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.”
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Genesis 40: 6-15….. The Good News first.
When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were troubled. So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, “Why are your faces downcast today?” They said to him, “We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them.” And Joseph said toContinue reading “Genesis 40: 6-15….. The Good News first.”
Genesis 39: 21-ch40:5…..Joseph no-longer alone!
But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. And the keeper of the prison put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever was done there, he was the one who did it. TheContinue reading “Genesis 39: 21-ch40:5…..Joseph no-longer alone!”
Genesis 39: 14-21….The Scream!
……she called to the men of her household and said to them, “See, he has brought among us a Hebrew to laugh at us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice. And as soon as he heard that I lifted up my voice and criedContinue reading “Genesis 39: 14-21….The Scream!”
Genesis 39: 6b-14…..Liar, liar…..
Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.” But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that heContinue reading “Genesis 39: 6b-14…..Liar, liar…..”
Genesis 38: 25-30….’Here’, Look, the Evidence!’
As she was being brought out, she sent word to her father-in-law, “By the man to whom these belong, I am pregnant.” And she said, “Please identify whose these are, the signet and the cord and the staff.” Then Judah identified them and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not giveContinue reading “Genesis 38: 25-30….’Here’, Look, the Evidence!’”
Genesis 38: 11-19……Wait for son number 3.
Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, till Shelah my son grows up”—for he feared that he would die, like his brothers. So Tamar went and remained in her father’s house.In the course of time the wife of Judah, Shua’s daughter, died. When Judah was comforted, he wentContinue reading “Genesis 38: 11-19……Wait for son number 3.”
Genesis 38: 1-10…..A classified Page!
It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and turned aside to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her and went in to her, and she conceived and bore a son, and he called hisContinue reading “Genesis 38: 1-10…..A classified Page!”
Genesis 37: 25-32….Lying Jackals!
Then they sat down to eat. And looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt. Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? Come,Continue reading “Genesis 37: 25-32….Lying Jackals!”
Genesis 37: 17-24……He had asked for it!
And the man said, “They have gone away, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.They saw him from afar, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him. They said to one another, “Here comes thisContinue reading “Genesis 37: 17-24……He had asked for it!”
As I read it! 