I to fulfill my desire,
Speaker 2: I would share the fate of my brother Ruben. With
Speaker 2: such words, Joseph endeavored to cure the wife of his
Speaker 2: master of the wanton passion she had conceived for him,
Speaker 2: while he took heed to keep far from his henous sin,
Speaker 2: not from fear of punishment that would follow, nor out
Speaker 2: of consideration for the opinion of men, but because he
Speaker 2: desired to sanctify the name of God, Blessed be he
Speaker 2: before the whole world. It was this feeling of his
Speaker 2: that Zukolah could not comprehend, And when finally carried away
Speaker 2: by passion, she told him in unmistakable language what she desired,
Speaker 2: and he recoiled from her. She said to Joseph, why
Speaker 2: dost thou refuse to fulfill my wish? Am I not
Speaker 2: a married woman? None will find out that thou what
Speaker 2: thou hast done. Joseph replied, if the unmarried woman of
Speaker 2: the Heathen are prohibited unto us, how much more they
Speaker 2: are married women as the Lord liveth I will not
Speaker 2: commit the crime thou biddest me to do. In this,
Speaker 2: Joseph followed the example of many pious men who utter
Speaker 2: an oath at the moment when they are in danger
Speaker 2: of succumbing to temptation, and seek thus to gather moral
Speaker 2: courage to control their evil instincts. When Zuluka could not
Speaker 2: prevail upon him to persuade him, her desire threw her
Speaker 2: into a grievous sickness, and all the women of Egypt
Speaker 2: came to visit her, and they said unto her, why
Speaker 2: art thou so languid and wasted? Thou lackest nothing? Is
Speaker 2: not thy husband a prince great and esteemed in the
Speaker 2: sight of the king. Is it possible that thou canst
Speaker 2: want aught of what thy heart desireth Sukula answered them, saying,
Speaker 2: this day shall it be made known unto you whence
Speaker 2: cometh the state therein you see met. She commanded her
Speaker 2: maid servants to prepare food for all the women. It's
Speaker 2: kind of like a job moment, ain't it. You know?
Speaker 2: Job's down and out, having all these issues. And the
Speaker 2: men kind of came and give him counsel, and she
Speaker 2: spread a banquet before them. In her house, she placed
Speaker 2: knives upon the table to peel the oranges, and then
Speaker 2: ordered Joseph to appear, arrayed in costly garments and wait
Speaker 2: upon her guests. When Joseph came in, the women could
Speaker 2: not take their eyes off of him, and they all
Speaker 2: cut their hands with knives, and the oranges in their
Speaker 2: hands were covered in blood. But they, not knowing what
Speaker 2: they were doing, continued to look upon the beauty of
Speaker 2: Joseph without turning their eyes away from him. Then Zukala said,
Speaker 2: unto them, what have you done? Behold? I set oranges
Speaker 2: before you to eat, and you have cut your hands.
Speaker 2: All the women looked at their hands and lo they
Speaker 2: were full of blood, and it flowed down and stained
Speaker 2: their garments. They said to Zukla, this slave in thy
Speaker 2: house did enchant us, and we could not turn our
Speaker 2: eyes away from him on the account of his beauty.
Speaker 2: She then said, this happened. This happened to you that
Speaker 2: looked upon him but a moment, and you could not
Speaker 2: refrain yourselves. However, then can I control myself in whose
Speaker 2: house he abideth continually? Who see him go in and
Speaker 2: out day after day? How then should I not waste
Speaker 2: away or keep my languishing on the account of him?
Speaker 2: And the women spake, saying, it is true, who can
Speaker 2: look upon this beauty in this house and refrain her feelings?
Speaker 2: But he is thy slave? Why dost thou not disclose
Speaker 2: to him that which is in thy heart? Rather than
Speaker 2: suffer the life to perish through this thing? Zeluca answered them.
Speaker 2: Daily do I endeavor to persuade him? Yes, she's consistent,
Speaker 2: but he will not consent to my wishes. I promised
Speaker 2: him everything that is fair. Yet have I met with
Speaker 2: no return from him, no love, And therefore I am sick.
