in the Torah we uncover the workings of God’s will. Our task as Israel is to accept, endure, submit, and celebrate.” Now that message must strike you as surprising. For the world reads the book of Genesis as the story of the beginnings of the world and of Israel: creation of the world, humanity from Adam to Noah, then from Noah to Abraham, and finally the story of the three patriarchs and four matriarchs of Israel, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Leah, and Rachel, and finally, Joseph and his
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