Category: Jeff’s translation

Genesis 43

Genesis 43:1 Now the famine was heavy in the land.

Genesis 43:2 And when they had eaten the grain that they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, purchase us a little food.”

Genesis 43:3 But Judah said to him, “The man gravely warned us, saying, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’

Genesis 43:4 If you send our brother with us, we will go down and purchase food for you.

Genesis 43:5 But if you do not send him, we will not go down, because the man said to us, ‘You will not see my face, unless your brother is with you.'”

Genesis 43:6 Israel said, “Why did you treat me so poorly as to tell the man that you had another brother?”

Genesis 43:7 They replied, “The man questioned us suspiciously about ourselves and our kin, and this is what he said, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ What we said to him was in answer to these questions. Could we in any way have known that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”

Genesis 43:8 And Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy with me, and we will get up and go, so that we may live and not die, both we and you and also our little ones.

Genesis 43:9 I will be a pledge of his safety. From my hand you will require him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me absorb the failure all the days.

Genesis 43:10 If we had not postponed going, we would have come back twice now.”

Genesis 43:11 Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be this way, then do this: take some of the choice products of the land in your bags, and carry a gift down to the man, a little balm and a little honey, gum, myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds.

Genesis 43:12 Take double the money with you. Carry back with you the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks. Maybe it was an oversight.

Genesis 43:13 Take also your brother, and get up, go again to the man.

Genesis 43:14 May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, and may he send back your other brother and Benjamin. And as far as I am concerned, if I am to become childless, I will be childless.”

Genesis 43:15 So the men took this gift, and they took twice the money with them, and Benjamin. They got up and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

Genesis 43:16 When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Bring the men into the house, and slaughter an animal and prepare it, because the men are to dine with me at noon.”

Genesis 43:17 The man did what Joseph told him and brought the men to Joseph’s house.

Genesis 43:18 But the men were afraid because they had been brought to Joseph’s house, and they said, “It is because of the money, which had been replaced in our sacks the first time, that we are being brought in, so that he may attack us and fall upon us to make us slaves and seize our donkeys.”

Genesis 43:19 So they approached the steward of Joseph’s house and spoke with him at the door of the house,

Genesis 43:20 and said, “Oh, my lord, we came down the first time to purchase food.

Genesis 43:21 But when we came to the lodging place we opened our sacks and noticed each man’s money in the mouth of his sack, our money in full measure. So, we have brought it again with us,

Genesis 43:22 and we have brought other money down with us to purchase food. We do not know who put our money in our sacks.”

Genesis 43:23 He replied, “Peace be to you, do not be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has put treasure in your sacks for you. I received your money.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.

Genesis 43:24 And after the man had brought the men into Joseph’s house and given them water, and they had washed their feet, and after he had given their donkeys fodder,

Genesis 43:25 they prepared the gift for Joseph’s coming at noon, because they heard that they would eat their meal there.

Genesis 43:26 When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the gift that they had with them and bowed down to him to the ground.

Genesis 43:27 And he asked about their welfare and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”

Genesis 43:28 They said, “Your slave our father is alright; he is still alive.” And they bowed their heads and prostrated themselves.

Genesis 43:29 And he lifted his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me? God favor you, my son!”

Genesis 43:30 Then Joseph hurried out, because his emotion grew warm for his brother, and he sought a place to cry. And he entered his chamber and cried there.

Genesis 43:31 Then he washed his face and came out. And after controlling himself he said, “Serve the food.”

Genesis 43:32 They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians could not eat with the Hebrews, because that is repulsive[1] to the Egyptians.

Genesis 43:33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth. And the men looked at one another in shock.

Genesis 43:34 Portions were taken to them from Joseph’s table, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank and were cheerful with him.

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[1] תּוֹעֵבָה = repulsive. Genesis 43:32; 46:34.

Genesis 43 quotes:

“The ten came to dinner. What was their reaction to all this? “And the men were afraid…” (Genesis 43:18). Often one’s initial reaction to any work of God is fear. When good things are happening to us, or strange coincidences, are we afraid? We may say to ourselves, “There’s an unseen, higher power at work here.” The fear of God makes us reflect on our lives.”

Kendall, R. T. God Meant It for Good. MorningStar Publications, 1988. p. 126.

