Parashat Vayeshev – Opening Questions

• Who sold Yosef?
• How do the stories of Yosef and Megillat Esther compare?
• Why doesn't Yosef send word to his father when he rises to success in Egypt?
• Did Yehuda marry a Canaanite? If so, was this considered problematic?
• When did Yehuda marry Bat-Shua? How could he have produced three generations of descendants by the time the family went down to Egypt?