Three Famous Events
In the plot of the novel, the author describes the three events depicted by famous painters throughout the course of the recent centuries, namely (i) Jacob, blessing Joseph's second son, as he himself had been blessed by his father Isaac instead of his twin brother Esau; (ii) the event where Joseph is sold by his brothers (to Arabian merchandisers, going to Egypt), and (iii) the moment where the wife of the highest Egyptian custodian to the Pharao (see Potiphar's wife) is trying to seduce Joseph, and he flees leaving his cloak. These three events are painted in the following gallery:
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Jacob blessing Joseph's second son first. Rembrandt, 1656
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F. Overbeck, 1816/17: Joseph is sold by his brothers.
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Philipp Veit, 1816/17: Joseph fleeing from Potiphar's wife.
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