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>Joseph became such an unjust steward under the Pharaoh, after being sold into slavery by his own jewish kin, and through parasitic cleverness and sheer audacity, gained control over all the grain reserves.How did he repay the country that had been so benevolent to him, and given him a position of power? Once the predicted famine came, he forced the Egyptian peasants to trade in all their property, so they wouldn't starve.Then he invited his jewish brothers, the very people who betrayed him, to share the unearned spoils, and live in luxury.
This is projecting the modern jewish mindset onto the OT Hebrews, who were generally the polar opposites of the modern Canaanite/Edomite imposters. Joseph was also not a Jew, the Judean state was formed like 5 centuries after he died and was made up of primarily Judahites, with some Benjaminite and Levite citizens as well as an unfortunate number of conquered Canaanite and Edomite false converts who would go on to become the mongrel race we today call jews after essentially skinsuiting their host
Joseph was a truly just man, he didnt buy up the peasant's land and transfer the ownership to himself or deny them of their ability to feed themselves through farming it, he actually bought them up for Pharaoh, the monarch of the Egyptian people, who certainly still allowed them to farm the land themselves. Joseph essentially strengthened the Egyptian monarchy and increased its power over the surrounding nations (he didnt just give aid to his fellow Hebrews, he put a bunch of nations in Egypt's debt). Theres a theory among some of the mystics that the Egyptians immortalized Joseph as Osiris, as his deeds passed into myth and the eventually worshipped him as a god (which wasnt abnormal, since they also considered their Pharaohs as gods, so the man who was considered a father to Pharaoh would be considered a god as well)
This is projecting the modern jewish mindset onto the OT Hebrews, who were generally the polar opposites of the modern Canaanite/Edomite imposters. Joseph was also not a Jew, the Judean state was formed like 5 centuries after he died and was made up of primarily Judahites, with some Benjaminite and Levite citizens as well as an unfortunate number of conquered Canaanite and Edomite false converts who would go on to become the mongrel race we today call jews after essentially skinsuiting their host
Joseph was a truly just man, he didnt buy up the peasant's land and transfer the ownership to himself or deny them of their ability to feed themselves through farming it, he actually bought them up for Pharaoh, the monarch of the Egyptian people, who certainly still allowed them to farm the land themselves. Joseph essentially strengthened the Egyptian monarchy and increased its power over the surrounding nations (he didnt just give aid to his fellow Hebrews, he put a bunch of nations in Egypt's debt). Theres a theory among some of the mystics that the Egyptians immortalized Joseph as Osiris, as his deeds passed into myth and the eventually worshipped him as a god (which wasnt abnormal, since they also considered their Pharaohs as gods, so the man who was considered a father to Pharaoh would be considered a god as well)