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63) ABRAHAM


Chapter 21


- And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, just as God had commanded him.


- Here we have a faithful servant of God!


- He does just as God commands him!


- That is a big difference with the Israelites!


- That is a big difference with those who go to the restaurant and choose the menu!


- Here there is no choice!


- Or better said only one choice: God’s one!
 
64) ABRAHAM


Chapter 22


- God wants to put Abraham to the test!


- So he asks Abraham to offer his son as a sacrifice!


- Remember that God told Abraham that Isaac would become a great nation!


- So Abraham does exactly as God tells him!


- And Abraham takes the knife to kill his son!


- But God’s angel stops him!


- What a faith!


- An unbelievable act of faith!


- That’s what we can call a faithful servant of God!


- Whenever you think of faithfulness, think of this incredible act of faith!


- You can read this chapter of Genesis as much as you want!


- Whenever you feel bad, think of it or read it!


- That’s pure faithfulness!


- That’s why the Bible is worth reading and studying carefully and daily without limits!


- To be told about such incredible faithful servants of God!
 
65) Abraham has a son Isaac who has two sons Esau and Jacob!


- Jacob finds favor in the eyes of God!


- He gets twelve sons and a daughter called Dinah!

- She is raped and then offered a marriage!


- Jacob’s sons accept the marriage but the men must get circumcised!


- When the men are still in pain, Jacob’s sons kill all of them because of Dinah!


- And they take all the possessions of the men!


- Thus Jacob’s sons behave badly and with violence!


- But God Protects Jacob and his family!


- Not a good start for the Israelites!


- Once again the Bible tells us about God and a faithful servant!


- Here it is Abraham!


- Then God will choose Joseph, Jacob’s son to keep Jacob’s family going!


- And Jacob’s family will go to Egypt!


- And they will become slaves!


- But God will free them from the hands of the Egyptians!
 
66) JOSEPH


- In Genesis 37, we are told about Joseph being 17 years old!


- Jacob has a preference for him and he clearly shows his preference for him!


- Thus Jacob is a bad example!


- If parents want to bring trouble to their families, they just have to show preferences!


- That’s really a bad start!


- And we know what happened later!


- Now thanks to the Bible we have many good and bad examples!


- Good examples to follow and bad examples to keep away!


- As a consequence, Joseph’s brothers begin to hate him!


- And they can’t speak peaceably to him!


- And Joseph has dreams showing that he will prevail over his brothers!


- So things get worse and worse!


- Finally his brothers sell him!


- And he finds himself as a slave in Egypt!


- He is sold to Potiphar, a court official of Pharaoh and the chief of the guard!
 
JLG said:
66) JOSEPH

- In Genesis 37, we are told about Joseph being 17 years old!

- And Joseph has dreams showing that he will prevail over his brothers!

- And he finds himself as a slave in Egypt!

- He is sold to Potiphar, a court official of Pharaoh and the chief of the guard!
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(Gen 41:39 KJV) And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:

(Gen 41:40 KJV) Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.

(Gen 41:42 KJV) And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

(Gen 41:44 KJV) And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.

Gen 41:46 KJV) And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh King of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

Joseph who is now the de facto ruler over all of Egypt saves the Israelites who are experiencing a great famine and moves them to Egypt and gives them power over all the agriculture lands. Clearly they were not slaves as some would have believed.

(Gen 42:1 KJV) Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, why do ye look one upon another?

(Gen 42:2 KJV) And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence;

(Gen 42:5 KJV) And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

(Gen 42:25 KJV) Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way:

(Gen 45:20 KJV) Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.

See above, they abandon the land of Canaan and move to Egypt

(Gen 45:21 KJV) And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.

(Gen 47:1 KJV) Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father [ISRAEL] and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

(Gen 47:3 KJV) And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

(Gen 47:4 KJV) They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

(Gen 47:5 KJV) And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father [ISRAEL] and thy brethren are come unto thee:

(Gen 47:6 KJV) The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

(Gen 47:11 KJV) And Joseph placed his father [ISRAEL] and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
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JLG said:
65) Abraham has a son Isaac who has two sons Esau and Jacob!
- Jacob finds favor in the eyes of God!
- But God Protects Jacob and his family!
- Then God will choose Joseph, Jacob’s son to keep Jacob’s family going!
- And Jacob’s family will go to Egypt!