Speaker 2: As you may see, her sickness increased upon her, her
Speaker 2: husband and her household suspected not the cause of her decline,
Speaker 2: but all the women that were her friends knew that
Speaker 2: it was on the account of the love that she
Speaker 2: bore for Joseph, and they advised her all the time
Speaker 2: to try to entice the youth. On a certain day,
Speaker 2: while Joseph was doing his master's work in the house,
Speaker 2: Zukalah came and fell suddenly upon him. But Joseph was
Speaker 2: stronger than she, and he pressed her down to the ground.
Speaker 2: Zukilah wept, and in a voice of supplication, and in
Speaker 2: bitterness of soul, she said to Joseph, hast thou ever
Speaker 2: known seen or heard of a woman my peer and beauty,
Speaker 2: let alone a woman with beauty exceeding mine. Yet I
Speaker 2: tried daily to persuade THEE. I fall into decline through
Speaker 2: love of THEE. I confer all this honor upon THEE,
Speaker 2: And thou wilt not hearken unto my voice. Is it
Speaker 2: by reason of fear of thy Master that he punished THEE?
Speaker 2: As the King liveth No harm shall come upon THEE
Speaker 2: from the Master on the account of this thing. Now,
Speaker 2: therefore I pray THEE listen to me and consent unto
Speaker 2: my desire for the sake of the honor that I
Speaker 2: have conferred upon THEE, and take this death away from me,
Speaker 2: for why should I die on the account of THEE.
Speaker 2: Joseph remained a steadfast under the importunities as before. Zukula, however,
Speaker 2: was not discouraged. She continued her solicitations unremittingly, day after day,
Speaker 2: month after month, for a whole year, but always without
Speaker 2: the least success. For Joseph, in his chastity, did not
Speaker 2: permit himself to even look upon her. Therefore, she resorted
Speaker 2: to constraint. She had an iron shackle placed upon his chin,
Speaker 2: and he was compelled to keep his head up and
Speaker 2: look at her in the face. Yeah, men want a
Speaker 2: girl that's crazy about him, but not just crazy that
Speaker 2: that's a little mutch, you know what I'm saying. It's
Speaker 2: kind of like that movie How to Lose a Guy
Speaker 2: in Ten Days? How that chick was acting around. Shoot,
Speaker 2: Matthew McConaughey, that's his name. Let's see how long this
Speaker 2: next section is. That one was kind of long. Okay,
Speaker 2: it ain't that bad. I finished this one. We'll see
Speaker 2: what craziness this woman tries. Next. Joseph resists temptation. Seeing
Speaker 2: that she could not attain her object by intrustees or tears,
Speaker 2: Zukla finally used force when she judged that the favorable
Speaker 2: chance had come. She did not have She did not
Speaker 2: have long to wait. When the Nile overflowed its banks,
Speaker 2: and according to the annual custom of the Egyptians, all
Speaker 2: repaired to the river, men and women, people and princes
Speaker 2: a company by music. Excuse me, Zukla remained at home
Speaker 2: under pretense of being sick. This was her long looked
Speaker 2: for opportunity, she thought. She rose up and ascended to
Speaker 2: the Hall of State, and arrayed herself in princely garments.
Speaker 2: She placed precious stones upon her head, onyx stones set
Speaker 2: in silver and gold. She beautified her face and her
Speaker 2: body with all sorts of things for purifying of women.
Speaker 2: She perfumed the hall and the whole house with cassia
Speaker 2: and frankincense, spread mirror and aloes all over, and afterwards
Speaker 2: set herself down at the entrance to the hall in
Speaker 2: the vestiable leading to the house, though which Joseph had
Speaker 2: to pass to his work and behold, Joseph came from
Speaker 2: the field, and he was on point of entering the
Speaker 2: house to do his master's work. But when he reached
Speaker 2: the place where Zukila sat and saw all that she
Speaker 2: had done, he turned back. His mistress, perceiving it, called
Speaker 2: out to him, what aileth thee Joseph, to go to
Speaker 2: thy work. I will make room for thee, that thou
Speaker 2: mayst pass by to thy seat. Joseph did as she bade,
Speaker 2: and he entered the house, took his seat, and set
Speaker 2: about his master's work as usual. When Zukala stood before
Speaker 2: him suddenly, in all of her beauty of person and
Speaker 2: magnificence of remnant, and repeated the desires of her heart.
