Joseph's betrayal by his brothers, his decent into Egypt, set the stage, not only for the reformation of his brothers' characters, which is an important part of the story, but for the descent of all of the Israelites into Egypt, so as to survive widespread famine.

约瑟夫兄弟们的背叛，他进入埃及，奠定了基础，不仅为他兄弟们品格的修复，这是故事中非常重要的一部分，也为所有以色列人进入埃及，为了幸免于蔓延的饥荒。

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so I guess it's a very big part of culture, yeah.

所以我觉得这是文化中非常重要的一部分。

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For example, nowhere in the world would people consider eating a rock, because a rock is non-food across all cultures; but aside from that, there's great variability and so social construction part of this is very important.

举例来说,世界上没有哪里的人会想吃石头,因为不管在哪种文化中,石头都不能当做食物,但是除此之外,各地的食物丰富而多样,所以社会意识是非常重要的一部分

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