“The Israelites had done Moses’ bidding and borrowed from the Egyptians objects of silver and gold, and clothing… they stripped the Egyptians” Exodus 12:35-36
“And Moses spoke… but they did not listen to Moses because of impatience of spirit, and from their cruel bondage” Exodus 6:9
“They replied, ‘An Egyptian man saved us from the shepherds’” Exodus 2:19
“And when the time approached for Israel to die, he summoned his son Joseph and said to him, ‘Do me this favour’” Genesis 47:29
By Rabbi Chaim Weiner
“I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold to Egypt” Genesis 45:4
By Rabbi Daniel Levy
“Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘I have had a dream, but no one can interpret it’” Genesis 41:15
“Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age” Genesis 37:3
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“Jacob was left alone and a man wrestled with him until the break of dawn” Genesis 32:25
“And she called his name Reuben” Genesis 29.32
"And may the Almighty give you (repeatedly) from the dew of the skies and the fatness of the earth, an abundance of corn and wine" Genesis 27:28
“He had scarcely finished speaking, when Rebecca…came out with her jar on her shoulder. The maiden was very beautiful” Genesis 24:15-16
"And Abraham stepped forward and said: ‘Will You also wipe away the righteous with the wicked?'" Genesis 18:23
"Behold, God has kept me from bearing children" Genesis 16.2
"All on Earth had the same language and the same words" Genesis 11:1
"Adam and Eve had two sons, Cain and Abel" Genesis 4:1
“My lesson shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distill as the dew, as rains upon the grass, and as showers upon herbs” Deuteronomy 32:2