Speaker 2: It was the first and last time that Joseph steadfast
Speaker 2: Steadfastness deserted him, but only for an instant. When she
Speaker 2: was on the point of complying with the wish of
Speaker 2: his mistress, the image of his mother Rachel appeared before him,
Speaker 2: and that of his aunt Leah, and the image of
Speaker 2: his father Jacob. Okay, I'm going to insert this, and
Speaker 2: you're you're gonna appreciate this. I want to tell you
Speaker 2: a personal story that that reminded me of my first wife.
Speaker 2: We were like high school sweethearts, you know, we dated.
Speaker 2: You know, majority of high school, got married right out
Speaker 2: of high school, was together for you know, ten eleven
Speaker 2: years before we separated. But when I was dating her
Speaker 2: in high school, it was like the first date that
Speaker 2: I was allowed to take her on that her father
Speaker 2: allowed me to and was taking her to the movies
Speaker 2: and he wouldn't let her come out. And he was
Speaker 2: down in the basement with his friends and they had
Speaker 2: the garage door open. He's like, come on down here, boy,
Speaker 2: and call me down. Of course, you know, they had
Speaker 2: guns laid out, like like they're cleaning guns, you know
Speaker 2: what I mean, doing the whole dad thing. But he
Speaker 2: was kind of a lewde man, and he was, you know,
Speaker 2: drinking some beer with these buddies and never cleaning on
Speaker 2: them guns and stuff, trying to you know, intimidate me,
Speaker 2: I guess. But he's like, oh, man, I remember when
Speaker 2: I was young. He said cruise in town. He said
Speaker 2: pretty girl in the back seat, you know, and all
Speaker 2: this stuff.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 2: I was just sitting there like, no, I ain't doing this,
Speaker 2: and then he says, uh and this is kind of leude,
Speaker 2: but I have to say it. But he's like, uh, oh,
Speaker 2: I remember being in the back seat with a girl.
Speaker 2: Cruise in town. He said, hands full of t and a,
Speaker 2: you know, And I was just sitting there like, no, dude,
Speaker 2: I ain't falling for this. And then he's like, but
Speaker 2: when you take my daughter out, he said, and you
Speaker 2: find yourself in that situation, he said, you just think
Speaker 2: of this face. And I was always a playful, smart elec.
Speaker 2: So I just looked at him and I was like,
Speaker 2: that'd be kind of weird, sir, And hell, his buddy
Speaker 2: started laughing. They thought it was hilarious. But I just
Speaker 2: thought of that when he was like, you know, he
Speaker 2: was about to give in the temptation, but he saw
Speaker 2: his mother. Made you think of Darren. That's what he said.
Speaker 2: He say, if you funny self in that situation, boy,
Speaker 2: you think of this phase. And I was like, that'd
Speaker 2: be kind of weird. Bro. Sorry, I had to the
Speaker 2: last addressed him. Thus, in time to come, the names
Speaker 2: of thy brethren will be graving upon thy breastplate of
Speaker 2: the high Priest. Dost thou desire to have thy name
Speaker 2: appear with theirs? Or wilt thou forfeit this honor through
Speaker 2: sinful conduct? For now he keepeth company with harlots and
Speaker 2: wasteth his sustenance. This vision of the dead, and especially
Speaker 2: the image of his father, brought Joseph to his senses,
Speaker 2: and his illicit passion departed from him. Astonished at the
Speaker 2: swift change in his countenance, Zukala said, my friend and
Speaker 2: true love, why art thou so affrightened? And thou art
Speaker 2: near to swooning? Joseph, I see my father, and Zukla,
Speaker 2: where is he? Why there is none in this house?
Speaker 2: And Joseph says, thou belongest to a people that is
Speaker 2: likened to the ass it perceiveth nothing, But I belong
Speaker 2: to those who can see things. Joseph fled forth away
Speaker 2: from the house of his mistress, the same house in
Speaker 2: which aforetime wanders had been done for Sarah kept a
Speaker 2: captive there by Pharaoh. But hardly was he outside when
Speaker 2: the sinful passion again overwhelmed him, and he returned to
Speaker 2: Zukalis's chamber. Then the Lord appeared unto him, holding the
Speaker 2: ebon shint Ya. Let's look that up. I have no
Speaker 2: idea what that is. Study it's thinking about it. Come on,
Speaker 2: I want the synopsis.
Speaker 1: There we go.
