![]() ![]() Jacob, however, was not aware of the depth of their ill will so that, on one occasion, having a desire to hear intelligence of his sons, who were pasturing their flocks at a distance, he did not hesitate to make Joseph his messenger for that purpose. Their aversion, however, was carried to the highest pitch when Joseph acquainted them with the two dreams that he had had, to the effect - the first, that while he and they were binding sheaves, his sheaf arose and stood erect, while theirs stood round and did obeisance to his the second, that "the sun and the moon and the eleven stars did him homage." These dreams appeared to indicate that Joseph would acquire preeminence in the family, if not sovereignty and while even his father rebuked him, his brothers were filled with envy (Ge 37:11). Their jealousy was aggravated by the fact that Jacob had shown his preference by making him a dress (פִּסַּיםכּתֹנֶת), which appears to have been a long tunic with sleeves, worn by youths and maidens of the richer class. This regard to virtue, and this manifestation of filial fidelity, greatly increased his brothers' dislike, who henceforth "hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him" (Ge 37:4). Joseph had reached his seventeenth year, having hitherto been engaged in boyish sports, or aiding in pastoral duties, when some conduct on the part of "the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives," seems to have been such as, in the opinion of Joseph, to require the special attention of Jacob, to whom accordingly he communicated the facts. He seems then to have stayed at Hebron with the aged Isaac, while his sons kept his flocks.ġ. Jacob at this time had two small pieces of land in Canaan, Abraham's burying place at Hebron in the south, and the "parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent" (Ge 33:19), at Shechem in the north, the latter being probably, from its price, the lesser of the two. The partiality evinced towards Joseph by his father excited jealousy on the part of his brethren, the rather as they were born of different mothers (Ge 37:2). Ge 41:46) under peculiar circumstances, as may be seen in Ge 30:22 on which account, and because he was the son of his old age (Ge 37:3), he was beloved by his father more than were the rest of his children, though Benjamin, as being also a son of Jacob's favorite wife Rachel, was in a peculiar manner dear to the patriarch. The elder son of Jacob and Rachel, born (B.C. Josephus), the name of several men in the Scriptures and Josephus, all doubtless after the first of the name, whose beautiful history is told at length in the Scriptures with inimitable simplicity. Yoseph', יוֹסֵŠ, containing, according to Ge 30:23-24, a two-fold significance, remover, from אָסִŠ, and increaser, from יָסִŠ, the latter favored by the uncontracted or Chaldaistic form Yehoseph', יהוֹסֵŠ, occurring only Ps 81:6 Sept. ![]() Send us feedback about these examples.Jo'seph (Heb. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'pontiff.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2023 The 86-year-old pontiff topped the celebration with a traditional speech about troubled places in the world. 2023 The pontiff's audiences through Friday have all been canceled. 2023 The 86-year-old pontiff's condition called into question his participation in Palm Sunday and upcoming Holy Week events. 2023 Getting scores of people to fall for a disastrous deepfake of Volodymyr Zelensky takes a little more work than misleading them with a goofy picture of a pontiff, of course. Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2023 The hands appeared mostly normal - save for the wedding band on the pontiff’s ring finger. ![]() ambassador to the Vatican, who attended the service, said President Joe Biden was concerned for the pontiff's health. Chiara Albanese,, 14 June 2022 Joe Donnelly, the U.S. 2023 Italian daily Corriere Della Sera published a story last month featuring similar comments from the 85-year-old pontiff. Recent Examples on the Web The pontiff, 86, was discharged on Saturday morning from Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italy in good health. ![]()
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