In this episode, Father Jayme concludes our exploration of the Book of Genesis, contrasting the infidelity of Judah with the virtue of his brother, Yōsef. This episode illuminates the stories of the important women in the last quarter of Genesis: Yeshua’s ancestor, Tamar; Zelikhah, the wife of Pharaoh’s eunuch who attempted to seduce Yōsef; and Yōsef’s wife, Asnat, who complemented Yōsef and allowed the duo to replace the Egyptian gods Osiris and Isis. Learn about the southern tribe that included King David’s capital city, the northern tribes who told the Yōsef story, the marrying of women to entire families in fratriarchal societies, the ancient practice of hospitality prostitution, ancient taboos of “spilling seed,” Jewish & Muslim tellings of the Yōsef story, the type of people God “prefers,” and the absence of God in the Yōsef saga. Above all, be inspired to be a “Yōsef” in this world, loving and forgiving others as Yōsef did—which is at the heart of what it means to be an…extraordinary Catholic!

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