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A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
FROM THE PIT TO THE PALACE
PART XVII
"I, Pharaoh, had such a bad night last night... As a consequence I am very tired this morning... I may be the most important person in Egypt as the Pharaoh... But even I need a good night's sleep just like anyone else in my kingdom to be able to make the right decisions... The reason I had such a bad night is because I had two dreams that kept me awake... They were more like nightmares... I cannot remember eaten anyting unusual the evening before... So I cannot blame my chief cook for these night mares.... In my first dream I saw seven sleek and fat cows coming out of the river Nile... I then saw seven ugly and gaunt cows coming up out of the river Nile.... To my horrow the ugly and gaunt cows ate up the seven sleek and fat cows.... I then woke up... I wondered what this dream could mean... I wanted to stay awake and call for my magicians... But I fell asleep again.... I then had another bad dream.... This time I dreamed that seven healthy heads of grain were growing on a single stalk.... But that was not all.... For I next saw seven thin heads of grain that had been scorched by the east wind... And the thin heads swallowed up the seven healthy, full heads... I then woke up again.... That was the end of my sleep... I got up soon afterwards... All the while I was thinking about these two dreams... What could they mean?".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn about the Pharaoh's two dreams....
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
FROM THE PIT TO THE PALACE
PART XVII
But God has not forgotten Joseph while he is in the prison he has been put in by his master Potiphar. And just at the right time when God knows that Joseph is ready for the task that He has prepared for him, God gives Pharaoh, the ruler of Egypt, a dream. In fact He gives him two dreams as you can read in Genesis 41:1-7
When two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream. He was standing by the Nile, when out of the river there came up seven cows, sleek and fat, and they grazed among the reeds After them seven other cows, ungly and gaunt, came up out of the Nile and stood beside those on the riverbank. And the cows that were ugly and gaunt ate up the seven sleek, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up. He fell asleep again and had a second dream: seven heads of grain, healthy and good, were 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. Then Pharaoh woke up; it had been a dream.
Two years have passed since the chief cupbearer was restored to his position as chief cupbearer to the Pharaoh. Joseph is still in the prison he was put in by his master Pharaoh. He is still taking care of all the prisoners. Then one night Pharaoh has two unusual dreams.
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