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Hello, this is Father Paul and I'm glad we're taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year.

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Yesterday we heard about how Joseph and his dreams landed him into some trouble with his

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brothers and how they sold him into slavery in Egypt and how when he got to Egypt he got

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in some trouble with his master's wife but the Lord was with him and prospered him even

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when he got to prison.

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Today we're going to hear about the dreams of his fellow prisoners and the dreams of

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Pharaoh and how Joseph interprets those dreams and in doing so God prepares for him a way

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to be liberated from prison.

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Alright, let's begin.

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Today's reading is from Genesis chapters 40 and 41.

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Chapter 40.

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It came to pass after these things that the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt

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offended their lord the king of Egypt and Pharaoh was angry with his two officers the

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chief butler and the chief baker so he put them in custody in the house of the captain

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of the guard in the prison the place where Joseph was confined and the captain of the

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guard charged Joseph with them and he served them so they were in custody for a while.

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Then the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt who were confined in the prison had

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a dream both of them each man's dream in one night and each man's dream with its own interpretation

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and Joseph came in to them in the morning and looked at them and saw that they were

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sad so he asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in the custody of his lord's house

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saying why do you look so sad today and they said to him we each have had a dream and there

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is no interpreter of it so Joseph said to them do not interpretations belong to God

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tell them to me please then the chief butler told his dream to Joseph and said to him behold

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in my dream a vine was before me and in the vine were three branches it was as though

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it budded its blossoms shot forth and its clusters brought forth ripe grapes then Pharaoh's

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cup was in my hand and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup and placed

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the cup in Pharaoh's hand and Joseph said to him this is the interpretation of it the

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three branches are three days now within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore

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you to your place and you will put Pharaoh's cup in his hand according to the former manner

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when you were his butler but remember me when it is well with you and please show kindness

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to me make mention of me to Pharaoh and get me out of this house for indeed I was stolen

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away from the land of the Hebrews and also I have done nothing here that they should

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put me into the dungeon when the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good he said

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to Joseph I also was in my dream and there were three white baskets on my head in the

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uppermost basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh and the birds ate them out of the

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basket on my head so Joseph answered and said this is the interpretation of it the three

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baskets are three days within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head from you and hang

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you on a tree and the birds will eat your flesh from you now it came to pass on the

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third day which was Pharaoh's birthday that he made a feast for all his servants and he

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lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants then

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he restored the chief butler to his butler ship again and he placed the cup in Pharaoh's

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hand but he hanged the chief baker as Joseph had interpreted to them yet the chief butler

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did not remember Joseph but forgot him.

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Chapter 41 Then it came to pass at the end of two full

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years that Pharaoh had a dream and behold he stood by the river suddenly there came

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up out of the river seven cows fine looking and fat and they fed in the middle then behold

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seven other cows came up after them out of the river ugly and gaunt and stood by the

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other cows on the bank of the river and the ugly and gaunt cows ate up the seven fine

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looking and fat cows so Pharaoh awoke he slept and dreamed a second time and suddenly seven

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heads of grain came up on one stalk plump and good then behold seven thin heads blighted

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by the east wind sprang up after them and the seven thin heads devoured the seven plump

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and full heads so Pharaoh awoke and indeed it was a dream now it came to pass in the

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morning that his spirit was troubled and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt

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and all its wise men and Pharaoh told them his dreams but there was no one who could

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interpret them for Pharaoh then the chief butler spoke to Pharaoh saying I remember

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my faults this day when Pharaoh was angry with his servants and put me in custody in the

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house of the captain of the guard both me and the chief baker we each had a dream in

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one night he and I each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream now

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there was a young Hebrew man with us there a servant of the captain of the guard and

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we told him and he interpreted our dreams for us to each man he interpreted according

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to his own dream and it came to pass just as he interpreted for us so it happened he

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restored me to my office and he hanged him then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph and they

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brought him quickly out of the dungeon and he shaved changed his clothing and came to

