GENESIS 41

Joseph was a young man with an old dream. The dream that he had been given was that there would come a day when all would bow down before him. It was that very dream that got him into inconvenience and now his inconveniences had gone from terrible to more awful. He had been sold as a slave to Egypt and after that, when the spouse of his Egyptian ace blamed him for endeavored assault, he was summarily tossed into jail. A year passed. And after that another. We don't know precisely to what extent he was in jail, however it was no less than two years and conceivably impressively more.

1. Joseph had confronted various tests and had passed them all.
2. He confronted the trial of dismissal from his siblings.
3. He confronted the trial of embarrassment when he was sold into Egypt as a slave.
4. He confronted the trial of sexual allurement when Potiphar's significant other endeavored to lure him.
5. He confronted the trial of being erroneously blamed.
6. He confronted the trial of anguish guiltlessly as he was tossed into jail.
7. He confronted the trial of melancholy when the man to whom he had brought comfort advantageously overlooked him for a long time.

Prior to this chapter is finished, I trust we will see Joseph confronting another test. It is the trial of thriving. It is a test that endeavors to degenerate a man's character. There is a familiar adage that says, "Power debases and total power undermines completely." That isn't exactly right. Actually control defiles and total power ruins the corruptible.

The first dream of Joseph had been of a lifted up position in which all bowed down before him. Similarly as a progression of dreams had realized the conditions that prompted Joseph's underlying bondage, now it is again a progression of dreams that prompt his inevitable discharge.

PHARAOH'S PERPLEXING DREAMS

1 Now it occurred toward the finish of two entire years that Pharaoh had a dream, and view, he was remaining by the Nile. 2 And lo, from the Nile there came up seven bovines, smooth and fat; and they munched in the swamp grass. 3 Then see, seven different cows came up after them from the Nile, appalling and emaciated, and they remained by alternate dairy animals on the bank of the Nile. 4 And the revolting and skinny bovines gobbled up the seven smooth and fat dairy animals. At that point Pharaoh got up.
5 And he nodded off and dreamed a moment time; and view, seven ears of grain came up on a solitary stalk, stout and great. 6 Then see, seven ears, thin and seared by the east breeze, grew up after them. 7 And the thin ears gobbled up the seven stout and full ears. At that point Pharaoh got up, and view, it was a dream.
8 Now it came to fruition early in the day that his soul was agitated, so he sent and required every one of the performers of Egypt, and all its astute men. What's more, Pharaoh revealed to them his dreams, however there was nobody who could decipher them to Pharaoh. (Beginning 41:1-8).

Two years had gone since Joseph had translated the dreams of the regal cupbearer and the regal cook. One had been reestablished to his position while the other had been executed. Joseph grieved in jail.

These dreams were given in the setting of Egypt. The inside and soul of Egypt was the Nile River, so these gatherings of dairy animals are seen coming up from the Nile.

The second dream has as its concentration the grain of Egypt and the east breeze. The breeze that originates from the east runs over the betray of the Sinai Peninsula. It is a dry breeze. It would be this same breeze that would bring the torment of insects (Exodus 10:13) and would be in charge of separating the Red Sea (Exodus 14:21).

The dream was justifiably upsetting and strange in light of the fact that dairy animals don't eat bovines and ears of grain don't devour different ears. However, made the dream significantly all the more alarming that those that were thin and skinny and seared were not profited by the utilization of that which was great and fat and sound.

THE CUPBEARER'S REMINISCENT REPORT

9 Then the main cupbearer addressed Pharaoh, saying, "I would make say today of my own offenses. 10 Pharaoh was enraged with his workers, and he place me in repression in the place of the commander of the protector, both me and the central bread cook. 11 And we had a dream on that night, he and I; every one of us dreamed by the translation of his own dream. 12 Now a Hebrew youth was with us there, a worker of the skipper of the protector, and we related them to him, and he translated our dreams for us. To every one he translated by his own dream. 13 And it came to fruition that similarly as he deciphered for us, so it happened; he reestablished me in my office, however he hanged him." (Genesis 41:9-13).

The episode fills in as a suggestion to the cupbearer. He reviews that sometime in the past he additionally had an alarming dream and there was somebody who had possessed the capacity to help him.

The way that the cupbearer specifies this now demonstrates a specific measure of brave for his sake, for he is conveying to the Pharaoh his very own indication offenses. He is gambling an arrival of the fury of the Pharaoh.

