The Goshen: A Short Story

The story of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is integral to the overall narrative of the Israelites’ descent into Egypt. It also tells us that anyone can make his or her dreams come true. His progression from dream interpreting shepherd to minister of Egypt is one of the most elaborate stories in the Bible, the Book of Genesis. Joseph was born in a family of 12 boys and Joseph was his father’s favorite. Jacob wanted to show everyone how much he loved Joseph and decided to give him coat of many colors. The coat of colors was a prestige gift in Canaan, because it was very expensive back then. Joseph had a dream of 11 sheaves of corn that turned and bowed down to a golden sheaf of corn another dream that was about the sun, moon, and sky with eleven stars bowing down before a bright golden star. He knew that someday he was meant for more things to come that are powerful in his life. This was God’s way to show him that he will be great someday and be a ruler. With the combination of knowing Joseph is Jacob’s favorite son and Joseph’s dreams of being one that he may be a ruler of some kind, the 11 brothers become very jealous. One day, they decided that they wanted to kill him, but before they get the chance, they came across a couple of Ishmaelite’s on their way to Egypt. They decided to sell Joseph as a slave. As Joseph is taken to Egypt, his brothers return home, told their father that Joseph is dead; they brought back his coat stained with goat blood

Since God is always with Joseph, he is able to interpret dreams, and do so for two others in jail with him. When doing so, Joseph asks them to think of him when the dreams do come true and help him to be brought out of jail since he does not justly belong there. Once the one man is set free, he does not end up remembering poor Joseph, but Joseph does not lose faith or hope because he knows the Lord is always with him. Then two years later, the Pharaoh hears about this "dreamer", and asks Joseph to help interpret his dreams. Again Joseph does so, and this shows the Pharaoh that there is no other that could be blessed by God and so wise, so Pharaoh removes Joseph from jail and makes him his right-hand man.

Pretend that you are Joseph. You have just arrived in the strange country of Egypt. You have been placed on the auction block and sold to Potiphar as a slave. In a report of no less than 125 words, describe your surroundings, your feelings, and your work. Do some research into what life would be like as a slave in Egypt at that time. Consult your Bible (Genesis 39) as well as othertaken him there.

The Lord was with Joseph and made him successful in everything that he did. Potiphar’s wife wanted to go to bed with Joseph but he refused so she framed Joseph and he was sent to jail. The Lord was with Joseph and made him succeed in everything that he did. After time Joseph was made governor over all of Egypt. Joseph had two children named Manasseh and Ephraim. His brothers returned because of a Famine and the King ordered Joseph to bring his family to Egypt so they can live in the finest land. The family returned, but then 17 years later Jacob died at the age of 147. Joseph continued to live in Egypt with his family but then died at the age of 110. Before he died he promised that God will take his family to the Promised Land that was promised to Isaac, Abraham, and Jacob. He asked them to take his body with them. They embalmed his body and put it in a

About sixty years after the death of Joseph a revolution took place by which the old dynasty was overthrown, and upper and lower Egypt were united into one kingdom. Assuming that the king formerly

“And Joseph found grace in His sight, and he served Him, and made him overseer over his house, and all that he had put into his hand” (Genesis 39:4). This is only one example of the many in the King James Version of The Bible, that tells one who Joseph really was. Joseph was only 17 years old when he was introduced in the Bible. Joseph, was his father’s favorite out of all his brothers, he knew it-and so did they. He received a coat of many colors, which back in this time period everyone had coats; however, the coat given to Joseph was ankle length and in beautiful colors (meaning royalty). The coat, according to the Bible, was given to Joseph by his father to make him stand out and be praised by his father a little more. Even though he was “praised” a little more than all of his brothers he remained humble and did not think himself higher. His personality was naturally down-to-earth and as we say today, he “did not have a big head”. So the author of the Bible really wants us to realize in the book of Genesis that the character Joseph is a very humble, faithful, prosperous, and forgiving man. The reasons he grew to be such a wonderful person and character with much charm was because of his humble and faithful personality. With his mindset, he indeed went a long way in the life he lived for Jesus.

