TEXT: Genesis 39:1 – 41:57, KJV

Key Verse: “But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour” Genesis 39:21,KJV

Introduction: B.M.W, (Blood, Mercy & Word)

Previous Points:

1. God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit created man, the highest earthly species in His own image and For specific Purpose
2. Man’s purposes on earth are to, Reproduce (Gen 1:28), Replenish (1:28) to Be Responsible (1:28) and Responsive (1:29 Behold – 2:17)
3. Angels are also created beings capable of love, logic and liberty
4. Lucifer, once a gifted Angel was removed from Heaven and has become the enemy of God known as satan or the devil
5. Satan only has one power….. to convince us that we have none which he does by tempting us to sin through 3 tricks: Lust of Flesh, Lust of Eyes and Pride of Life!
6. God has given man the power to resist sin with love, logic and liberty!
7. CR: Job 2:3 The Hebrew Word: Chazaq (khaw-zek) means to grow firm inculcating that God will often teach us life lessons through curriculums we may not like.

THREE PRIMARY LESSONS WE LEARN FROM STUDYING GENESIS

• God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit created everything in this world For Purpose!
• Man has been given Love, Logic and LibertyI
• Holding to Gods unchanging Hand through hard times is the harbinger of Biblical Christianity

PREVAILING PRESUPPOSITIONS

• Bible is oldest religious book                                                                                                                                 Genesis 1 most likely written around 4000 years before Christ to earth                                                                         Joseph dreams his dreams around 2000 years before Christ came to earth                                        Christophanies are signs of Jesus in the Old Testament and tonight study is one of the best:

GOD:  God Loves the World and all of His Creation Within It                                                                                                                                                                        MAN:   Man was created for the purpose of serving God                                                                                                                                                                  SIN:     The evil one has made it his business to stop man from serving God and seeing the fruit from doing so                                                                                                                                                                      SALVATION:  Gods plan for saving man from sin through His grace can be seen best through the life of Joseph          

• Both men were greatly loved by their fathers
• As shepherds, they both took care of their father’s sheep
• Both Joseph and Jesus were sent to their brothers by their father
• Both men were ridiculed and rejected by their brothers
• Both went through sufferings and betrayal
• Both were tempted and forgave
• Both are saviours

BACKGROUND BIBLICAL CONTEXT:

Chapter 37 Jacobs other sons sell Joseph and lie to him making him believe Joseph is dead                                                                                                                               Chapter 38 Jacobs son Judah is fooled by daughter-in-law, Tamar: Sons Perez & Zerah

Leah	Zilpah	Rachel	Bilhah
Reuben	Gad		Dan
Simeon	Asher		Naphtali
Levi
Judah
Issachar
Zebulun
Dinah
		Joseph
		Benjamin

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Chapter 39 

¹ And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.

Yahweh – occurs more than 6800 times in the Bible; it is the relational name of God as opposed to Elohim and Adonai.  Ex 3:13-15 where God says “I Am who I am”

Yahweh is the personal name of God, that was eventually spoken aloud ONLY  by priests worshiping in the Jerusalem temple.

Tetragrammaton is YHWH and because “Y” makes “J” sound we get Jehovah

After the destruction of the temple in A.D. 70, the name was not pronounced and Adonai was substituted for Yahweh whenever it appeared in the biblical text.

ELOHIM ————— YAHWEH ——————ADONAI/KURIOS——- GOD

Revelation through Relationship!

² And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

Prosperous – meaning to Be Successful in Strongs Hebrew is the word “Tsaleach “  {tsaw-lay’-akh}; Meaning(s) – break out, come mightily, go over, be good, cause to, effective,

1. Why is Joseph successful?; 2) Where is he successful? 3) How is he successful?
2. God must become Our Goal

iow- everything we do must be done for Gods glory and Not our own and its easy to recognize when its for Gods glory because our attitude reflects it

³ And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

What did he do?

• Do what you do without complaint, conflict, contempt or condition

⁴ And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

• Serve because its right, Not because it may come with reward

Serve Who? Serve How? Joseph served Potiphar by putting him as a priority

Sometime over the next five to seven years Potiphar gives him more responsiblity

⁵ And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.

• Seek to be a blessing instead of a burden (i.e, how can I help?)