JOSEPH'S ROYAL SUMMONS

At that point Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and they hastily brought him out of the prison; and when he had shaved himself and put on something else, he came to Pharaoh. (Beginning 41:14).

Joseph is summoned before the Pharaoh, yet before he shows up, he should be sufficiently arranged. A shave is all together. This is eminent since the Hebrews did not usually shave but rather were known by their long whiskers that were an indication of their manhood.

The Egyptians, by differentiate, typically kept the majority of their hair shaved as an issue of real neatness. They saw a facial hair as something unkempt and unclean.

This recommends something about Joseph. He had figured out how to adjust to the way of life in which he was living. He had figured out how to talk the dialect and here is a proposal that he had figured out how to prepare himself after the mold of the Egyptians.

This is a lesson that teachers regularly learn, however I trust that it is likewise a lesson that we have to learn in the event that we are to connect with the general population of our own way of life. We have to figure out how to talk the dialect of a changing society and to interpret the message of the gospel into that dialect.

1. We do this by at times singing new melodies in our love.
2. We do this via deliberately clarifying all religious terms into the dialect of the unchurched.
3. We do this by being incarnational to our greatest advantage and in our discussions in order to fabricate scaffolds to everyone around us.

Jesus is our example in such an incarnational service. He took upon fragile living creature and lived in the way of life of the universe of his day, talking its dialect and living among its kin and notwithstanding influencing them His to possess. He calls us to do likewise.

JOSEPH'S HUMBLE ADMISSION

15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have had a dream, yet nobody can decipher it; and I have heard it said in regards to you, that when you hear a dream you can translate it." 16 Joseph at that point addressed Pharaoh, saying, "It isn't in me; God will give Pharaoh a positive answer." (Genesis 41:15-16).

Joseph does not say anything in regards to his want to be discharged from jail. Nor does he utilize the chance to recount what an astute man or what a skilled dream mediator he is. Rather, he gives the radiance and the credit to the Lord.

PHARAOH'S RETELLING OF THE DREAMS

17 So Pharaoh addressed Joseph, "In my dream, view, I was remaining on the bank of the Nile; 18 and observe, seven cows, fat and smooth came up out of the Nile; and they munched in the swamp grass. 19 And lo, seven different bovines came up after them, poor and monstrous and withered, for example, I had never observed for grotesqueness in all the place where there is Egypt; 20 and the lean and appalling cows gobbled up the initial seven fat dairy animals. 21 Yet when they had eaten up them, it couldn't be identified that they had eaten up them; for they were similarly as revolting as previously. At that point I stirred.
22 "I saw additionally in my dream, and see, seven ears, full and great, came up on a solitary stalk; 23 and lo, seven ears, shriveled, thin, and burned by the east breeze, grew up after them; 24 and the thin ears gulped the seven great ears. At that point I instructed it to the mystical performers, however there was nobody who could disclose it to me." (Genesis 41:17-24).

Pharaoh relates the points of interest of the dream to Joseph. In doing as such, he includes a few points of interest that we didn't find in the underlying depiction.

The first occasion when he said that the second arrangement of bovines were appalling and emaciated. This time, he alludes to them as poor and appalling and thin and includes that he had never observed such grotesqueness in all the place where there is Egypt.

He discloses to us that the thin bovines hinted at no having become any fatter, despite the fact that they had eaten more than their own particular body weight. The fact of the matter is that the lean years will be bad to the point that it won't be clear that seven great years have gone back and forth.

JOSEPH'S INTERPRETATION

25 Now Joseph said to Pharaoh, "Pharaoh's dreams are one and the same; God has informed to Pharaoh what He is concerning to do. 26 The seven great dairy animals are seven years; and the seven great ears are seven years; the dreams are one and the same. 27 And the seven lean and terrible dairy animals that surfaced after them are seven years, and the seven thin ears singed by the east breeze might be seven years of starvation.
28 "It is as I have addressed Pharaoh: God has appeared to Pharaoh what He is going to do. 29 Behold, seven years of extraordinary wealth are coming in all the place where there is Egypt; 30 and after them seven years of starvation will come, and all the plenitude will be overlooked in the place that is known for Egypt; and the starvation will assault the land. 31 So the wealth will be obscure in the land due to that resulting starvation; for it will be exceptionally extreme. 32 Now with respect to the rehashing of the dream to Pharaoh twice, it implies that the issue is controlled by God, and God will rapidly achieve it. (Beginning 41:25-32).

