parsha bit: Vayeishev
Dec. 14th, 2006 10:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cellio
When Yosef was a slave in Potiphar's house, God was with him and
everything he touched prospered. Potiphar saw that this was so
and rewarded Yosef. In time Yosef said "I am eating well and
drinking well; blessed be God who has let me forget my father's house".
At this God said "how can you enjoy yourself while your father mourns?",
and it was then that God sent Potiphar's wife after Yosef.
(Genesis Rabbah 86:5)
(My translation of Sefer Ha-Agaddah, where I found this, actually has God saying "you spoiled brat!"; I don't know how literal (vs. evocative) that is.)
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Date: 2006-12-15 02:42 am (UTC)