Speaker 2: The ebon Shintya of foundation stone held supreme significance in
Speaker 2: Jewish tradition as most important rock in the Jerusalem Temple. Okay,
Speaker 2: so that's a fancy word for cornerstone. Okay. Holding the
Speaker 2: cornerstone in his hand, and said to him, if thou
Speaker 2: touchest her, I will cast away, or I will cast
Speaker 2: away this stone upon which the earth is founded, and
Speaker 2: the world will fall to ruin. Sobered again, Joseph started
Speaker 2: to escape from his mistress, but Zukilah caught him by
Speaker 2: his garment, and she said, as the king liveth if
Speaker 2: thou wilt not fulfill my wish, thou must die. And
Speaker 2: while she spoke thus, she drew a sword with her
Speaker 2: free hand from under her dress, and pressing it against
Speaker 2: Joseph's throat, she said, do as I bid thee, or
Speaker 2: thou diest. Joseph ran out, leaving a piece of his
Speaker 2: garment in the hands of Zukulah as she wrensed himself
Speaker 2: loose from the grasp of the woman with a quick
Speaker 2: energetic motion. Zukala's passion for Joseph was so violent that,
Speaker 2: in lieu of his owner, whom she could not succeed
Speaker 2: in subduing to her will, she kissed and caressed the
Speaker 2: fragrant I'm sorry, the fragment of cloth left in her hand.
Speaker 2: Oh my God. At the same time, she was not
Speaker 2: slow to perceive the danger into which she had put herself,
Speaker 2: for she feared Joseph might possibly betray her conduct, and
Speaker 2: she considered ways and means of observating the consequences of
Speaker 2: her folly. So now she's worried that he's going to
Speaker 2: go to the Potiphar and be like, hey, man, you're
Speaker 2: going to have to satisfy your woman. She's kind of
Speaker 2: left wanting here she and I can't help her. Bro Meanwhile,
Speaker 2: her friends returned from the Nile fast, and they came
Speaker 2: to visit her and inquire after her health. They found
Speaker 2: her looking wretchedly ill on account of the excitement she
Speaker 2: had passed through and the anxiety that she was in.
Speaker 2: She confessed to the women what had happened with Joseph,
Speaker 2: and they advised her to accuse him of immorality before
Speaker 2: her husband, and then he would be thrown into prison.
Speaker 2: But Zukla did not depend entirely upon the assistance of
Speaker 2: her friends. She planned a ruse besides, to be sure
Speaker 2: of convincing her husband of Joseph's guilt. She laid aside
Speaker 2: her rich robes of state, put on her ordinary clothes,
Speaker 2: and took to her sick bed in which she had
Speaker 2: been lying when the people left to go to the festival. Also,
Speaker 2: she took Joseph's torn garment and laid it out next
Speaker 2: to her. Then she sent a little boy to summon
Speaker 2: some of the men of her house, and to them
Speaker 2: she told the tale of Joseph's alleged out outrage, saying,
Speaker 2: see the Hebrew slave whom your master hath brought into
Speaker 2: my house, and who attempted to do violence to me
Speaker 2: this day. You had scarcely gone away to the festival
Speaker 2: when he entered the house, and making sure that no
Speaker 2: one was here, he tried to force me to yield
Speaker 2: to his lustful desire. But I grasped his clothes and
Speaker 2: tore them and cried with a loud voice. When he
Speaker 2: heard that, I lifted up my voice and cried. He
Speaker 2: was seized with fear, and fled and got and got
Speaker 2: him out, But he left his garment by me. The
Speaker 2: men of her house spake not a word, but in
Speaker 2: a rage against Joseph. They went into their master and
Speaker 2: reported to him what had come to pass in the meantime,
Speaker 2: the husbands of Zukala's friends had also spoken to Potiphar
Speaker 2: at the instigation of their wives and complained of his
Speaker 2: slave that he molested them. Mister why not, So what's
Speaker 2: the scholar's opinion? Yeah, well, that's my thing is like
Speaker 2: I trusted a lot of scholars, and then when I
Speaker 2: looked into it myself, I was like, hell the hell
Speaker 2: did they not see this? But no, I said at
Speaker 2: the start of every show, this is not canon, this
Speaker 2: is legends, this is mythology. So it's a cultural thing.
Speaker 2: We're reading this to see what they thought, what they believed,
Speaker 2: the stories they were sharing, and it kind of you
Speaker 2: puts you in the mindset of the people of the time.