Joseph now discloses the dreams to Pharaoh. The two dreams both allude to a similar future occasion. They are prophetic of what will occur in Egypt.

The reiteration of the dream was an indication that it was from God and that it was sure to happen and that it would soon be conveyed to pass.

This was an imperative piece of the translation since a few predictions are by their extremely nature contingent. Jonah came to Nineveh and reported that the city was to be obliterated inside 40 days, yet it is comprehended this was a restrictive prescience. The implicit condition was that this annihilation would happen if there was no adjustment in the hearts of the general population.

This prescience to Egypt isn't given with conditions. The great years and the starvation years were not going to come due to some specific sin with respect to the Egyptians. Or maybe it was as a methods for conveying transcendence to God as He moved to convey salvation to the world.

JOSEPH'S WISE ADVICE

33 "And now let Pharaoh search for a man observing and insightful, and set him over the place that is known for Egypt. 34 Let Pharaoh make a move to choose managers accountable for the land, and let him correct a fifth of the deliver of the place that is known for Egypt in the seven years of plenitude. 35 Then let them assemble all the sustenance of these great years that are coming, and save the grain for nourishment in the urban communities under Pharaoh's power, and let them watch it. 36 And let the nourishment move toward becoming as a save for the land for the seven years of starvation which will happen in the place where there is Egypt, with the goal that the land may not die amid the starvation." (Genesis 41:33-36).

Joseph not just had an elucidation for the dreams; he additionally had a prepared arrangement to manage the circumstance guaranteed by the dreams. It included the foundation of a 20% expense on the majority of the create of the land. This twofold tithe was to be amassed for the coming a very long time of starvation. The gather amid these years would be prosperous to the point that this duty would be for all intents and purposes unnoticed.

There is no sign that Joseph had even implied that he be the proposed manager. He didn't "hurl his cap into the ring" of qualified applicants who might be considered for the position. Rather, it was the Pharaoh who proposed him for the activity.

Let another adulate you, and not your own particular mouth; An outsider, and not your own lips. (Axioms 27:2).

The world says, "Boast on the grounds that nobody else will toot it for you." The Lord says, "Lower yourselves, along these lines, under the compelling hand of God, that He may lift up you at the best possible time" (1 Peter 5:6).

JOSEPH'S ROYAL APPOINTMENT

37 Now the proposition appeared to be great to Pharaoh and to every one of his hirelings. 38 Then Pharaoh said to his hirelings, "Would we be able to discover a man this way, in whom is a heavenly soul?"
39 So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has educated you of this, there is nobody so recognizing and insightful as you seem to be. 40 You might be over my home, and as indicated by your command every one of my kin should do respect; just in the honored position I will be more prominent than you." 41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "See I have set you over all the place that is known for Egypt."
42 Then Pharaoh removed his seal ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph's hand, and dressed him in pieces of clothing of fine material, and put the gold accessory around his neck. 43 And he had him ride in his second chariot; and they announced before him, "Bow the knee!" And he set him over all the place where there is Egypt. 44 Moreover, Pharaoh said to Joseph, "However I am Pharaoh, yet without your authorization nobody might raise his hand or foot in all the place that is known for Egypt."
45 Then Pharaoh named Joseph Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the girl of Potiphera minister of On, as his significant other. What's more, Joseph went forward finished the place where there is Egypt. (Beginning 41:37-45).

By regal pronouncement, Joseph was raised to the situation of head administrator over the place where there is Egypt. He was second just to the Pharaoh. The indications of this expert are depicted:

1. Pharaoh's own seal ring.
2. Articles of clothing of fine material.
3. A gold neckband around his neck.
4. Riding in the second chariot.

The articles of clothing of a detainee and a slave were supplanted by those of fine material deserving of a ruler. The chains that had once bound him were supplanted by a gold jewelry around his neck. He who once had been conveyed to Egypt by Midianite slave merchants now rode in the place of respect as second in command of all Egypt.

Joseph was likewise given another name. Zaphenath-paneah signifies "the god talks and he lives." It is striking that God does these things for us, as well.

He takes from us our messy robes of wrongdoing and garments us in the honorableness of Christ: For every one of you who were sanctified through water into Christ have dressed yourselves with Christ (Galatians 3:27).

He gives all of us of the wealth of paradise: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has favored us with each otherworldly gift in the brilliant places in Christ (Ephesians 1:3).

He gives us another name: He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the places of worship. To him who overcomes, to him I will give a portion of the shrouded manna, and I will give him a white stone, and another name composed on the stone which nobody knows yet he who gets it. (Disclosure 2:17).

