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#407: Joseph and the Bomb Threats

#407: Joseph and the Bomb Threats

Midrash Rabbah on Bereshit/Genesis 45:3

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The person making all these threats is probably some angry, twenty-something man.

Bereshit/Genesis 45:3

וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹסֵף אֶל־אֶחָיו אֲנִי יוֹסֵף הַעוֹד אָבִי חָי וְלֹא־יָכְלוּ אֶחָיו לַעֲנוֹת אֹתוֹ כִּי נִבְהֲלוּ מִפָּנָיו׃

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph. Is my father still well?” But his brothers could not answer him, so dumfounded were they on…

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