Daily Bread Bible Study
The First Book of Moses Called Genesis
Chapter 41
Pharaoh's Dream
Joseph Interprets Dreams
7 Years of Plenty 7 Years of Famine
Welcome to our Christianity Oasis Daily Bread study program. This is our Pharaoh's Dream study looking into how Joseph interprets dreams including the 7 years of plenty and 7 years of famine story and how Pharaoh's Dream affects your be-YOU-tiful Christian walk.
The First Book of Moses Called Genesis
Chapter 41
Pharaoh's Dream
Pharaoh's Dream Bible Study
How Joseph Interprets Dreams
7 Years of Plenty 7 Years of Famine Prophecy
We hope today's Daily Bread finds you in good health and spirits and
ready for another story from the book of Genesis. In our last story,
we had Joseph in the Pharaoh's prison, in charge of all the
prisoners. Joseph interpreted some dreams for the Pharaoh's butler
and baker who were in the jail with him. It was a happy ending for
the butler but for the baker, things didn't turn out so well. Joseph
asked the butler to put in a good word for him with Pharaoh when he
got his old job back, but alas ... The butler forgot all about it
until ...
It's been two whole years since the butler was given back his
position, and Joseph is still in the prison. It came to pass that
Pharaoh had two dreams, and he was troubled about what these dreams
meant. He called for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt and told
them his dreams, but none of them could interpret them for Pharaoh.
Finally, the butler remembered Joseph. He told Pharaoh how Joseph
interpreted his and the baker's dreams and how things turned out
exactly as he explained, so Pharaoh had Joseph brought out of the
prison to him. He told Joseph that nobody could interpret his dreams
but he had heard that Joseph could. Joseph said, It isn't me who can
interpret them, but God will give you an answer to ease your mind.
Pharaoh's Dream Interpretation
Joseph Interprets Dreams Again
7 Years of Plenty 7 Years of Famine Meaning
Pharaoh told Joseph his dreams. In my dream, I was standing on the
bank of the river and seven fat cows came up out of the river and fed
in the meadow. Then seven scrawny cows, such skinny cows I have never
seen in Egypt, came up out of the river and ate up the first seven
fat cows. But when they had eaten them, they were still as scrawny as
before, so I woke up. When I fell back to sleep, I saw in my dream
seven fat ears of corn sprang up on one stalk. Then seven withered,
and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them. The seven
withered ears devoured the seven fat ears.
Joseph said, Both dreams have the same meaning. God has showed you
what He's about to do. The seven fat cows are seven years and the
seven fat ears are seven years. They are one and the same. The seven
scrawny cows and the seven withered ears will be seven years of
famine. That's what I meant when I said God has showed you what He's
about to do.
There will be seven years of great plenty throughout Egypt and after
that there will be seven years of famine. All the plenty will be
forgotten in Egypt and the famine will be so serious that it will
consume the land. Because of how terrible it will be, is the reason
why you had two dreams about it. God has prepared it to happen and it
will come to pass.
Pharaoh should look for a person who is cautious and wise and put him
in charge over the land of Egypt. Then hire people to store up one
fifth of what the land produces during the seven good years. That
food will be for the seven years of famine, so that the land of Egypt
can survive.
Pharaoh's Dream Bible Study
How Joseph Interprets Dreams
7 Years of Plenty 7 Years of Famine Prophecy
Pharaoh and all his servants believed Joseph's interpretation.
Pharaoh said to Joseph, Since God has shown you all this, there isn't
anyone as cautious and wise as you are. You will be in charge and by
your ideas my people will be ruled. Only in the throne will I be
greater than you.
Pharaoh took off his ring and put in on Joseph's hand, dressed him in
royal clothes and put a gold chain around his neck. Joseph rode in
the chariot behind Pharaoh's and people bowed as he passed. Pharaoh
made Joseph ruler and said nobody will do anything without Joseph's
permission in all the land of Egypt.
Pharaoh gave Joseph a wife named Asenath and he traveled all over
Egypt. Joseph was thirty years old now. The seven years of plenty
produced abundantly and Joseph gathered up so much food to store that
he stopped keeping track of it because there was so much.
Joseph had two sons before the famine came. He named the firstborn
Manasseh, which means Forgetting, because he said God made him forget
all his labor and his father's family. He named the second Ephraim,
which means, Fruitful, because he said God has made him fruitful in
the land of his affliction.
The seven years of plenty ended, and when the seven years of famine
began, but there was food in the land of Egypt. When people asked
Pharaoh for food, he sent them to Joseph and told them to do what he
said. The famine covered the whole earth and people from all other
countries came to Egypt to Joseph to buy corn because it was so
severe.
Pharaoh's Dream Bible Study Summary
Joseph Interprets Dreams Summary
7 Years of Plenty 7 Years of Famine Conclusion
So almost fifteen years has passed since Joseph was sold into the
land of Egypt, and has become a very prominent man in the land.
People from countries all over are coming to buy food from him. Now
speaking of dreams, remember Joseph's dreams about his brothers
bowing before him? Who do you think will show up in Egypt looking for
food and end up bowing before him? Oh, my! God sure does have a way
of balancing things, doesn't He? We should remember that truth when
dealing with others who we come upon as we sojourn along our
Christian walk path. Look for the beginning of that story next time,
in Daily Bread.
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