obviously the tree of knowledge was sexy enough that adam and eve sacrificed paradise for it but one of the key (and sometimes overlooked) aspects of joseph's character is how incredibly sexy he is. everybody wants him that's like the whole thing. jacob loves him because he reminds him of rachel (and joseph is described as being beautiful in the same way his mother was!) potiphar's wife wanted to cheat on her husband with him. if you read the midrash, potiphar himself wanted him so bad that uriel castrated him to prevent him from forcing himself on joseph. he was somehow the most charismatic prisoner. even pharaoh loved him. also he was gay so. in conclusion have these poor-quality screenshots from technicolor dreamcoat
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יוֹסֵף בֶּן שְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה וגו' (בראשית לז, ב), וְאַתְּ אָמַר וְהוּא נַעַר, אֶלָּא שֶׁהָיָה עוֹשֶׂה מַעֲשֵׂה נַעֲרוּת, מְמַשְׁמֵשׁ בְּעֵינָיו, מְתַלֶּה בַּעֲקֵבוֹ, מְתַקֵּן בְּשַׂעֲרוֹ.
"Joseph was seventeen years of age, etc" (Genesis 37:2), and it further says "He was a youth" (ibid.), rather that he did the doings of maidens. He touched up his eyes, he picked up his heels, he fixed his hair. "
[Bereishit (Genesis) Rabbah, 84:7]
וַיַּחֲלֹ֥ם עוֹד֙ חֲל֣וֹם אַחֵ֔ר וַיְסַפֵּ֥ר אֹת֖וֹ לְאֶחָ֑יו וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּ֨ה חָלַ֤מְתִּֽי חֲלוֹם֙ ע֔וֹד וְהִנֵּ֧ה הַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁ וְהַיָּרֵ֗חַ וְאַחַ֤ד עָשָׂר֙ כּֽוֹכָבִ֔ים מִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֖ים לִֽי׃
"He dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers, saying, “Look, I have had another dream: And this time, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
[Bereishit (Genesis), Veyeira, 37:9]
I've written about Yosef before and how non-heteronormative or cisgender their story is, so here's a portrait of them to go along. As a trans Jew their story resonates so much with me. We don't know how they would have identified or what language they would use if they were alive today, but we do know that their story is important to many LGBTQ+ Jews and that they have a place in our history.
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showed my cousins joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat and when joseph and potiphar were walking together my 13yo cousin was like “wait so are they gonna hook up” like literally exactly. you get it
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