King James Bible
And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
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67) JOSEPH


- God is with Joseph!


- We can add that Joseph is with God!


- Joseph is a faithful servant of God!


- He is put over the house of his master!


- He becomes his personal attendant!


- Joseph is responsible for everything!


- At the same time, Joseph grows to be well-built and handsome!


- And Potiphar’s wife wants to have sex with him!


- But Joseph wants to stay faithful to his master and to God so he refuses!


- And Potiphar’s wife accuses him of trying to rape him!


- So Potiphar takes him to prison!


- But God keeps being with Joseph!


- And the chief officer of the prison puts him in charge of all the prisoners!
 
68) JOSEPH


- Pharaoh sends two of his officers to prison!


- Then both have a dream!


- And Joseph tells them the interpretation!


- Then he asks the first to remember him and speaks to Pharaoh about him!

- The second will die!


- But he forgets Joseph!


- Does it remind you of something?


- And Joseph stays in prison!


- He must be patient!


- It is a way for God to test human beings!


- And usually they aren’t patient!


- And it is easy for them to forget God!


- And it is easy to understand why they usually don't understand him!
 
69) JOSEPH


- After two years, Pharaoh has a dream!


- It is about seven fat cows and seven thin ones!


- And the seven thin ones eat the seven fat ones!


- Then Pharaoh has a second dream with seven full ears of grain and seven thin ones!


- And the seven thin ones swallow up the seven full ones!


- And the pharaoh becomes agitated and wants the interpretation of his dreams!


- But no one can interpret them!


- And his officer finally remembers Joseph and tells Pharaoh about him!


- So the pharaoh sends for Joseph who tells the interpretation of the dreams!


- And Joseph tells Pharaoh about seven years of abundance and seven years of famine!


- So Joseph tells Pharaoh to put a man in charge over the land of Egypt to collect all the food during the abundance and store it and safeguard it and save the people!


- So Pharaoh puts Joseph in charge!


- He will be second only after Pharaoh!


- Joseph was 30 years old!


- And Joseph had two sons Manasseh and Ephraim!


- And people would come from everywhere to buy food from Joseph!
 
70) JOSEPH


- Jacob sends ten of his sons except Benjamin to Egypt to get some food!


- He doesn’t want to lose him like Joseph!


- In Egypt they meet Joseph because he is the man in charge of selling grain!


- He recognizes them but they don’t!


- And he remembers his dreams about his brothers and he understands everything!


- He accuses them of being spies!


- So they tell him they were 12 brothers, one is no more and the youngest is with their father!


- Then to check what they say, he let them go but one of them must stay in Egypt and they must come back with their youngest brother!


- And they remember what they did to their brother Joseph and He hears them!


- Then he goes away and weeps and comes back!


- And he asks his servants to put the money back to his brothers’ bags!


- Later his brothers realize that their money was in their bags and they are afraid of being accused of theft!


- When they come back to Jacob they tell him everything!


- But he tells them he will never let Benjamin go!


- Thus Joseph understands that everything happened because of God’s will!


- Thus he was sent to Egypt to be able to save his own family!


- But he wants to test his brothers to see if they have changed!


- Of course, he had to survive in a foreign country!


- He got into trouble without having done anything wrong!


- But God was with him and Joseph became the second most important man in Egypt!


- Does it remind you of Daniel!


- And Joseph got a lot of experience!
 
71) JOSEPH


- Because of the famine, Jacob must send his sons to Egypt again to buy some food!


- But Judah tells his father they must go with Benjamin!


- Otherwise they will get into trouble!


- Judah offers his life as a guarantee for his safety!


- Jacob tells them to take double the money with them and also the money that was returned to them!


- When Joseph sees Benjamin, he invites all his brothers to a meal with him!