“As a final test, when his brothers are ready to leave, Joseph again has money put into the grain sacks, and his own silver cup put into Benjamin’s sack. After the brothers leave, Joseph sends his steward to catch up with them, search them, and accuse them of theft. The steward is ordered to say that Joseph’s sil¬ ver cup is missing, and sure enough, the evi¬ dence is discovered in Benjamin’s sack. Judah makes an eloquent plea to be punished and de¬ tained instead of Benjamin. Joseph can’t bear to hide his identity any longer and finally re¬ veals himself to his brothers in a heart-wrench¬ ing scene.”

McFarland, Alex. Stand: Seeking the Way of God. Tyndale House, 2009. p. 13.

“Before sending his sons on another trip to Egypt Jacob prayed that God Almighty (El Shaddai) would keep them and supply every need (Genesis 43:14). This is the Name by which Isaac blessed Jacob (Genesis 28:3) and the Name whereby God _ identified Himself when He appeared to Jacob and blessed him (Genesis 35:11). Its root, the Hebrew word for “breast,” Shaddai means allsufficient nourisher or bountiful provider. This name assures us that God is “more than enough” in our times of need.”

McQuay, Earl P. Joseph: Seeing God in the Worst of Times. Acćent Books, 1989. p. 89.

Genesis 43 links:

awful choices
facing challenging moments
family love
Joseph- a feast for his brothers
nothing good

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Maranatha Daily Devotional – Friday, January 25, 2019
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Thursday, January 26, 2023
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GENESIS in Jeff’s library

Genesis 42

Genesis 42:1 When Jacob saw that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you stare at one another?”

Genesis 42:2 He said, “Notice, I have heard that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down and purchase grain for us there, so that we may live and not die.”

Genesis 42:3 So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to purchase grain in Egypt.

Genesis 42:4 But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers, because he said. “or else something bad might happen to him.”

Genesis 42:5 So the sons of Israel came to purchase among the others who came, because the famine was in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 42:6 Joseph dominated the land. He was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed before him with their faces to the ground.

Genesis 42:7 Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke roughly to them. “Where do you come from?” he said. They said, “From the land of Canaan, to purchase food.”

Genesis 42:8 So Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.

Genesis 42:9 And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamed about them. And he said to them, “You are spies; you have come to see the vulnerability of the land.”

Genesis 42:10 They said to him, “No, my lord, your slaves have come to purchase food.

Genesis 42:11 We are all sons of one man. We are honest men. Your slaves have never been spies.”

Genesis 42:12 He said to them, “No, it is the vulnerability of the land that you have come to see.”

Genesis 42:13 And they said, “We, your slaves, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and notice, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.”

Genesis 42:14 But Joseph said to them, and this is what he said “It is as I told you. You are spies.

Genesis 42:15 This is how you will be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you will not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

Genesis 42:16 Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. Or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.”

Genesis 42:17 And he put them all together in custody for three days.

Genesis 42:18 On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, because I fear God:

Genesis 42:19 if you are honest men, let one of your brothers remain confined where you are in custody, and let the rest go and carry grain for the famine of your households,

Genesis 42:20 and bring your youngest brother to me. So, your statements will be verified, and you will not die.” And they did so.

Genesis 42:21 Then they said to one another, “Certainly we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his throat, when he sought our favor and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”

Genesis 42:22 And Reuben answered them, and this is what he said “Did I not tell you not to fail the boy? But you did not listen. So, notice there comes a reckoning for his blood.”

Genesis 42:23 They did not know that Joseph understood them, because there was an interpreter between them.

Genesis 42:24 Then he turned away from them and wept. And he returned to them and spoke to them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.

Genesis 42:25 And Joseph gave orders, and they filled their bags with grain. He also commanded them to replace every man’s money in his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. This was done for them.

Genesis 42:26 Then they loaded their donkeys with their grain and left.

Genesis 42:27 But when one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he noticed his money in the mouth of his sack.

Genesis 42:28 He said to his brothers, “My money has been put back; I noticed it in the mouth of my sack!” Their hearts failed them when they discovered this, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”

Genesis 42:29 When they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, and this is what they said,

Genesis 42:30 “The man, lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and thought that we were spies of the land.

Genesis 42:31 But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we have never been spies.

Genesis 42:32 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father. One is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.’

Genesis 42:33 Then the man, lord of the land, said to us, ‘This is how I will determine that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your households, and go your way.

Genesis 42:34 Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies but honest men, and I will give your brother back to you, and you will trade in the land.'”

Genesis 42:35 When they emptied their sacks, notice, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack. And when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.

