Joseph was a cockie, a small-scale farmer. Such farmers were called cockies in the early days of European settlement in Australia because, like the cockatoos that weaved and screeched above them, they made their homes on the edges of creeks and permanent waterholes.

The habit of mind so engendered is wholly demoralizing, particularly since the national political consciousness is so dependent on their provokings.

He wrapped my arm in aso oke cloth.

One midrash, perhaps influenced by later Israelite encounters with Esau's biologic and ideologic descendants.