Genesis 37: 1-36 Discussion Questions and Topics
Joseph's Dreams; Sold into Slavery
- In Genesis 37, we are once again confronted with the prospect of God speaking through dreams. Joseph's dreams upset his brothers, and understandably so, but soon enough we will see how they come true.
- Another dynamic to this story is the issue of favoritism. Have you experienced favoritism in your life ever? What side of it were you on? How did it feel? How do you think the other(s) felt?
- What role did Reuben and Judah play in this story? Why do you think they did what they did?
Finally, how have your dreams been lately?
-Fr. Ryan
posted by St. Mark's Youth @ 10:00 AM
2 Comments:
omg Kim that's pathetic, lol. I'm sure Blankie will forgive you.
But my dreams have been really weird... really, what dreams aren't? But I've had one almost every night lately. Last night's was the weirdest by far though, and the longest. But one part of it was about me and my new job. I'll have to tell everyone in person because it'd be way too long to type out. It took up 2 pages to write down on paper in a journal. But I usually talk to God before I go to sleep, so maybe he puts things in my dreams that I'm supposed to pay attention to, but they're proabably hard to pick out because most of the stuff in them seems completely random.
And about favoritism, I don't notice it that much, but sometimes a teacher will only call on a few of the same people because they're outgoing and smart. And this guy I know took the qualifying test for the math team, and was working with the Russian twins (who are really smart- and so is this guy) but he didn't make it. He thinks it's because Mrs. Patterson (cringe) doesn't like him, and he's kind of mad about it, and plans to ace all the tests and sleep in class just to make her angry, haha. But the girl who got in instead of him didn't even have a calculator, and with calculus that's pretty much impossible. So he thinks that the teacher just doesn't like him which is sad. Poor Nils.
What do you think, please, of Obadiah Shoher's interpretation of the story? (here: samsonblinded.org/blog/genesis-37.htm ) He takes the text literally to prove that the brothers played a practical joke on Yosef rather than intended to murder him or sell him into slavery. His argument seems fairly strong to me, but I'd like to hear other opinions.
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