When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him.” So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this command before he died: ‘Say to Joseph, “Please forgive the transgressionContinue reading “Genesis 50: 15-26….A wholesome view!”
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Genesis 48 17-22…Joseph’s still not happy!
When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. And Joseph said to his father, “Not this way, my father; since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand onContinue reading “Genesis 48 17-22…Joseph’s still not happy!”
Genesis 41: 1-8….Two Whole Years.
After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile, and behold, there came up out of the Nile seven cows, attractive and plump, and they fed in the reed grass. And behold, seven other cows, ugly and thin, came up out of the Nile after them, and stood by the otherContinue reading “Genesis 41: 1-8….Two Whole Years.”
Genesis 40: 16-23…..The bad news.
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I also had a dream: there were three cake baskets on my head, and in the uppermost basket there were all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating it out of the basket on my head.” AndContinue reading “Genesis 40: 16-23…..The bad news.”