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Genesis Lesson 21 (read Psalm 105)

Butler and Baker  Pharaoh put both in prison  Remember Joseph is in charge  Both had a dream  They were wanting an interpreter  “Do not interpretations belong to the Lord?” Review

Butler’s dream  Vine with three branches  Served Pharaoh with juice  In three days you will be restored to your place serving Pharaoh  Remember me when you are back in Pharaoh’s house Review

Baker’s dream  Three baskets full of baked goods  Birds came and ate the baked goods  In three days Pharaoh will place you on a tree and the birds will come eat your flesh Review

Interpretations were true  Pharaoh’s birthday  Butler is restored to his place serving Pharaoh  Baker is hanged  But, chief butler did not remember Joseph Review

Pharaoh’s dreams  Two years pass  Pharaoh has dreams  Seven ugly cows eaten by seven fat cows  Seven thin heads of grain devoured seven good heads of grain Review

Pharaoh’s dreams  Calls for Egyptian wise men and magicians  No one could interpret his dreams  Chief butler remembered Joseph  Relates the events to Pharaoh Review

Pharaoh’s dreams  Pharaoh sends for Joseph  Joseph shaves and changes clothes  God will give Pharaoh an answer  Pharaoh tells dreams  No one could tell me Review

Interpretation  God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do  Dreams are the same  Seven years of plenty  Followed by seven years of famine Will be severe; deplete the land Review

What to do  Joseph tells the plan  Choose a wise man  Set him over the land  Collect 1/5 of produce each year  Store it as reserve Review

Joseph’s new job  The advice pleased Pharaoh  Chose Joseph  Ruler over all my house Second only to the throne  Ring and garments  Bow the knee Review

Joseph’s new job  Asenath for his wife  30 years old  Gathered up food during seven years of plenty So much could not count  Manasseh and Ephraim born Review

Famine is severe  Land is famished  Joseph sells grain  Others come to buy grain  Famine is severe in all lands Review

Famine in Canaan  Jacob tells sons to go to Egypt and buy grain  Ten brothers go  Benjamin stays with Jacob bow down before Joseph  Brothers come to Egypt and bow down before Joseph Review

Brothers in Egypt  They did not recognize Joseph  But, he knew them  Accused them of being spies  We are twelve brothers One is in Canaan Other is no more Review

Tested  Youngest brother must come here  Puts them in prison for three days  One will remain in prison while others go get youngest brother  Reuben reminds them of their past Review

Tested  Joseph understood them  But spoke through an interpreter  Bound Simeon  Sold them grain  Put money back into sacks Review

Returning to Canaan  Opened sacks—found money  Told Jacob all that had happened  Jacob bereaved Joseph is no more Now Simeon is no more  Refused to let them take Benjamin to Egypt Review

Give credit to God  “Do not interpretations belong to God?”  “It is not in me, God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”  “God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.” lesson Review

“I am God Almighty”  Acts 17:24 The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of Heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.  25 Nor is served with men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives life and breath and all things to all. lesson Review

God is in control  “the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.”  God has placed Joseph in Egypt for a purpose lesson Review

Providence  Pro – “before”  Video – “to see”  God sees the end from the beginning lesson Review

Providence  Isaiah 46:9 Remember former things from forever; for I am God, and no other is God, even none like Me,  10 declaring the end from the beginning, and from the past things which were not done, saying, My purpose shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure lesson Review

Guilt will catch up We are truly guilty concerning our brother  Genesis 42:21 Then they said to one another, "We are truly guilty concerning our brother, for we saw the anguish of his soul when he pleaded with us, and we would not hear; therefore this distress has come upon us." lesson Review

Guilt will catch up  Numbers 32:23 "But if you do not do so, then take note, you have sinned against the LORD; and be sure your sin will find you out. lesson Review

Famine  Seven good years have passed  Famine is severe  Jacob sends his sons to buy more grain  Judah reminds him—they cannot go without Benjamin

Judah’s promise  Why did you tell ‘the man’ you had another brother  We must have food or die  I will be responsible for Benjamin

Back to Egypt  Jacob sends gifts for ‘the man’  They take double money Plus the money returned from first trip  Pray that God will return Simeon (and Benjamin)  “If I am bereaved, I am bereaved!”

