Guiding Questions: Genesis 50

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. Does Joseph delay (save for the embalming procedure) in providing for the burial of his father and how does text describe the honor afforded Jacob?
  2. Why would a threshing floor site (Genesis 50:10) be selected for the “hesped”?
  3. What would Genesis 50:15 indicate as to the persistence of guilt/fear?
  4. Where does text reflect the brothers’ “message” quoting Jacob? (Genesis 50:17)
  5. What is Joseph’s final instruction to his brothers – is it totally reassuring?
  6. And what is his final request (Genesis 50:25), wedded to what prediction?
  7. Although Joseph is the youngest of the brothers (except for Benjamin), he is the first to die. Any message?
  8. Has anyone been designated by text to be the successor to Jacob in terms of communication from
  9. Divinity and continuing the line directly from Abraham-Isaac-Jacob?
  10. Is there any inkling, as Bereyshit ends, as to what is to follow?

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Perek Yomi materials originally produced by the USCJ and Dr. Morton K. Siegel.
We are grateful to be able to share this material.

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