Speaker 2: You know, I'm not saying any of this is thus
Speaker 2: said the Lord here, but this is you know, cultural study,
Speaker 2: you know, trying to get a better understanding of the
Speaker 2: peoples of the time. Which that's something Mike Kaiser really
Speaker 2: really pushed. He's like, you know, you guys need to
Speaker 2: be reading these extra biblical books. You need to be
Speaker 2: reading their legends and stuff, because you've got to step
Speaker 2: into their shoes if you're going to understand this ancient book.
Speaker 2: Because we're looking at with modern eyes, thinking we're so smart.
Speaker 2: He said, we're not catching anything. They're trying to lay
Speaker 2: down because we don't know their culture. So that's what
Speaker 2: we're trying to do here. Potiphar hastened home, and he
Speaker 2: found his wife in low spirits, and though the cause
Speaker 2: of her dejection was charging at not having succeeded in
Speaker 2: winning Joseph's love, she pretended that it was anger at
Speaker 2: the immortal conduct of the slave. She accused him of
Speaker 2: the following words, Old husband, mayst thou not live a
Speaker 2: day longer if thou dost not punish the wicked slave
Speaker 2: that hath desired to defile thy bed. That hath not
Speaker 2: kept in mind who he has when he came to
Speaker 2: our house to demean himself with modesty, Nor hath he
Speaker 2: been mindful of the favors that he has received by
Speaker 2: thy bounty. He did lay a privy design to abuse
Speaker 2: thy wife at this time of observing the fast, when
Speaker 2: thou wouldst be absent These words she spoke at the
Speaker 2: moment of conjugal intimacy with Potiphar o pillow talk, when
Speaker 2: she was certain of exerting an influence upon her husband,
Speaker 2: Potiphar gave credence to her words, and he had Joseph
Speaker 2: flogged unmercifully. While the cruel blows fell upon him, he
Speaker 2: cried to God, O, Lord, thou knowest that I am
Speaker 2: innocent of these things? And why should I die today
Speaker 2: on the account of a false accusation by the hands
Speaker 2: of these uncircumcised, unpious men. God opened the mouth of
Speaker 2: zukal as child, a babe of but eleven months, and
Speaker 2: she spoke to the men that were beating Joseph, saying,
Speaker 2: what is your quarrel with this man? Why do you
Speaker 2: inflict such evil upon him? Lies? My mother does speak
Speaker 2: and deceit is what her mouth uttereth. This is the
Speaker 2: true tale of that which did happen. And the child
Speaker 2: proceeded to tell all that had passed how Zukula had
Speaker 2: tried first to persuade Joseph to act wickedly, and then
Speaker 2: had tried to force him to do her will. The
Speaker 2: people listened in great amazement. I bet they did. But
Speaker 2: the report finished, the child spoke no word, as before.
Speaker 2: Abashed by the speech of his own infant son, Potiphar
Speaker 2: commanded his bailiffs to leave off from chastising Joseph, and
Speaker 2: the matter was brought into court, where priests sat as judges.
Speaker 2: Joseph protested his innocence and related all that had happened
Speaker 2: according to the truth, but Potiphar's repeated the account his
Speaker 2: wife had given him. The judges ordered that the garment
Speaker 2: of Joseph to be brought, which Zukila had in her possession,
Speaker 2: and they examined the terror therein. It turned out to
Speaker 2: be the front part of the mantle, and they came
Speaker 2: to the conclusion that Zukala I had tried to hold
Speaker 2: him fast and had been foiled in her attempt by Joseph,
Speaker 2: against whom she was now lodging a trumped up charge.
Speaker 2: Trumped up charge that shows that's a later writing. I'm
Speaker 2: sure they wasn't using that terminology. Then they decided that
Speaker 2: Joseph had not incurred the death penalty, but they condemned
Speaker 2: him to incarceration because he was the cause of a
Speaker 2: stain upon Zukla's fair name. He was the stain. Potterphard
Speaker 2: himself was convinced of Joseph's innocence, and when he cast
Speaker 2: him into prison, he said to him, I know that
Speaker 2: thou art not guilty of this vile crime. But I
Speaker 2: must put the endurance least a taint cling to my children. Okay, Like, yeah,
Speaker 2: I know she's crazy and I know she's lying, but
Speaker 2: I can't admit that because then everybody's going to know
Speaker 2: my family's crazy. I can't have that. So that's the
Speaker 2: end of this one. Guys. We'll pick up next time
Speaker 2: Joseph in prison. So we'll pick up where he's thrown
Speaker 2: into prison, and we'll see what happens next week. I'll
Speaker 2: move all this stuff over here. I'll check him to
Speaker 2: you guys in the chat though, before we sign off
Speaker 2: and see what's happening. Woman has hutspah. What is hutspah? Wait,
Speaker 2: this is a new term. Can't be thrown around these
Speaker 2: twenty dollars words on my chat? Not explaining him to Sullly.