- But when Joseph’s brothers are told to go to Joseph’s house, they think it is because of the money that was returned in their bags and they are afraid of dying!


- But they are told not to be afraid!


- And they also tell about the meal!


- Then Joseph asks them more questions!


- When Joseph sees Benjamin again, he wants to cry so he goes to another room!


- Then he washes his eyes and eats with them!


- And Benjamin receives more food!


- And Joseph’s brothers are amazed!


- Because they don’t know what’s on!


- But Joseph knows!
 
72) JOSEPH


- He tells his man to put the food and the money in his brother’s bags!


- He also tells him to put his silver cup in Benjamin’s bag!


- His brothers leave in the morning!


- Then he asks his man to chase after his brothers and Joseph’s silver cup is found in Benjamin’s bag!


- Benjamin must become Joseph’s slave!


- The other brothers can leave!


- They say that their father is going to die if Benjamin doesn’t come back!


- Judah wants to stay instead of Benjamin as a guarantee for him!


- Thus Joseph puts his brothers to the test!
 
73) JOSEPH


- But Joseph can’t control himself any longer!


- He begins to weep loudly!


- And he tells his brothers the truth!


- And that what happened was according to God’s will!


- And he tells them to go back to their father and tell him about Joseph!


- But their father doesn’t believe them!


- Only when he sees all the gifts from Joseph!


- Then he wants to go to Egypt and see him before his death!
 
74) JOSEPH

- All the family of Jacob goes to Egypt!


- There were a total of 70!


*- Joseph organized everything and presented his family to the pharaoh!

- Of course, he was used to organizing everything!


- He was in charge of Egypt thanks to God!


- He was the second most important character in Egypt!
 
- My answer :



- I would cite 1 Timothy 2:4

who
ὃς (hos)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

desires
θέλει (thelei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2309: To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design.

all
πάντας (pantas)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

men
ἀνθρώπους (anthrōpous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

to be saved
σωθῆναι (sōthēnai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive
Strong's 4982: To save, heal, preserve, rescue. From a primary sos; to save, i.e. Deliver or protect.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

to come
ἐλθεῖν (elthein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 2064: To come, go.

to
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

[the] knowledge
ἐπίγνωσιν (epignōsin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1922: From epiginosko; recognition, i.e. full discernment, acknowledgement.

of [the] truth.
ἀληθείας (alētheias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 225: From alethes; truth.

- come to the knowledge of the truth!
- and to come to this knowledge it is necessary to look for it!
- And it is hard work!
- It is not for amateurs!
- it is for people who are ready to strive to get it!
 
- My answer :



- Or maybe you prefer John 17:3

Now
δέ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

this
αὕτη (hautē)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

is
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

eternal
αἰώνιος (aiōnios)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 166: From aion; perpetual.

life,
ζωὴ (zōē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2222: Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life.

that
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

they may know
γινώσκωσιν (ginōskōsin)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1097: A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' in a great variety of applications and with many implications.

You,
σὲ (se)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

only
μόνον (monon)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3441: Only, solitary, desolate. Probably from meno; remaining, i.e. Sole or single; by implication, mere.

TRUE
ἀληθινὸν (alēthinon)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 228: True (lit: made of truth), real, genuine. From alethes; truthful.

God,
Θεὸν (Theon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

Jesus
Ἰησοῦν (Iēsoun)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

Christ,
Χριστόν (Christon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.

whom
ὃν (hon)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

You have sent.
ἀπέστειλας (apesteilas)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 649: From apo and stello; set apart, i.e. to send out literally or figuratively.
 
- My answer :



The subjunctive mood is used in place of the indicative to express wishes, and exhortations. The subjunctive is also used in dependent clauses such as purpose clauses and fear clauses and also in certain types of conditional sentences.
 
- My answer :

ginṓskō

Thayer's

  1. to learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel
    1. to become known
  2. to know, understand, perceive, have knowledge of
    1. to understand
    2. to know
  3. Jewish idiom for sexual intercourse between a man and a woman
  4. to become acquainted with, to know
 
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