Shoshannah Brombacher

In a small town somewhere in Eastern Europe lived a nice man with a nasty problem: he talked too much about other people . . .

At the end of his life when lying on his deathbed, Jacob gives each of his sons a special blessing. About Joseph he says (Genesis 49: 22-26): "A charming son is Joseph, a charming son to the eye, Sometimes translated as: 'A young fruit tree is Joseph, a y...

When Joseph reveals himself to his brothers, he reassures them that he will not take revenge for their vile deed in selling him into slavery. He is alive, and now he is the viceroy in Egypt. He tells them that actually G‑d sent him to Egypt to save his fa...

This drawing is based on the text from Genesis 48:14-21. When the time drew nigh that Jacob must die, he asked his son Joseph to come and bring his children, Manasseh and Ephraim, so he could bless them. Jacob crossed his hands, and put his right hand ove...

In a very emotional scene (Genesis 45:1-3) Joseph reveals to his brothers who he is: their younger brother whom they sold to Egypt many years ago, and who is now the governor of Egypt. It is a huge shock for the brothers. They would have expected anything...

There was a famine in the Land of Canaan. Jacob heard that there was grain to be had in Egypt, so he sent his sons to buy provisions for his family. In the meanwhile, Joseph had become governor over Egypt. When his brothers came to him to purchase grain, ...

After being sold into slavery Joseph ends up in prison, having been falsely accused by his master's wife. In prison, he gained the trust of the warden and the other prisoners. Also in prison were two of Pharaoh's ministers, who told him their dreams so he...

Joseph's brothers resented his lofty dreams, the favoritism their father showed by giving him a coat of many colors, and the negative reports about them he brought to their father. Their resentment grew into outright hatred. One day, Jacob sent Joseph to ...

This drawing shows Joseph on his bed, dreaming the dreams he will tell his brothers (Genesis 35: 5-10). He said to them: "We were binding sheaves in the field and my sheaf arose and stood upright and your sheaves stood round about and bowed down to my she...

Joseph was born when his father, Jacob, was already old. He was the eleventh of Jacob's twelve sons, and the firstborn son of Jacob's most beloved wife, Rachel, who died when Joseph was eight years old. Jacob loved Joseph more than any of his other childr...