Joseph in the Pit

Our previous article was taken up with the ill-will the ten sons of Jacob bore Joseph -- an ill-will first aroused by Joseph's bringing unto his father their evil report and subsequently so vivified by his dreams and by the spectacle of his person as adorned by the coat that they -- these brothers -- set themselves to make away with him at the first opportunity. This oppor­tunity soon presented itself. Jacob's sons had gone to feed the flock at Shechem, a place where not so very long ago they...