Speaker 2: She wants to take him to the train station. Yeah,
Speaker 2: I mean, she's trying hard. But the thing is, it's
Speaker 2: all about some music. You know. She just got to
Speaker 2: play the right song, you know what I mean. It's
Speaker 2: all about the mood music man, Pam. The same drama
Speaker 2: at work. What you got supervisors trying to seduce the
Speaker 2: help over there, Stax Farmstead. He said, tain't lol, uh no, Wade,
Speaker 2: it's a Jewish term for confidence. All right, guys, man,
Speaker 2: that's it. We're going to bring this plane down to
Speaker 2: a landing. I hope you guys enjoy the readings. They're fun,
Speaker 2: and like I said, you know some of them. Some
Speaker 2: of you guys have been here for all the episodes,
Speaker 2: so you know some of the stuff gets pretty crazy.
Speaker 2: But I do agree with the gentleman in the chat
Speaker 2: was like, this is like a soap opera.
Speaker 1: It is.
Speaker 2: It's like this one was kind of out there. But
Speaker 2: like I said in the beginning of the show, where
Speaker 2: I try to say at the beginning of every show,
Speaker 2: you know, I'm not saying all this stuff is true.
Speaker 2: I'm not saying thus said the Lord here. And just
Speaker 2: like what I read, one of those modern terms that
Speaker 2: was used that shows you it's a later writing. But
Speaker 2: Ginsburg went, you know, I think it was in the
Speaker 2: early nineteen hundreds and went to the Jewish people and
Speaker 2: got all their legends and lore and kind of compiled
Speaker 2: them all into a six book series. So some of
Speaker 2: them are old and some of them I think are
Speaker 2: I mean, I wouldn't say maybe one hundred percent factual.
Speaker 2: But there's a lot of truth nuggets in there, I believe,
Speaker 2: because they fit too perfectly in the Bible, not too
Speaker 2: you know what I mean, And they don't contradict scripture.
Speaker 2: That's something I always say. I try to use scripture
Speaker 2: as the anchor points. I mean, that's the measuring stick.
Speaker 2: So when I read this stuff, you know, I'd just
Speaker 2: like to read it for cultural context, to see what
Speaker 2: they were talking about, what their stories were. But a
Speaker 2: lot of times, you know, you'll find stuff that, Man,
Speaker 2: it fits perfectly in scripture and answers ambiguous questions and
Speaker 2: it doesn't contradict the rest of the story. So to me, like, man,
Speaker 2: those are keepers. But man, I love you guys. Man,
Speaker 2: I hope you enjoyed that. Man, we're here every single Sunday,
Speaker 2: eight pm Eastern Standard times. You want to come on back, man,
Speaker 2: I'd love to have you back. Mondays, which is tomorrow.
Speaker 2: That is when I do my life premieres and I
Speaker 2: do my recordings and we have a live chat there,
Speaker 2: so come check us out there. We do those at
Speaker 2: six pm Eastern Standard time because I had a lot
Speaker 2: of friends that were doing their shows at eight on Mondays,
Speaker 2: so I bump my time back a little bit. That way,
Speaker 2: you guys can see all the great shows that's going
Speaker 2: on around right now. But uh, I got brad Leel
Speaker 2: from the Awakened podcast and we're talking about word magic,
Speaker 2: the power of words. You know, the scripture says life
Speaker 2: and death lining the power of tongue. So you got
Speaker 2: to choose your words wisely, like man I love y'all,
Speaker 2: man Hey torches high. Guys. Just remember the difference between
Speaker 2: the known and the unknown that gives the journey. Good journey,
Speaker 2: my friends.
Speaker 3: So we steal the fire, still frozen by around they
Speaker 3: cont