A lot happens in Genesis 41. Pharaoh has two dreams. None of his advisors can interpret them. The cupbearer remembers Joseph and tells the King. He is cleaned up and brought before the dreamer. Two years after his interpretation to the late Baker and the Cupbearer he once again explains that he does not do the translating. God does.

Seven years of good crops followed by the same number of famines will devastate the country. God wants to work a miracle through a spoiled child who has become a man.

The scene is set for the fulfillment of Joseph’s own dreams when he is put second in charge of all Egypt. The next post continues the story.

The famine is bad even in Canaan in chapter forty-two. Jacob sends his ten oldest sons to Egypt to buy grain. They encounter Joseph who wants to see his younger brother. He sets a plan in action to force his father to send Benjamin to him. Israel’s stubbornness is hard to overcome. This happens in the next chapter and post.

Just an aside, why did Jehovah want the Israelites to go into Egypt?  If the seven-year drought was inevitable, why didn’t He simply let Joseph know about it and the good years before?  Wouldn’t it have been better to leave them in Canaan?  Do you have any answers?

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