Isaiah 41:13

For I am the LORD your God  who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.

From Background Notes [BN] for Oct 4th & 5th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

God is at work in Joseph’s life, while Joseph also does his work in the land of Egypt. Both are true. Neither is diminished. God is free and so are we. In God’s working, we work. In our working, He works.

Genesis 42:1-2

When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you just keep looking at each other?”  He continued, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”

From Background Notes [BN] for Oct 4th & 5th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

Firmly established in his new role, matured by nearly fifty years of life experience, Joseph must face once more the reality of his covenant family.

1 Peter 5:6

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.

From Background Notes [BN] for Sept 27th & 28th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

For Joseph, his exaltation took place at the time of God’s choosing, not unlike the instruction and promise found in Peter’s first letter

Genesis 41:15

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”

From Background Notes [BN] for Sept 27th & 28th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

No sooner is he finished giving explanations of the twin dreams than Joseph tells Pharaoh what he must do to prepare for the coming famine. There is no Middle Eastern fatalism for Joseph.

 

Genesis 40:8

“We both had dreams,” they answered, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”

From Background Notes [BN] for Sept 27th & 28th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

What the dreams in this chapter reveal about God is that He, not the empire and its dream handlers, truly knows and shares His knowledge with those he chooses. Here is mystery, both for the two men and for Joseph.

Genesis 41:1-2

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.

From Background Notes [BN] for Sept 27th & 28th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

While having a general sense of who the Pharaoh was in the time of Joseph, the fact remains that from an Israelite perspective, it really didn’t matter who he was. After all...

Genesis 3:2-3

The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”

From Background Notes [BN] for Sept 20th & 21st written by Pastor Bob Brown:

"You shall be as God, knowing Good and Evil." This is the word of the Serpent, the planter of doubt and the purveyor of falsehood.