Reading for March 22nd

Read Genesis 37.15-36
The changing of Joseph's clothes, here the stripping of his robe, will mark major transitions in his life throughout the story.
Joseph moves from from being a favored son to a hired slave.
Joseph's brothers first plot to kill him, but Reuben (v. 21) and Judah (vv. 26-27) intervene  to restrain them.
Instead they sell Joseph as a slave to some passing Midianite traders and Ismaelites.
Both of these groups were descended from Abraham and one of two woman slaves, Hagar (16.15) and Keturah (25.1-4).
Those whom Israel had formerly enslaved turn around and enslave an Israelite, Joseph.
In verse 33: The brothers show the bloodied robe to their father Jacob without explanation.
Jacob himself draws the conclusion that a wild animal has devoured Joseph.
In verse 34: Jacob tore his garments and wore coarse sackcloth, both traditional acts of anguish and mourning the dead (v.29),
In verse 35: Sheol is a dry, dusty pit under the earth where the dead go at the end of their earthly existence.
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