וַיִּזְכֹּר יוֹסֵף--אֵת הַחֲלֹמוֹת, אֲשֶׁר חָלַם לָהֶם; וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם מְרַגְּלִים אַתֶּם, לִרְאוֹת אֶת-עֶרְוַת הָאָרֶץ בָּאתֶם
And Joseph remembered the dreams he dreamt and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land!” [Translation by Rabbi Steve Greenberg]
Suggested Discussion Questions:
1. How might a land have nakedness (erva)?"
2. The root of the word "erva" is to lay bare, empty, strip naked or even destroy. If to expose nakedness (legalot erva) is to have sexual intercourse, then what might seeing "erva" mean?
3. What does spying have to do with sex?
Time Period: Biblical (early ancestors to 165 BCE)