In this episode,
- God renames Jacob (again) as "Israel" - although God continues to call Jacob "Jacob" now and then.
- Rachel dies in childbirth while delivering Benjamin.
- Reuben has sex with his father's concubine.
- We learn about Jacob's family values. (He loved Joseph more than his other children.)
- Joseph's brothers decide to kill Joseph, but throw him in a pit instead.
- And the Midianites (or Ishmaelites) buy Joseph and take him to Egypt.
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