The difference between Yosef and his brothers (and -even- the Avos) highlights the reason why the בני גד ובני ראובן wanted land east of the Yarden to be pastoralists.
This was due to their worldliness עובדי הוי’ בגופם which required them to choose a life far from the material world, as opposed to their brethren to the west of the Yarden who were עובדי הוי’ בנשמתם and could afford involvement in the lower aspects of worldliness.
Ironically these בני ראובן ובני גד who chose this path end up uplifting the lowest גשמיות because of the מסירת נפש they displayed in fighting for Eretz Yisroel. MP3