Genesis 42:36 And Jacob their father said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin. Everything is going against me.”

Genesis 42:37 Then Reuben said to his father, “If I do not bring him back to you, you can kill my two sons. Put him in my hands, and I will bring him back to you.”

Genesis 42:38 But he said, “My son will not go down with you, because his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If injury should happen to him on the trip that you are to take, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”

Genesis 42 quotes:

“Prove you are a child of God. First, accept what God has said. Second, accept God’s alternative offer— His substitute for you. Third, accept totally the guilt of your own sin. “We are verily guilty concerning our brother” (Genesis 42:21). Are you ready to do that? Do not blame anybody else any more— your parents, society, the government, the world, or God. Blame yourself. And thank Him for finding you out.”

Kendall, R. T. God Meant It for Good. MorningStar Publications, 1988. p. 110.

“As the brothers bowed before Joseph he “remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them” (Genesis 42:9). The brothers were unaware that they were fulfilling the dreams that they had gone to desperate lengths to defeat. When they presented their request to Joseph, he curtly rebuffed them. To test them he used for his excuse the accusation that they were spies. “Ye are spies; Hereby ye shall be proved [tested]” (Genesis 42:14,15). Apparently Joseph wondered: “Are my brothers still the same, or have they learned their lesson and changed?””

McQuay, Earl P. Joseph : Seeing God in the Worst of Times. Acc´ent Books, 1989. p. 84.

“Because of Joseph’s wise foresight and planning there was plenty of bread in Egypt but hunger and need everywhere else. In that sense Joseph was indeed a saviour and giver of life, and through him God was opening up the way to preserve his own people during the time of famine. It is for this reason chiefly that many have seen in Joseph a type of the Lord Jesus Christ as our Saviour.”

Williams, Peter. From Eden to Egypt : Exploring the Genesis Themes. DayOne, 2001. p. 222.

Genesis 42 links:

blame or believe
Excursus- Sheol- The Old Testament Consensus
Joseph- “there comes a reckoning”
Lakeside lesson #2 – jeffersonvann
Sheol in the Bible- The Old Testament Consensus
there comes a reckoning

Maranatha Daily Devotional – Thursday, January 24, 2019
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Wednesday, January 25, 2023

GENESIS in Jeff’s library

Genesis 41

Genesis 41:1 After two full years of days went by, Pharaoh dreamed, noticing that he was standing by the Nile.

Genesis 41:2 He noticed seven fat and healthy cows which came up out of the Nile and fed in the reed grass.

Genesis 41:3 He noticed after them seven other cows, ugly and thin-fleshed, coming up out of the Nile, and standing by the other cows on the bank of the Nile.

Genesis 41:4 The ugly, thin-fleshed cows devoured the fat and healthy cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.

Genesis 41:5 But he fell asleep and dreamed a second time. He noticed seven ears of grain, plump and good, growing on one stalk.

Genesis 41:6 He noticed after them seven ears sprouted, thin and blighted by the east wind.

Genesis 41:7 The thin ears devoured the seven plump, full ears. And Pharaoh woke up, noticing it was a dream.

Genesis 41:8 So in the morning his breath was disturbed, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all her wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one was able to explain them to Pharaoh.

Genesis 41:9 Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, and this is what he said, “Today I am reminded that I have failed.

Genesis 41:10 When Pharaoh was angry with his slaves and put me and the chief baker in the prison warden’s house,

Genesis 41:11 we dreamed on the same night, he and I, each having a dream with its own explanation.

Genesis 41:12 There with us was a young Hebrew, a slave of the prison warden. When we told him, he explained our dreams to us, giving an explanation to each man according to his dream.

Genesis 41:13 And as he explained to us, so it came about. I was restored to my office, and the baker was executed.”

Genesis 41:14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they quickly brought him out of the pit. And after he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came in before Pharaoh.

Genesis 41:15 And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, and this is what he said, “I have had a dream, and there is no one who can explain it. I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can explain it.”

Genesis 41:16 Joseph answered Pharaoh, and this is what he said , “This is not from me; God will give an answer that brings peace to Pharaoh.”

Genesis 41:17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Notice, in my dream I was standing on the banks of the Nile.

Genesis 41:18 I noticed seven cows, fat and healthy, coming up out of the Nile and feeding in the reed grass.

Genesis 41:19 I noticed seven other cows coming up after them, deprived and very ugly and thin-fleshed, such as I had never seen in all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:20 And the thin, ugly cows devoured the first seven fat cows,

Genesis 41:21 but when they had them in their bellies, no one would have known that they had them in their bellies, because they were still as ugly as at the beginning. Then I awoke.