⁶ And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well-favoured.

• Invest more into Character than we do beauty and Clothing (i.e., books, conferences)

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⁷ And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

⁸ But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;

• Resist the devils devices

⁹ There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

• Recognize that sin no matter its size is rebellion against God that has consequences that we can’t choose

¹⁰ And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

¹¹ And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.

¹² And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

¹³ And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,

¹⁴ That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:

• Still Loving people who’ve hated you

¹⁵ And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.

¹⁶ And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.

¹⁷ And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:

¹⁸ And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.

¹⁹ And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.

²⁰ And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

• Look for Gods hand when dealing with low places and low down people

²¹ But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

• Always treat folks better than you’d like to be treated regardless of their position

²² And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.

²³ The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper.

• Remain faithful regardless of your present reality because the same God who allows disappointment also allows appointment.

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Chapter 40 

¹And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.

² And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

³ And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

⁴ And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

• Serving successfully because you can see the good in a bad situation

⁵ And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.

⁶ And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.

⁷ And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?

• Caring enough about other human beings that you connect with them in Christlike fashion

The man has every reason in the world not to care about anyone or anything yet……

⁸ And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

There is no evidence that Joseph has ever interpreted a dream before but his belief is that His God Can

• Believing the best about God even in the worst of circumstances (i.e, God Can, God Will, God is)

⁹ And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

¹⁰ And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:

¹¹ And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.

¹² And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:

¹³ Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

¹⁴ But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:

Transliteration: checed       Phonetic Spelling: (kheh’-sed)     Definition: goodness, kindness

Do me a favor because I’ve done you a favor

• Rejoicing when others receive their blessings though our situation hasn’t changed yet

¹⁵ For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

¹⁶ When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:

¹⁷ And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.

¹⁸ And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:

¹⁹ Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

²⁰ And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

²¹ And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:

²² But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.

²³ Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.

• Deepening your relationship with God despite not getting what you know you deserve (i.e, church, Bible study, Fasting, works on auxiliaries, etc…)

Chapter 41 

¹ And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

• Still serving God even though so much time has past that you’ve started to see yourself as no longer even wanting what God promised you

Sometimes we can want the right thing for the wrong reasons

² And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.

³ And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.

⁴ And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.

⁵ And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.

⁶ And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.

⁷ And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.

⁸ And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.

The anointing is activated only at Gods command and that usually only after many days, months, weeks or even years of agony (extreme physical or mental suffering)

Joseph is now either 29 or 30 years old; having been imprisoned for nearly 13 years

⁹ Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:

¹⁰ Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:

¹¹ And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

¹² And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

¹³ And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.

¹⁴ Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

¹⁵ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.

¹⁶ And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

• When everything we do and say are opportunities for God to speak and work

Here, Joseph is a representative of God offering revelation to Pharoah through relationship

¹⁷ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:

¹⁸ And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:

¹⁹ And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:

²⁰ And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:

²¹ And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

²² And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:

²³ And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:

²⁴ And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.

²⁵ And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.

²⁶ The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.

²⁷ And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.

²⁸ This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.

²⁹ Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:

³⁰ And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;

³¹ And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.

³² And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

³³ Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

³⁴ Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.

³⁵ And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.

³⁶ And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.

³⁷ And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

³⁸ And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?

Transliteration: Elohim    Phonetic Spelling: (el-o-heem’)  Meaning: God or gods

Pharoah uses Elohim because he does not yet know Yahweh through relationship

³⁹ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:

• Letting others praise our work and Not our own lips

⁴⁰ Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.

⁴¹ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.

⁴² And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

⁴³ And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Just like God showed Joseph in the dream 13 years ago people are bowing to him in honor

All dreams are Not laden with Divine Direction towards destiny but some may be indicators that its time to take God more seriously

⁴⁴ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.

⁴⁵ And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

⁴⁶ And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

⁴⁷ And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.

⁴⁸ And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.

⁴⁹ And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.

⁵⁰ And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.

⁵¹ And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.

⁵² And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

• When we’re willing to trade forgetfulness/forgiveness for fruitfulness

⁵³ And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.

⁵⁴ And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

⁵⁵ And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.

⁵⁶ And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.

⁵⁷ And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

Now Israel needs to come see Joseph in order to survive

• When people have dealt you underhanded but now you have the upperhand

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