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Genesis 38: Judas Interruptus
Chapter 38 pumps the brakes on the Yosef story and instead gives Yehudah his turn in the spotlight. Yehudah’s only significant reference until this point was his suggestion in the last chapter to sell Yosef instead of kill him. Reuven, Levi, and Shimon have all appeared more often. Why does he get his own chapter now? Rashi quotes the midrash to explain that after the brothers saw how distraught Yaacov was, they blamed Yehudah for suggesting the sale and not telling them to return him. Yehudah left the family in shame. This is a nice answer, but logically it seems weird that the brothers…
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