Tuesday, January 17, 2012

In Genesis 37 and 38, Tuesday's reading, the story of Joseph begins.  Joseph is my second favorite old testament character.  (Daniel is undoubtedly my favorite.)  Joseph starts out as a spoiled, arrogant teenager.  His father makes no secret of his favor, which only makes things worse with the other brothers.  Speaking from the point-of-view of a wife, I would think that too many women in the household would be a cause of constant irritation as well.  The treachery of the brothers towards Joseph is terrible, but as he later attests, it was what needed to be.  Even more evil, perhaps, is the brothers' willingness to allow their father to mourn the loss of his beloved son unnecessarily.