BRAGADAYJAH 139

BRAGADAYJAH 139 Joseph then kept his brothers locked up for three days, and on the third day he went to them and said, “this is what I want you to do because I fear God; if you are telling the truth, I will let you go, and I will give you corn to take with you; only one of you shall be kept here locked up until the rest of you return with your youngest brother. If you do so you shall not die but live.” All this time, Joseph was speaking to them through an interpreter, and they still did not know it was to their lost brother Joseph to whom they spoke; so they began talking among themselves not knowing that this foreign Ruler understood their speech. So they said one to another, “We are truly guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the anguish on his face when he begged us not to do the evil that we were doing to him, and we would not listen; that is why this evil has turned on us.” And in their self recrimination, Rueben said, did I not urge you not to sin against the child, and you would not hear, but now his blood is required at our hands.” Hearing them speak thus, Joseph left the room and went aside and wept before drying his eyes and returning to them. Arriving back he took Simeon from among them and had him bound in their presence; and gave them final instructions as to what was expected of them. After that he instructed his men to fill their sacks with corn, every man his sack and, also to leave each man’s money in his sack. And thus done, he bid them depart, reminding them of their obligation, as they saddled their asses and departed for home. More.

BRAGADAYJAH 138

BRAGADEAYJAH 138 Now the famine was very severe throughout and everywhere was affected; and in the course of time, Israel told his sons that he had heard that there was corn in Egypt, and that they should go down to Egypt to buy corn, if they were to avoid dying from starvation. So all ten of Joseph's brothers, that is to say the same ten that had cast him into the pit, excluding Benjamin who was too young at the time, went down to Egypt together. But Israel kept back his youngest son Benjamin and did not send him. It would seem that Joseph, who was the Governor over all the land of Egypt, personally oversaw all the transactions involving the sale of grain; for it was before him his ten brothers appeared in their bid to buy corn, and as was the custom of those times, they bowed their faces low to the ground before Joseph. As they prostrated themselves before him, Joseph recognized them, but they did not recognize him, and to further ensure that they did not recognize him, he spoke roughly to them. “Where are you from?” he demanded “We are from the land of Canaan, and we are here to buy food,” they responded. “No!” Joseph continued to speak harshly to them; “You are spies and you are up to no good. You are here to spy and try and detect any weaknesses in our defenses.” But his brothers, with all humility and sincerity responded and said, “Nay my lord; we are here to buy food.” To press further their sincerity, they continued to demonstrate their earnestness by saying that they were all brothers, being the sons of one man; we are sincere men, and we are no spies. But Joseph pressed them the harder. “Liars that is who you are, you are spies, you only purpose here is to spy on us.” “No my lord,” they responded. “We are twelve brothers, and all the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is at this time with our father back in the land of Canaan, and the other we no not where he is.” And Joseph still pressing his charade with them said. “I do believe in spite of what you say, that you are spies. So this is my decision. You will have the opportunity of proving who you really are. None of you, as the King liveth, shall leave this place unless and until one of you return and fetch your youngest brother here. In the meantime, the rest of you shall remain here in prison until he returns. If he does not return, then I would know for sure that you are spies. More

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BRAGADAYJAH 137

God’s word cannot ever be void. And his prophesies must come true, even when it comes in the form of dreams, as in Joseph’s case So that in the seven years as foretold in the dream, and as interpreted by Joseph, the land of Egypt bore plenteously. There was more than was needed for consumption so that there was much to be stored and saved up. So Joseph went from city to city and stored up the bountiful harvest, including corn, said to be as numberless as the sand of the sea shore. The bountiful God, in other words, made sure that Joseph was fully enabled and aided in performing that which he had been appointed and promised to do. Not only were the lands and fields bountiful, but Joseph also was blessed with two sons of his wife whom he had married, and both sons were born within the seven year period of bounty before the years of the famine. And Joseph called the name of the first son Manasseh; for God had by him caused Joseph to forget all the toils and troubles of his father’s house. And he called the name of the second son Ephraim; for God had caused him to be fruitful in the land of his affliction. Eventually then, the seven years of plenty came to an end, and the seven years of famine began and was universal. Everywhere there was famine; but as God had shown Joseph and had provided, there was no lack of bread in the land of Egypt. So when the famine struck and the people cried to the King for food, they were told to go to Joseph and to do as he command them do. As the famine bit harder and deeper, word got out that there was corn in Egypt, and soon, from all the surrounding Nations, people were turning to Egypt and travelling there to buy food. More

