JOSEPH

MODULE 2: SESSION 8: Judah and Tamar

Literary links at the beginning of Genesis 38 and 39 invite the reader to make a deliberate comparison between Yoseph, who “was taken down” (yarad) from his brothers into Egypt, and Yehudah, who also “went down” (yarad) from his brothers. Yehudah’s story in Genesis 38 provides, in riddle form, an outline of the rest of the Genesis scroll. Yehudah and his sons replay the failure of Adam and Eve.