Darkness was the penultimate plague: And Moses stretched out his hand over the heavens and there was pitch-dark in all the land of Egypt three days. No one saw his fellow and no one rose from where he was three days, but all the Israelites had light in their dwelling places. Why could nobody see
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Whoever is afraid of the LORD's word among Pharaoh's servants sheltered his slaves and his livestock indoors. Only one other time does "whoever is afraid" appear in the Bible and that is in a very different context. It refers to any Israelite who is afraid of war: "Whoever is afraid and faint of heart, let
And the people spread out through all the land of Egypt to scrabble for stubble for straw. (Shmot 5:10-12) Robert Alter's phrase scrabble for stubble for straw is rich in alliteration. The Hebrew is also rich in alliteration: l'koshesh kash la'teven This is one example of how Alter's translation transmits the texture of the original Hebrew.
What is the power of a blessing? Before he died, Jacob blessed his grandsons Menashe and Ephraim but gave more prominence to the younger grandson Ephraim. Some verses later we are told: Joseph saw the third generation of sons from Ephraim, and the sons, as well, of Machir son of Menashe were born on Joseph's