BRAGADAYJAH 136

AH 136 Joseph was cast into a pit, and God raised him up, and even though he was sold into bondage he was raised up to be head of Potiphar’s household; and although he was innocently accused and cast into prison, God once again delivered him out of prison and elevated him. For now we hear the very king of Egypt saying to him, “For as much as God hath shown you all this, there is none so discreet and wise as you are. You shall be over my house and according unto your word shall all the people be ruled. Only I in my kingdom shall be greater than you.” What an honor! And Pharaoh took off his signet ting from off his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck. And the King made Joseph to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him and knelt and bowed before him, and treated him as befitting a King and ruler. Furthermore, the Pharaoh said to Joseph. “I am the Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot throughout all the land of Egypt.” Now Joseph was 30 years old and the Pharaoh thought it was time for him to marry and have a family of his own, no doubt to complete his new status as the second ruler in Egypt. So he changed Joseph’s name to Zaphnathpaaneah, and chose him a wife of the daughter of Potipherah the priest, whose name was Asenath. And so it was that after that, Joseph took up his new duties in his new role as a ruler in Egypt to prepare for the famine; but first things first, he set about gathering up and storing food during the years of plenty. More

BRAGADAYJAH 135

Having been brought before the Pharaoh, he proceeded to relate his dreams to Joseph; and having heard the dreams, Joseph told the Pharaoh that the dreams were in fact one dream, that is to say, both dreams formed a single chain of circumstances. And so Joseph explained to Pharaoh and told him, that God was showing him what he was about to do. For the seven good cows signified seven years, and the seven good ears of corn seven years also. Accordingly, the seven lean and sick looking cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears of corn blasted by the East wind signified seven years of famine. Joseph explained to the Pharaoh that by the dreams, God was warning him of what he was about to do. So that according to the dream, there were to follow seven years of plenty. The whole land shall produce plenteously for the next seven years; but after that the next seven years would be years of famine; not only would there be a famine, but it would be very grievous throughout the land. Joseph also told the Pharaoh that the events foreshadowed by the dreams were destined to take place, signified by the fact that the dreams were doubled in each case. In Joseph’s words the thing was “established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.” Having interpreted the dreams, and having told the Pharaoh what was shortly to follow, Joseph advised him to select a discrete and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt. Further the Pharaoh should appoint officers all over the land to gather one fifth part of all the produce over the seven years of plenty and store it up against the years of drought and famine. Needless to say, Joseph’s suggestion made good sense to the Pharaoh and his servants, and so the Pharaoh enquired of them where such a man, a man in whom clearly was the Spirit of God may be found; and not surprisingly, the Pharaoh told Joseph that he was going to be the man; for since he was the one to whom God had entrusted the wisdom to interpret the dreams there could be no better choice for the job. More

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So the Pharaoh dreamt a dream. In his dream he saw seven fat cows emerge from the river followed by seven lean cows, which ate up the fat cows. And having thus dreamt, he awoke and tried to make sense of the dream; but he couldn’t and in the midst of thinking, he fell asleep. Again while he slept he had another dream, this time about seven fat ears of corn upon one stalk, followed by seven thin ears, blasted by the East wind, and they eventually ate up the seven good ears. So once again the Pharaoh awoke and thought about his dreams but could not figure out what they meant. The next morning, the Pharaoh sent for all his magicians and wise men, and told them the dreams; but none of them were able to interpret the dreams for him. Of course all of this was very upsetting to the King and those who served him knew what he was capable of doing when he got angry, especially if he felt let down or betrayed by his top advisers. After all, did he not pay them handsomely for occasions such as this? Accordingly the King’s butler suddenly remembered Joseph. So he told the king about his encounter with the young Jewish boy Joseph. He told him how he and his companion, the baker had dreamt dreams and Joseph was able to interpret their dreams; that Joseph had told them how in 3 days he the butler would be restored, but that the baker would be hanged, which of course is exactly what happened. So pharaoh sent for Joseph out of prison. more