Wednesday, November 27, 2019

animals - Did the brothers know about the snakes and scorpions in the pit?


Yosef's brothers took him and threw him into a pit (Bereishis 37:24). Chazal tell us that the pit had snakes and scorpions in it (see Rashi there).


Reuvein seems to think he is saving Yosef by throwing him into this pit (Bereishis 37:22). However, the Talmud says that if you see someone fall into a pit filled with snakes and scorpions, you could testify that they died (Berachos 33a)!


Were the brothers aware that they were throwing him into a pit in which there were snakes and scorpions? If so, in what way was this saving Yosef?




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