A period of two years went by and the Pharaoh had been troubled by dreams. He summoned all the sages and magicians in Egypt to interpret them but they were unable to interpret the dreams and were, in fact as perplexed as the Pharaoh. It was than that the chief cup bearer remembered his interaction with Joseph and his promise to him, so he related to the Pharaoh what had taken place while he was in jail. The Pharaoh immediately summoned Joseph, who washed up and changed his clothes to have an audience with the Pharaoh.
The dreams foretold of the 7 years of plenty then 7 years of famine and Joseph advised the Pharaoh that his dream was from God and the message given to him to deliver to the Pharaoh so that he might seek a wise and discerning man to oversee the crops for these years or the earth would perish from starvation. The Pharaoh thought who better could I choose than this young man so he appointed him over food supply and gave him authority to do anything needed to see that the kingdom did not perish.
As a sign he took off his signet ring and placed it on Joseph's finger, a necklace on his neck and gave him fine linens. He also gave him a wife and changed his name to Zaphnath-paneah. Before the famine set in Joseph's wife, Arsenath bore him two sons; Manasseh and Ephraim.
The dreams foretold of the 7 years of plenty then 7 years of famine and Joseph advised the Pharaoh that his dream was from God and the message given to him to deliver to the Pharaoh so that he might seek a wise and discerning man to oversee the crops for these years or the earth would perish from starvation. The Pharaoh thought who better could I choose than this young man so he appointed him over food supply and gave him authority to do anything needed to see that the kingdom did not perish.
As a sign he took off his signet ring and placed it on Joseph's finger, a necklace on his neck and gave him fine linens. He also gave him a wife and changed his name to Zaphnath-paneah. Before the famine set in Joseph's wife, Arsenath bore him two sons; Manasseh and Ephraim.
Joseph began to store the grains and harvests in areas near each town and traveled the lands overseeing this. In eighth year people traveled from all over the country to purchase provisions from Joseph.
Note: I am truly sorry. I do not know what happened to this post which I had made in sequence, as I wanted the entire Bible written in sesequence, but today I noticed that not only was it in scheduled draft, it was incomplete!
Note: I am truly sorry. I do not know what happened to this post which I had made in sequence, as I wanted the entire Bible written in sesequence, but today I noticed that not only was it in scheduled draft, it was incomplete!
Thank you so much for visiting me today. May God richly bless you and the reading of His word.
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