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Genesis 47: Settling In
Joseph’s family moved to the land of Goshen, the Nile Delta. Joseph brought five of his brothers to Pharaoh and presented them. The Pharaoh agreed to them living in the land of Rameses and offered them jobs tending his royal flocks. Joseph also presented his father Israel who was 130 and said his days were…
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Genesis 46: Leaving Canaan
The wagons from Egypt arrive to carry everyone out of the wilderness. Israel offers sacrifices to God at the place Abraham planted the Tamarisk tree called Beersheba. God communicates with him assurances about going to Egypt. God tells Israel that his family will transform into a Nation. He promises to bring them back out again,…
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Genesis 44: Cup Confessions
In the morning after feasting and drinking, Judah and his ten brothers, including Simeon and Benjamin start on their journey home with bags bursting with grain. What they don’t know is that Joseph has put silver in their grain bags and his own drinking cup into Benjamin’s bag. You’d think after last time they’d check. …
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Genesis 43: High Noon
As the famine grinds on, Jacob and his extended family deplete their stockpiles. Jacob tells his sons to go back to Egypt and get more grain. They remind him that they have to bring Benjamin with them. Jacob, perhaps returning to his playbook for winning back his own angry brother, tells them to make a…
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Genesis 42: Tears for Fears
Joseph’s father, Jacob, tells his ten oldest sons to go to Egypt to buy grain. They look at each other, remembering twenty years earlier when they sold their younger brother into slavery. Jacob demands that they go, so they don’t all starve to death during the famine that is upon them. Jacob also insists on…
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Genesis 41: Pharaoh’s Famine
Two whole years layer, the Pharaoh has a series of distressing dreams. In the first, seven attractive, plump cows come out of the Nile river followed by seven ugly, thin ones. The thin ones devour the plump ones. In the second dream, Pharaoh sees seven ears of grain growing from a stalk, followed by seven…
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Two Loves
Did I rewatch all the Hunger Games movies over the last two weeks? Yes. Again, seeing the character arcs as an older adult gives some additional perspective. Now let’s talk romance. Gale is objectively hotter and smarter than Peeta but, ultimately Katniss rejects him. Here’s why. In the beginning, Gale and Katniss have a genuine…
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Genesis 40: Grape & Grain
Joseph has now been in prison for a while. What’s a while? Five weeks? Five months? Something happens in the palace and Pharaoh angrily tosses two of his inner circle into prison: his chief baker and royal cup bearer. Did someone in the palace get food poisoning? The head of the prisoners, assigns Joseph to…