Genesis 41:22 I also saw in my dream, noticing seven ears growing on one stalk, full and good.

Genesis 41:23 And noticing seven ears, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprouted after them,

Genesis 41:24 and the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. And I told it to the magicians, but no one was able explain it to me.”

Genesis 41:25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are each about the same thing; God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.

Genesis 41:26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are about the same thing.

Genesis 41:27 The seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears blighted by the east wind are also seven years of famine.

Genesis 41:28 It is just what I told Pharaoh; God has shown to Pharaoh what he is about to do.

Genesis 41:29 Notice, seven years will come of great fullness throughout the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:30 But afterward there will be seven years of famine so great that all the fullness will be forgotten in Egypt. Famine will finish the land.

Genesis 41:31 And the knowledge of the good years will be erased by the famine, because it will have such force.

Genesis 41:32 By Pharaoh having two dreams, it establishes that the events have been decreed by God, and he will soon make them occur.

Genesis 41:33 Because of this, Pharaoh should find a wise and discerning man and set him over the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:34 Let Pharaoh make and appoint overseers over the land and take one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven years of fullness.

Genesis 41:35 And let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming and store up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities and let them keep watch over it.

Genesis 41:36 That food will be held in reserve for the land against the seven years of famine that are to occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land may not be destroyed by the famine.”

Genesis 41:37 This seemed to be a good idea to Pharaoh and all his slaves.

Genesis 41:38 Then Pharaoh said to his slaves, “Would we find another man like this, who has the Breath of God in him?”

Genesis 41:39 So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has shown you all this, there is none so discerning and wise as you are.

Genesis 41:40 You will be over my house, and all my people will order themselves as you command. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”

Genesis 41:41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”

Genesis 41:42 Then Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand and clothed him in outfits of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck.

Genesis 41:43 And he authorized him to ride in his second chariot. And they called out before him, “Bow the knee!” This is how he set him over all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:44 Also, Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no one will lift up hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.”

Genesis 41:45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-paneah. And he gave him in marriage Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On. So, Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:46 Joseph was thirty years old when he began standing before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph regularly went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:47 During the seven full years the land produced abundantly.

Genesis 41:48 He gathered up all the food of these seven years, which was produced in the land of Egypt, and stored the food in the cities. He put in every city the food from the fields around it.

Genesis 41:49 Joseph stored up grain in great abundance, like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it, because it could not be measured.

Genesis 41:50 Before the first year of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph. Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, gave birth to them for him.

Genesis 41:51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. “Because,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s family.”

Genesis 41:52 The name of the second he called Ephraim, “Because God has made me fruitful in the land where I was afflicted.”

Genesis 41:53 The seven years of fullness that occurred in the land of Egypt came to an end,

Genesis 41:54 and the seven years of famine began to occur, as Joseph had predicted. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

Genesis 41:55 When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph. Do what he says to you.”

Genesis 41:56 So when the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold the grain to the Egyptians, because the famine was strong in the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:57 Also, all the land came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was strong over all the land.

Genesis 41 quotes:

“The first thing to know about recognizing the Spirit’s witness is that he gives peace. Joseph said, “…God shall give Pharaoh an answer of Peace” (Genesis 41:16). Now it ought to be said that when the Spirit begins to work the first evidence may be the opposite of peace. When Pharaoh first had this dream, he woke up and his spirit was troubled (see Genesis 41:8). Pharaoh did not have any peace at all. The first thing the Spirit often does is to bring a person to a state of being troubled. But there is only one way to get peace and that is to believe God’s Word.”

Kendall, R. T. God Meant It for Good. MorningStar Publications, 1988. p. 78.

“Joseph was in prison for more than two years (Genesis 41:1). Basically he spent the years waiting—waiting for God to do His work. The major accomplishment of that time was not Joseph’s work for God but God’s work in Joseph. He was being prepared for the future.”

McQuay, Earl P. Joseph: Seeing God in the Worst of Times. Acćent Books, 1989. p. 63.

“Now we understand the reason for the delay. If the cupbearer had told Pharaoh about Joseph when he had first gotten out of prison, Pharaoh would have probably said, “Uh-huh” and gone on with his meal. But now, two full years later, Pharaoh immediately responded because he desperately needed someone like Joseph. The next verse is a real thriller: Pharaoh sent for Joseph and “he was quickly brought from the dungeon” (Genesis 41:14). The discipline of delay was over, the detour ended.”

