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The Rationalization of Sin
Commentators highlight the brothers' twisted logic. They use their kinship—"he is our brother, our flesh"—as a reason to avoid the guilt of direct murder, yet they feel no remorse in selling him into a life of slavery. This demonstrates how people can rationalize sin, framing a cruel act as a more merciful alternative to an even worse one.
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18th Century
Theologian
17. דתין dotayı̂n Dothain, “two wells?” (Gesenius)
25. נכאת neko't “tragacanth” or goat’s-tho…
17th Century
Pastor
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites
For a slave, and that will defeat his dream; and as these were going do…
17th Century
Minister
They threw Joseph into a pit, to perish there with hunger and cold; so cruel were their tender mercies. They slighted him when he was in distress, …