Question

Which of the following accurately explains an example of symbolism in the passage?
Answer

In this culture, tearing one’s clothes is a sign of silent prayer or faith.

In the first dream, the standing sheaf represents Joseph.

In the second dream, the sun and the moon represent Joseph and his father.

In the second dream, the stars represent Joseph’s enemies.

Answer 1

Now, Jacob [also called Israel] dwelt in the land where his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. This is the history of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. The lad was with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought a bad report of them to his father. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age. [Israel] made [Joseph] a tunic of many colors. But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.

Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more. So he said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed: There we were, binding sheaves (bundles of plants) in the field. Then behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and indeed your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf.” And his brothers said to him, “Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have dominion over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

Then [Joseph] dreamed still another dream and told it to his brothers, and said, “Look, I have dreamed another dream. And this time, the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars bowed down to me.” So he told it to his father and his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall your mother and I and your brothers indeed come to bow down to the earth before you?” And his brothers envied him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

Then his brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem. And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.”…[Israel said to Joseph], “Please go and see if [all] is well with your brothers and well with the flocks, and bring back word to me.” So he sent him out of the Valley of Hebron, and [Joseph] went to Shechem. Now a certain man found [Joseph] wandering in the field. And the man asked him, “What are you seeking?” So [Joseph] said, “I am seeking my brothers. Please tell me where they are feeding their flocks.” And the man said, “They have departed from here, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’”

So Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.

Now when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him. They said to one another, “Look, the dreamer is coming! Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his dreams!” But Reuben hearing this planned to deliver him out of their hands, and said, “Let us not kill him.” And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness, and do not lay a hand on him”; he said this so that he might deliver him out of their hands, and bring him back to his father.

So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him. Then they took him and cast him into a pit. And the pit was empty; there was no water in it. And they sat down to eat a meal. Then they lifted their eyes and looked, and there was a company of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead with their camels, bearing spices, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry them down to Egypt. So Judah said to his brothers (all except Rueben), “What profit is there if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh.” And his brothers listened. Then Midianite traders passed by; so the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him for twenty shekels of silver. And Joseph was taken to Egypt.

When Reuben returned, and indeed Joseph was not in the pit, he tore his clothes. And he returned to his brothers and said, “The lad is no more; and I, where shall I go?” So they took Joseph’s tunic, killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the tunic in the blood. Then they took the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to their father and said, “We have found this. Do you know whether it is your son’s tunic or not?” And he recognized it and said, “It is my son’s tunic. A wild beast has devoured him. Without doubt Joseph is torn to pieces.” Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days. And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, “For I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.

Now the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

(adapted from the Book of Genesis

Answer 2

In the first dream, the standing sheaf represents Joseph

Answer 3

thankx

Answer 4

np!

Answer 5

from the story the alchemist
Which of the following shows the author’s use of parallelism?
Answer

The boy sees a butterfly when he is talking to the old man. The boy remembers that his grandfather told him that butterflies were good omens. Before he can speak, the old man addresses his thoughts.

The boy is suspicious of a bar owner in the port city, but he trusts a Spanish-speaking boy in Western clothes. The bar owner tries to warn him that the trusted boy is a thief.

The old man says, “But before I go, I want to tell you a little story.” The boy listens. The alchemist says “I want to tell you a story about dreams,” so the boy moves his horse closer to the alchemist.

In the prologue, the lake can speak, and it admits that it is mourning a death.

Answer 6

I would say the first one

Answer 7

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