Seamands, David A. Succeeding in Enemy Territory. Kingdom Pub, 1999. p. 76.

Genesis 41 links:

blessing lessons
introducing the breath of God
Joseph- out of the pit
Joseph- sons of prosperity
no stealing the show
pit or prosperity-
surrendering the schedule
the mechanics of wisdom

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Maranatha Daily Devotional – Monday, January 25, 2021
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Tuesday, January 24, 2023

GENESIS in Jeff’s library

Genesis 40

Genesis 40:1 It happened after this, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker failed their master the king of Egypt.

Genesis 40:2 And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief of the cupbearers and the chief of the bakers,

Genesis 40:3 and he put them in custody in the house of the prison warden, in the round house where Joseph was confined.

Genesis 40:4 The prison warden appointed Joseph to be with them, and he took care of them. They continued for some time in custody.

Genesis 40:5 And one night they both dreamed – the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the round house – each his own dream, and each dream with its own interpretation.

Genesis 40:6 When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw them, and noticed they were troubled.

Genesis 40:7 So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his lord’s house, and this is what he said, “Why are your faces so bad today?”

Genesis 40:8 They said to him, “We have had dreams, and there is no one to explain them.” And Joseph said to them, “Do not explanations belong to God? Please tell them to me.”

Genesis 40:9 So the chief cupbearer recounted his dream to Joseph and told him, “In my dream I noticed a grapevine before me,

Genesis 40:10 and on the vine, there were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms broke out, and its clusters ripened into grapes.

Genesis 40:11 Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup and put the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.”

Genesis 40:12 Then Joseph said to him, “This is its explanation: the three branches are three days.

Genesis 40:13 In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and put you back in your position, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup into his hand as formerly, when you were his cupbearer.

Genesis 40:14 If you will only remember me, when it is well with you, and show me covenant faithfulness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, and so get me out of this house.

Genesis 40:15 Because I was really stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the pit.”

Genesis 40:16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I also had a dream: noticing three cake baskets on my head,

Genesis 40:17 and in the top basket there were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them from the basket on my head.”

Genesis 40:18 And Joseph answered and said, “This is its explanation: the three baskets are three days.

Genesis 40:19 In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head – from you! – and impale you on a pole. And the birds will eat the meat from you.”

Genesis 40:20 The third day from that was Pharaoh’s birthday, he made a feast for all his slaves and lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his slaves.

Genesis 40:21 He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, and he again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.

Genesis 40:22 But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had explained it to them.

Genesis 40:23 However, the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, and forgot about him.

Genesis 40 quotes

“Think about it: Even though Joseph was terribly mistreated, he maintained a humble spirit and a tender heart. Anyone locked away in an Egyptian prison had a right to be sad. Yet Joseph had the ability to shine even in the most miserable of conditions. His leadership ability was so obvious that he was even put in charge of the people he was locked up with (39:22).” Page 69.

“Even though Joseph had every reason to sulk and feel sorry for himself, what happened next in¬ dicates that, to the contrary, Joseph behaved in a way that prepared him for leadership, not pity.” Page 79.

McFarland, Alex. Stand : Seeking the Way of God. Tyndale House, 2009.

“That’s where we find Joseph in this chapter. Having been unfairly treated, unex¬ pectedly restricted by circumstances, and falsely accused, he is in prison. In fact, according to Genesis 40:15, he is in a dungeon. He’s back in a pit again, this time at the very bottom of an Egyptian pit. He’s starting all over again.”

Swindoll, Charles R. Joseph : A Man of Integrity and Forgiveness : Profiles in Character. Thomas Nelson, 1998. p. 40.

Genesis 40 links:

Joseph- the prisoners’ dreams
maybe this is it
still in the middle

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Maranatha Daily Devotional – Monday, January 25, 2021
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Tuesday, January 24, 2023

GENESIS in Jeff’s library

Genesis 39

Genesis 39:1 Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the prison warden, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.

Genesis 39:2 Yahveh was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian lord.

Genesis 39:3 His lord saw that Yahveh was with him and that Yahveh caused all that he did to succeed in his hands.

Genesis 39:4 So Joseph found favor in his sight and served as his assistant, and he made him steward of his house and put him in charge of all that he had.