Before Joseph  Takes them to his house  Prepares a meal  Brothers are afraid  Try to explain the money  They prepare the presents for Joseph

Joseph Comes Home  They bow before Joseph (dream)  “Is your father well”  Joseph sees Benjamin He has to leave the room to weep  He returns for the meal  They are seated in age order Joseph eats alone

Leaving Egypt  Food in their sacks  Joseph’s silver cup is put in Benjamin’s sack  Servants sent after them “Why have you repaid evil for good?”  They are so sure no one took the cup Let the guilty one die

Joseph’s Cup  The guilty one will be my servant  The cup was found in Benjamin's sack  They return (in disbelief) to Joseph  How do we clear ourselves?  Everyone but the guilty one may go  Benjamin is my slave

Judah’s Plea  Our father is old  Benjamin is son of his old age  Brother is dead  Your request to bring him here  If we return without Benjamin our father will die  Let me stay in his place

Joseph’s Revelation  He sends everyone from the room  Joseph tells his brothers who he is I am Joseph “I am Joseph; does my father still live?”  They are in shock  There is much weeping  “God sent me before you to preserve life”

More Famine  Five more years of famine  It was not you who sent me here, but God  He has made me a father to Pharaoh  Lord of all his house  A ruler throughout all the land of Egypt  Go get our father

Pharaoh’s Assistance  Load your animals  Take carts  Bring your family  I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land  The best of all the land of Egypt is yours

Returning to Jacob  Joseph is still alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt  Jacob did not believe them  “It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die”

Trip To Egypt  Sacrifices at Beersheba  God tells Jacob to go to Egypt “for I will make of you a great nation there” “for I will make of you a great nation there” “I will also surely bring you up again”  Jacob, his family, and possessions move to Egypt

Arriving in Egypt  Seventy people move to Egypt In the speech of Stephen (Acts 7:14) the number is stated to be seventy- five  They come to Goshen  “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are still alive”  Tell Pharaoh you are shepherds shepherds are an abomination to the Egyptians

Lessons  Perseverance  Guilt fear  Forgiveness  God’s purpose/plan  Faith lessons

Forgiveness—God’s Example  Jeremiah 31:33-34 …For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.  Matthew 1:21 "And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins." lessons

Forgiveness—remission (gone)  Hebrews 10:17 then He adds, "Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more."  18 Now where there is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin. lessons

Forgiveness —condition of our forgiveness  Matthew 6:9-15 …12 And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors.  14 "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.  15 "But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. lessons

Forgiveness—how often?  Matthew 18:21 Then Peter came to Him and said, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?"  22 Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.  Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy. lessons

Forgiveness--kindness  Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.  32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you.  you in turn shall be so to your fellow men, who have not erred against you in the degree that you have erred against God lessons

Forgiveness —as Christ forgave you  Colossians 3:12-17 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;  13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. lessons

Forgiveness—instantly ready  Verse 13. Forbearing one another Avoid all occasions of irritating or provoking each other.  Forgiving one another If ye receive offence, be instantly ready to forgive on the first acknowledgment of the fault. Adam Clarke's Commentary lessons

Forgiveness—no malice  The idea is, that if another one has given us just occasion of complaint, we are to forgive him; we are—  to harbor no malice against him;  to be ready to do him good as if he had not given us occasion of complaint Albert Barnes lessons

Forgiveness—no malice  to be willing to declare that we forgive him when he asks it; and  we are always afterwards to treat him as kindly as if he had not injured us—as God treats us when he forgives us. Albert Barnes lessons

Forgiveness—freely forgave you  Even as Christ forgave you Who required no satisfaction, and sought for nothing in you but the broken, contrite heart, and freely forgave you as soon as you returned to Him. No man should for a moment harbor ill will in his heart to any… He should be ready to forgive, and while he is so, he can neither feel hatred nor malice towards the offender… Adam Clarke's Commentary lessons

Forgiveness–entirely  Even as Christ forgave you Christ forgave us  Freely—he did not hesitate or delay when we asked him;  Entirely—he pardoned all our offences;  Forever—he did it so as to remember our sins no more, and to treat us ever onward as if we had not sinned. So we should forgive an offending brother. Albert Barnes lessons

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