JOSEPH

MODULE 2: SESSION 7: Down Into the Pit

The biblical authors liken Yoseph’s descent into the pit to an animal sent to slaughter. Details like the goat killed for its blood and Potiphar, captain of the butchers, give shape to this image. Through repetition of key vocabulary, the biblical authors link Yoseph’s betrayal with the binding of Isaac. Human evil leads to the death of the beloved son, but God provides a takhat (a substitute, one who stands in the place of another).