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"Joesph's Dream"
The whole story Genesis 36-50
Joseph had 11 brothers whom were jealous of the special love his father and mother showed him. Joseph's brothers could not speek a kind word to him. Joseph had a dream and when he told it to his brothers they hated him all the more. He said to them "Listen to this dream I had: We were binding sheaves of grain out in the feild when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it." His brother asked him if he intended to rule over them. And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he said to them.
Then he had another dream and he told his brothers. "Listen I had another dream and this time the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me." When he told his father and mother as well as his brothers his father rebuked him and said "What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come to bow down to the ground before you?" Some time after this his father sent Joseph to see if all was well with his brothers and the flocks that they were grazing. When His brothers saw him coming up from the distance they plotted to kill him. "Come now, let's kill him and throw him into one of these cistrens and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we'll see what comes of his dreams." When Ruben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. "Let's not take his life," he said. "Don't shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the desert, but don't lay a hand on him." Ruben said this to rescue him and take him back to his father. So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe-the richly ornamented robe his father had given him, and they took him and threw him into the cistern. Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it. As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravanof Ishmelites. They were on their way to Egypt to sell their goods.
Judah said to his brothers "What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? Come let's sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood." His brothers agreed. They then took Joseph's robe and covered it with goat's blood and took it back to their father and told him that some ferocious animal had surely devoured him. His father Jacob mourned bitterly. Meanwhile, the Midianities sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of the Pharaoh's officials, the captain of the gaurd.
The Lord was with Joseph and he prospered and lived in the house of his Egyptian master. Potiphar put him in charge of his househould and intrusted to his care everything he owned. With Joseph in charge, he did not concern himself with anything except the food that he ate. Now Joseph was a well-built and handsome man, and after a while his master's wife took notice of Joseph and said "Come to bed with me!" But he refused her. One day he went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the household servants were inside. Potiphar's wife cought him by the cloak and said "Come to bed with me!" But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house. she then called to household servants. "Look," This Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us! He came in here to sleep with me, but I sreamed for help, and he ran out and left his cloak beside me. She kept his cloak beside her until Potiphar came home and told him her story. He became angry and had Joseph thrown into prison where the kings prisoners were cofined. The Lord was still with Joseph and the warden showed him favor. While in prison he interpreted the dreams of the Kings cupbearer and the baker which came true. Two years later the Pharaoh had a few dreams that really trobled him so he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt, but onone could tell him what the dreams ment. When the Cupbearer hear this he told the Pharaoh about what Joseph had done for him while in prison so Pharaoh sent for Joseph. Who then interpreted his dreams. Joseph told him in short that there would be seven years of good harvast and seven years of famine and that he should plan ahead so that the people would not suffer. The Pharaoh was so pleased that he put Joseph in charge of gathering and storing the extra grain for the seven years of famine. This was very wise as just as God had reveiled to Joseph there came a very harsh famine through out the land and everyone was coming to Egypt to buy grain. When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt he sent 10 of his sons there to buy grain. Now Joseph was in charge of selling all the grain to the people. So when Joseph's brothers arrivied, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground. As soon as he saw his brothers he recognized them, but pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them and tested them. And made them come back with his youngest brother and father before he reveiled himself to them. Forgiving them and bring the whole family to Egypt to live. fullfilling the dreams the god had reviled to him long ago.