Introduction: Genesis 1 – 40 Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the nations
Genesis 41: 1 – 16 Who will interpret Pharoah’s dreams?
1 – 7 Pharoah’s troubling dreams
8 The problem of who will interpret these dreams?
9 – 13 A solution from the past
14 – 16 Joseph removing his prison clothes
Genesis 41: 17 – 46 Who has the wisdom to manage?
17 – 24 Pharoah’s un-interpreted troubling dream
25 – 32 The problem created by the interpretation of these dreams
33 – 36 A wise solution
37 – 46 Joseph’s new royal garments
Genesis 41: 47 – 57 The fulfillment of many dreams
47 – 53 Fruitfulness in affliction
54 – 57 ‘All the earth’ came to the seed of Abraham
Genesis 12: “Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonours you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
Introduction:
Genesis 1 – 36 Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and the nations
Genesis 37: 2 – 11 Joseph and the family of Jacob / Israel
37: 2 -4 Joseph the favourite and dobber?
37:5-11 Joseph the dreamer
Genesis 37: 12 – 36 The father sends his son to the brothers
12 – 17 The father sends his son
18 – 30 Conspiring to kill the son
31 – 36 Deception (again!) and the torn robe of the son
“Joseph is at this stage passive in his actions, private in his thoughts, overshadowed by the dream which will determine his destiny.” – (Wilson, 77)
John 7: 1 – 19 The world hates the Son because its works are evil!
Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil. (John 7:6–7 ESV)
