Sibling relationships are fraught with challenges, and are central to the creation of a family. The first half of Sefer Breishit has several stories of families that did not make it, and the second half explores the successful story of the creation of the family, and thereby of the nation of Israel. A parallel development in Sefer Breishit is the role of Divine Providence, moving from explicit hashgacha to making more room for human initiative. These two developments collide in the dramatic story of Yosef and his brothers. In this course we will study the text carefully to understand the intense family dynamics, and the delicate interplay between hashgacha and free will in this seminal story in the creation of Am Yisrael.