JOSEPH'S ADMINISTRATIVE PREPARATIONS

46 Now Joseph was thirty years of age when he remained before Pharaoh, ruler of Egypt. Also, Joseph went out from the nearness of Pharaoh, and experienced all the place where there is Egypt.
47 And amid the seven years of bounty the land delivered inexhaustibly. 48 So he accumulated all the nourishment of these seven years which happened in the place where there is Egypt, and set the sustenance in the urban communities; he put in each city the sustenance from its own particular encompassing fields. 49 Thus Joseph hid away grain in awesome plenitude like the sand of the ocean, until the point that he quit estimating it, for it was unimaginable. (Beginning 41:46-49).

Joseph was 30 years of age at the time that he was raised to a place of energy in Egypt. We will recollect that Jesus was around 30 years of age toward the start of His natural service. We are given a few distinct ages in the life of Joseph.

The following seven years saw Joseph undertaking the managerial errand of planning for the coming starvation. He had the sustenance supplies set deliberately at every city from which it had been assembled. In this manner there would be no feeling of one region feeling that he was favoring another locale.

Would it be able to be that Joseph had taken in a vital lesson concerning the destructive impacts of preference? Jacob had put Joseph as his most loved and had in this way brought about the desire of the more seasoned siblings. No doubt Joseph now settle not to commit a similar error.

Notice that the abundance of the collect is compared to the sand of the seashore and that it was incalculable. This is a similar dialect with which Abraham had been guaranteed when God said that his seed would resemble the sands of the seashore. By a similar token, we recall that the Spirit is guaranteed to God's kin without measure (John 3:34).

JOSEPH'S SONS

50 Now before the time of starvation came, two children were destined to Joseph, whom Asenath, the girl of Potiphera cleric of On, bore to him. 51 And Joseph named the primary conceived Manasseh, "For," he stated, "God has raised me overlook all my hell and all my dad's family." 52 And he named the second Ephraim, "For," he stated, "God has made me productive in the place that is known for my burden." (Genesis 41:50-52).

Some have scrutinized the respectability of Joseph taking an Egyptian spouse, yet there was not yet a command from the Lord against such an association. We do realize that both Manasseh and Ephraim would be considered among the offspring of Israel as opposed to numbered with the country of Egypt. This clues at what should be affirmed later in the book of Genesis - that Joseph was mindful so as to show his children of the contract the relatives of Abraham delighted in with the Lord.

There is some unobtrusive silliness in the names. Joseph had initially been sold as a slave to Potiphar and now he turns into the child in-law of Potiphera. The primary name is considered by most researchers to only be a contracted type of the second name. That is to say, "Whom Ra has given."

NOURISHMENT IN THE MIDST OF FAMINE

53 When the seven years of bounty which had been in the place that is known for Egypt reached an end, 54 and the seven years of starvation started to come, similarly as Joseph had stated, at that point there was starvation in every one of the grounds; however in all the place where there is Egypt there was bread.
55 So when all the place that is known for Egypt was hungry, the general population shouted out to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to every one of the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, you should do."
56 When the starvation was spread over all the substance of the earth, at that point Joseph opened every one of the storage facilities, and sold to the Egyptians; and the starvation was serious in the place where there is Egypt. 57 And the general population of all the earth came to Egypt to purchase grain from Joseph, in light of the fact that the starvation was extreme in all the earth. (Beginning 41:53-57).

At the point when the seven years of flourishing were at an end, a starvation came over the land. This starvation was not restricted to Egypt. It was in every one of the grounds. As nourishment deficiencies wound up serious, Joseph opened up the storage facilities and started to pitch sustenance to the Egyptians.

For what reason did he not give it out to them? Maybe it was to keep them from storing and additionally squandering it. All things considered, these provisions would be vital, for the survival of Egypt, as well as for the bolstering of people groups all through many grounds.

The Lord does this same thing for us. He doesn't give us today all that we will requirement for what's to come. He rather supplies our necessities as they emerge. He shows us to ask, Give us this day our day by day bread (Matthew 6:11).

Eventually, we are called to look for, not just for the sustenance which perishes, but rather for the nourishment which perseveres to interminable life, which the Son of Man might provide for you, for on Him the Father, even God, has set His seal (John 6:27). Similarly as Joseph had been given the seal ring of Pharaoh, so God has set His seal on His Son that you come to Him to get endless life.