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A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART II
"I, Pharaoh, the ruler of Egypt, had two dreams last night... They disturbed me so much that I got up early this morning eventhough I was still very tired... I called for my magicians expecting them to give me understanding... But they disappointed me greatly... For they were not able to do so... I did not know what else to do...But then my chief cupbearer spoke to me... He reminded me that some time ago, in my anger, I had him put in prison.... he had met another prisoner.... A Hebrew slave...And this slave had been able to explain a dream he had had at that time.... And that dream had been fulfilled exactly as the Hebrew slave had told him would happen...I decided that I should have this Hebrew slave come before me...This, despite the fact that I look down on Hebrew people... After all, I am in such a desperate position....This Hebrew slave has now come to see me... He looks clean and well shaven... However, he has just told me that he cannot give me understanding of my dreams... My heart sank when he spoke these words....But he then continued by saying that his God is able to give me understanding of my dreams...These words have given me some hope that I will be able to understand my dreams after all...I must go ahead now and give him details of not just one dream... But of both of my dreams...I really hope that his God is able to do what my magicians have not been able to do."... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that Pharaoh gives Joseph full details of both his dreams....
ATTTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART II
Pharaoh, the ruler of Egypt, then tells Joseph his dreams in Genesis 41:17-24
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile, when out of the river there came up seven cows, fat and sleek, and they grazed among the reeds. After them, seven other cows came up - scrawny and very ugly and lean. I had never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt. The lean, ugly cows ate up the seven fat cows that came up first. But even after they ate them, no-one could tell that they had done so; they looked just as ugly as before. Then I woke up. In my dreams I also saw seven heads of grain, healthy and good, growing on a single stalk. After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted - thin and scorched by the east wind. The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy, full heads. I told this to the magicians, but none could explain it to me."
The Pharaoh mentions as well that the magicians are not able to explain the dreams. No doubt, this will have upset him.After all, these men claim to know things beyond the natural and he will have relied upon them all these years. But this time they hav completely let him down when he is in such a great need of understanding his dreams.
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