Status Updates From Joseph

I'm confused, because first it seems like Fivash forgot about Peretz and Zerah, then she mentions them as an afterthought...?

"But these are your brothers, so they cannot be all bad."

This strikes me as a weird comment, since, as she just noted, her own family was hella dysfunctional. Why can't Joseph's be just as bad?

Typo: "hers," nor "her's."

*awkwardly not naming the brothers' wives because the Bible didn't*

Good for Dan.

Ah, yes, Joseph's family. Finally getting to the part that you'd expect to be, y'know, the plot.

Well, that's an interesting case of Pair the Spares.

Does Renseneb need to be in love with Asenath? Just like with Hetepi and Joseph, I ask: where was the development and what is the point?

"I never thought I would see anyone as beautiful as my mother, until now."

That's a...really bad way to flirt. Right? We all agree on that?

You know Seth is a god, right? A god that the ancient Egyptians worshiped? Given how much they're bad-mouthing him, I'd think they'd be concerned that he's gonna send a sandstorm over the whole country.

Is this really a "we" thing? You're the vizier. I feel like you can delegate basic police work.

See, that's the wrong strategy. Don't appeal to her better nature. Point out what delicious revenge it will be to publicly fuck up her father's murder scheme.

Also, Sodom and Gomorrah.

I mean...it kind of was accepted in Shechem. That's why your brothers destroyed it.

I like this whole bit for the same sort of reason that I think the book was wrong to start with Joseph already in the pit—the story should be developing the relationships from the actual Biblical narrative, not just creating all these puzzle-subplots for Joseph to solve.