We are never really told why the cupbearer and the baker were sent to prison. Most likely they had somehow offended the oriental sensibilities of the semite Pharaoh who was now sitting on the throne. Remember it was Orientals…semites….not Egyptians who were currently ruling over Egypt. However, much more important than knowing why they were […]
40-3: Two similar dreams with two totally different outcomes!
Let’s go over the dreams the cupbearer and the baker had. First, it’s interesting to note that numbers stand out in each of the three sets of dreams involving Joseph. In the first dream Joseph had about his family bowing down to him, a sequence of 12 was prominent. In the dreams the baker and […]
40-2: The importance of dreams in ancient Egypt
Next to divine visitations, dreams are the highest revelatory method. It is no exaggeration to say that dreams play a central role in the story of Joseph. In fact it was the sharing of his dreams that got Joseph into his current predicament in the first place. I wonder if Joseph ever thought about the […]
40-1: Was Joseph really kept in a “prison”?
Today we begin Genesis Chapter 40. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James Version, click here. So he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, in the same place where Joseph was kept.-Genesis 40:3 Joseph is now 28 years old and sitting […]
39-4: Five ways Joseph foreshadows Yeshua’s life in Genesis 39
It is of tremendous importance that we CONTINUOUSLY REMIND OURSELVES of the great truths taught us in Scripture. Knowledge not absorbed is knowledge not learned. And knowledge not learned is knowledge that cannot be applied. So consider this post to be an important reminder of the following truth which Yeshua uttered: For if you really believed Moses, […]
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