The Redemption and Joseph and Rachel Genesis 33:6-7 6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. 7 And Leah a
{"Image DocumentName": "The Redemption and Joseph and Rachel", "Image ImageDescription": "Genesis 33:6-7 6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. 7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. As Jacob prepared his family to encounter Esau, he betrayed his priorities in the marching order. He placed his other wives and children ahead of Rachel and Joseph. When the encounter finally came, Jacob s wives and their children presented themselves to Esau family by family, and bowed down before him. First Bilhah and Zilpah approached with their children, then Leah also approached with her children, and afterward Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed down. The rabbis took note of the inversion of order. With the other three mothers, it says that each mother carne near with her children, but regarding Rachel, it says that her son Joseph took the lead: Joseph came near with Rachel. The midrash interpreted Joseph s fearless bravery as an allusion to the verse in Obadiah that says, The house of Jacob will be a fire and the house ofJoseph a flame; but the house of Esau will be as stubble. And they will set them on fire and consume them, so that there will be no survivor of the house of Esau.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}