Genesis 39:5 From the time that he made him steward in his house and over all that he had Yahveh blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; the blessing of Yahveh was on all that he had, in house and field.

Genesis 39:6 So he left all that he had in Joseph’s hands, and because of him he had no concern about anything but the food he ate. Now Joseph was both well-built and good looking.

Genesis 39:7 And after a time his lord’s wife started staring at Joseph and said, “Lie with me.”

Genesis 39:8 But he refused and said to his lord’s wife, “Notice, because of me my lord has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my hands.

Genesis 39:9 He is not more influential in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and fail God?”

Genesis 39:10 And even though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not listen to her, to lie beside her or to be with her.

Genesis 39:11 But one day, when he went into the house to do his work, while none of the men of the house was there in the house,

Genesis 39:12 she caught him by his cloak, and this is what she said, “Lie with me.” But he left his cloak in her hand and ran and got out of the house.

Genesis 39:13 And as soon as she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had fled out of the house,

Genesis 39:14 she called to the men of her household and spoke to them, and this is what she said “See, he has brought among us a Hebrew to amuse himself with us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice.

Genesis 39:15 And as soon as he heard that I lifted my voice and cried out, he left his cloak beside me and fled and got out of the house.”

Genesis 39:16 Then she laid up his cloak by her until his lord came home,

Genesis 39:17 and she told him the same story, and this is what she said, “The Hebrew slave, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to amuse himself with me.

Genesis 39:18 But as soon as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his cloak beside me and fled out of the house.”

Genesis 39:19 As soon as his master heard the words that his wife spoke to him, and this is what she said, “This is the way your slave treated me,” his anger was kindled.

Genesis 39:20 And Joseph’s lord took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison.

Genesis 39:21 But Yahveh was with Joseph and stretched out his covenant faithfulness to him and gave him favor in the eyes of the keeper of the round house.

Genesis 39:22 And the keeper of the round house put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the round house. Whatever was done there, he was the one who did it.

Genesis 39:23 The keeper of the round house paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph’s charge, because Yahveh was with him. And whatever he did, Yahveh made it succeed.

Genesis 39 quotes:

“Pauls command to “flee” (1 Corinthians 10:14) translates a present imperative in the Greek, indicating something we must continually choose to do. “Continue to flee,” we could say. Joseph made the decision “day after day . . . not [to] listen to her to lie beside her or be with her” (Genesis 39:10). He chose to flee in a very real sense long before he left his garment in her hands.”

Swindoll, Charles R, and Insight for Living (Firm). Cultivating Purity in an Impure World. IFL Publishing House, 2005. p. 80.

“his second step is subtle suggestions. We might easily miss this out because it does not appear to be in the narrative of Genesis 39. But Calvin again argues that it cannot be doubted that Potiphar’s wife began by gently courting Joseph with flattering comments and simple kindnesses. He takes it that this is included in the phrase she ‘cast her eyes on Joseph’. I am sure Calvin is right. It will have begun with a smile and a little extra sentence or two. She may have called him more often than was needed, for he was bound to have been at her beck and call. She will have arranged to have him with her or deliberately she would be where he was, putting herself in his way. That is how it will have begun. And in the early stages, there was nothing he could do about that. He was, after all, her slave!”

Searle, David C. Joseph : “His Arms Were Made Strong.” Banner of Truth Trust, 2012. p. 34.

“Understand that sin is serious to God. Joseph did not bow to his own lust, or to the strategies of Potiphar’s wife, or to the cultural norms of that day. It’s interesting that in resisting, Joseph said, “How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?” (Genesis 39:9). Joseph cared about honoring his master, Potiphar, but he also understood that the true sin would be against God-and God was sovereign. There would be an inevitable day of judgment when he would give an account of his actions to God. Joseph knew that the measure of sin isn’t just in its effect upon our neighbor but in its affront to the majesty and holiness of our sovereign God.”

McFarland, Alex. Stand: Seeking the Way of God. Tyndale House, 2009. p. 53.

“Recall that God had promised Abraham, “I will bless those who bless you” (12:3). Potiphar had blessed Joseph with trust and a position of authority. God was therefore bringing blessing to Potiphar. Recall that God had earlier blessed Laban because of Jacob (30:27).”

Rhodes, Ron. 40 Days through Genesis. Harvest House, 2015. p. 220.

Genesis 39 links:

but he refused
Immanuel – part 1
Joseph- Potiphar’s wife
one step closer to the reason
the LORD was with him
The servant, whom you have brought among us

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