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How Did Life Affect Joseph's Life
Joseph was the eldest son of Jacob and Rachel, but 11th of all of Jacob’s children. Because he was the eldest son of Jacob’s favorite wife, Joseph was his father’s favorite child. Jacob gave him a fantastic “coat of many colors.” However, his father’s favoritism caused his older brothers to become jealous of him.
Joseph had an ability to interpret dreams. One dream of his was about him and his family tying up sheaves of wheat in the field, and suddenly Joseph’s sheave stands up and the others make a circle around it and bow down. Another was simply a dream in which the sun, moon, and eleven stars bow to him. These dreams only caused his brothers to hate him even more, and even his father scolded him after the second dream saying, “What kind …show more content…
All of Mesopotamia was affected by this, and only Egypt had known to prepare for it. As a result, many foreigners traveled to Egypt to buy food, and Joseph, being in charge of distributing all of the food, saw his brothers again, but they didn’t recognize him. Joseph created a plan to reveal himself to his brothers, and it involved framing them of stealing. He prepared a feast for them, and after it was over he filled their sacks with grain and slipped a gold cup into his brother Benjamin’s bag. The next day, a messenger searched their bags and accused them of stealing the goblet. This caused them to return to Joseph, and they proclaimed they would be willing to remain as slaves to Joseph, who then divulged his real identity to them. He explained to them they did not need to feel guilty that they had sent him there, as he said it was God. Also he told them to go get Jacob and the rest of his family and have them move to Egypt, for he could protect them there. Joseph is extremely important in the Old Testament because if he didn’t interpret dreams and save the continent from famine, none of Mesopotamia’s descendants would be alive
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