Once there was a man, wise, good looking, and overall extraordinarily successful. One might not consider it when looking upon him, but he had suffered a great deal is his life thus far. Everything was about to change yet again for him with the appearance of the instruments of his oldest hardship. His brothers. As can be plainly seen, this is the life of Joseph, and at this point in the narrative his brothers have just arrived on the scene. Backing up a tad, at the outset of Genesis 42, Jacob is admonishing his eleven sons to head to Egypt to buy food. They agree and all head to Egypt save Benjamin, Joseph 's only full blood brother. Benjamin did not make the trip because his father worried excessively over him. They made it to Egypt and

The next day the king came to the farm, and said the one thing Joseph did not want to hear, “Taxes”, said the king.

Joseph could no longer hold back his true identity, so he told everyone to leave the room except for his brothers. When they were finally alone he told them that he was their brother Joesph. They were shocked to find out that their brother was standing before them. Joseph encouraged them not to be upset that they sold him into slavery because it was God plan to place him in a high position to keep his family alive. Joseph explains there is still five years of famine to go. Joseph told his brothers to go back to their fathers, and says, “ Joseph is alive, and govern of the land of Egypt.” He instructs them to pack all their belongings, and move to Goshen so he could provide for them. He tells them to describe all that they have seen to their

As the Book of Genesis progresses, there is a difference between Joseph’s ways of communication and the other patriarchs’. The Book of Genesis presents the difference through Joseph’s use of language. In the earlier chapters of Genesis, the previous patriarchs do not convey God’s message through verbal exchanges with humans. For instance, in Genesis chapter 20 Abraham does not clearly communicate with Abimelech, that Sarah is his wife, “And God came to Abimelech in a night-dream and said to him, ‘You are a dead man because of the woman you took, as she is another’s wife’” . Abraham has God speak to Abimelech to stop him from taking Sarah. The conflict here is not human to human, but God to human because Abraham fails to explain to Abimelech that Sarah is his wife. This is something Joseph does not fail to do. In the later chapters, Joseph effectively interacts with humans by conveying God’s message through interpreting their

In the story of Joseph it mention that God give him a dream that Egypt was going to have a time of harvest and a time of famine. Joseph was asked to interrupt the king dreams which he did. The king was pleased to hear what it meant then made him second in command over Egypt. He became the administrator over the land and made sure that the economy was taking care of the way it should. He used his skills tackle all of the economic issues at that time and season.

When the brothers arrived back in Egypt Joseph saw that they had kept their promise and had brought back Benjamin. Joseph greeted his brothers and sent for one of his slaves to get Simeon. The brothers hugged Simeon and talked about how much they missed him. This made Joseph angry. Joseph had many bad thoughts like:

In the book of Genesis, Joseph was promoted as governor of Egypt because of his love of God. As the role of the government, he was successful in the management of the food crisis, in Genesis 41:46-57; 47:13-26. Joseph word touched on nearly every practical rea of the nation’s life by using wisdom and discernment from the gifts of God. He also relieves the poverty of Egypt’s people in Genesis 47:13-26. Providing access to point of food distribution and treating people even-handedly become acutely important administrative matters. Poverty and its consequences are the government economic realities. Genesis’s interest in Joseph’s management of the food crisis lies more in its effect on the family of Israel than in developing principles for effective

This is Joseph's response to his brothers after they had come to Egypt seeking food. When they realized that the powerful ruler they stood before was their brother, they had great fear because of what they had done to him, by selling him into slavery. When you step back and look at this story you see that all that happened in Joseph's life was for his good. the good of his family, and the masses in Egypt whose lives were spared during the 7 years of famine. I am sure that Joseph did not see this grand plan when he was sitting in prison or the bottom of a well. Yet he remained faithful to God. He trusted in the dreams that he had been given as a younger man that some someday his brothers and parent would bow down to him. When life gives

Pharaoh called for Joseph and he was quickly bought to Pharaoh after shaving and changing his clothes. Pharaoh told Joseph that no one he has told his dreams to could interpret them, but he heard that Joseph could. Joseph replies, “ It is not my power, but of God. God can set your mind at ease.” Pharaoh explains both of his dreams to Joseph. Joseph interprets both of Pharaohs dreams by explaining that it is God warning them in advanced to prepare for the seven years of famine. Joseph also explains that it would be wise to put someone in charge of preparing for the famine. Pharaoh decided that the only person who would be wise to oversee such a daunting task would be Joseph, so Pharaoh put Joseph in charge of the whole land of Egypt. Pharaoh changed Joesph name to Zaphennath-paneah. He also gave Joseph a wife named Asenath. As Joseph had predicted there was seven years of great prosperity and he begun to gather all the crop throughout Egypt and placed them in