Guiding Questions: Genesis 44

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This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

Joseph “repeats” the return payment action – adding the “special goblet”; why?
Does Genesis 44:9 recall the Jacob-Lavan-Rachel incident: “stealing the household gods”?
How does Genesis 44:10 change the brothers’ ripost in Genesis 44:9?
Why Judah and his brothers (Genesis 44:14); why not the “brothers” or “Rueben and the brothers”?
In Genesis 44:16, is Judah talking of the current “situation” or “God has noted our transgression” referring to some other situation?
Genesis 44:17 ends the scene with what expectation?
Where are Rueben, Simeon, Levi – in this “ascending crisis”?
In his “statement” Judah refers twice to his brother mourned by Jacob – Genesis 44:20 and Genesis 44:28 – with what difference?
In Genesis 44:34 what is Judah’s concluding refrain; worry about himself? Benjamin? Or ___?

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Perek Yomi materials originally produced by the USCJ and Dr. Morton K. Siegel.
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Exploring Judaism is the digital home for Conservative/Masorti Judaism, embracing the beauty and complexity of Judaism, and our personal search for meaning, learning, and connecting. Our goal is to create content based on three core framing: Meaning-Making (Why?), Practical Living (How?), and Explainers (What?).

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