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Pharaoh and Pharaoh said to Joseph I have had a dream and there is no one who can interpret

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it but I have heard it said of you that you can understand the dream to interpret it so

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Joseph answered Pharaoh saying it is not in me God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace

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then Pharaoh said to Joseph behold in my dream I stood on the bank of the river suddenly

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seven cows came up out of the river fine looking and fat and they fed in the meadow then behold

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seven other cows came up after them poor and very ugly and gaunt such ugliness as I have

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never seen in all the land of Egypt and the gaunt and ugly cows ate up the first seven

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the fat cows when they had eaten them up no one would have known that they had eaten them

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for they were just as ugly as at the beginning so I awoke also I saw in my dream and suddenly

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seven heads came up on one stock full and good then behold seven heads withered thin

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and blighted by the east wind sprang up after them and the thin heads devoured the seven

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good heads so I told this to the magicians but there was no one who could explain it

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to me then Joseph said to Pharaoh the dreams of Pharaoh are one God has shown Pharaoh what

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he is about to do the seven good cows are seven years and the seven good heads are seven

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years the dreams are one and the seven thin and ugly cows which came up after them are

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seven years and the seven empty heads blighted by the east wind are seven years of famine

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this is the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to

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do indeed seven years of great plenty will come throughout all the land of Egypt but

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after them seven years of famine will arise and all the plenty will be forgotten in the

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land of Egypt and the famine will deplete the land so the plenty will not be known in

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the land because of the famine following for it will be very severe and the dream was repeated

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to Pharaoh twice because the thing is established by God and God will shortly bring it to pass

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now therefore let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of

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Egypt let Pharaoh do this and let him appoint officers over the land to collect one fifth

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of the produce of the land of Egypt in the seven plentiful years and let them gather

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all the food of those good years that are coming and store up grain under the authority

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of Pharaoh and let them keep food in the cities then that food shall be as a reserve for the

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land for the seven years of famine which shall be in the land of Egypt that the land may

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not perish during the famine so the advice was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the

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eyes of all his servants and Pharaoh said to his servants can we find such a one as

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this a man in whom is the spirit of God then Pharaoh said to Joseph in as much as God has

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shown you all this there is no one as discerning and wise as you you shall be over my house

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and all my people shall be ruled according to your word only in regard to the throne

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will I be greater than you and Pharaoh said to Joseph see I have set you over all the

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land of Egypt then Pharaoh took his signet ring off his hand and put it on Joseph's

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hand and he clothed them in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck

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and he had him ride in the second chariot which he had and they cried out before him

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bow the knee so he set him over all the land of Egypt Pharaoh also said to Joseph I am

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Pharaoh and without your consent no man may lift his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt

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and Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zephaniah and he gave him as a wife Asenet the daughter

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of Potipharah priest of Onn so Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt Joseph was

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30 years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt and Joseph went out from the

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presence of Pharaoh and went throughout all the land of Egypt now in the seven plentiful

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years the ground brought forth abundantly so he gathered up all the food of the seven

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years which were in the land of Egypt and laid up the food in the cities he laid up

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in every city the food of the fields which surrounded them Joseph gathered very much

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grain as the sand of the sea until he stopped counting for it was immeasurable and to Joseph

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were born two sons before the years of famine came whom Asenet the daughter of Potipharah

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priest of Onn bore to him Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh for God has

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made me forget all my toil and all my father's house and the name of the second he called

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Ephraim for God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction then the seven

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years of plenty which were in the land of Egypt ended and the seven years of famine

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began to come as Joseph had said the famine was in all lands but in all the land of Egypt

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there was bread so when all the land of Egypt was famished the people cried to Pharaoh for

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bread then Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians go to Joseph whatever he says to you do the

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famine was over all the face of the earth and Joseph opened all the store houses and

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sold to the Egyptians and the famine became severe in the land of Egypt so all countries

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came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe in all lands.

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I hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as I did and I look forward to seeing you

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again tomorrow to continue on our journey.

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God bless you and have a great day.