Quiz: Joseph and His Brothers

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1. What’s bothering Rashi when it comes to the words, “These are the progeny of Jacob…”
2. How do Rashi and Ibn Ezra help us understand the “bad report” that Joseph made about his brothers?
3. What type of character portrait do our commentators paint of Joseph?
4. S’forno teaches us that the “progeny of Jacob” hints at something greater. What is it?
5. Ramban teaches that the expression “child of his old age” means a few different things. What are the expression’s implications?
6. Please list the details use to describe the “coat of many colors” in verse 3.
7. What do Rashi and S’forno suggest about eh connection between Joseph and Potiphar’s wife, and Judah and Tamar in 39:1?
8. Abarbanel suggested that there are 3 things that make it evident that God was with Joseph in his journey. What are they?