Hi, I'm Kelly Mowrer and welcome
back to His Words are Life.
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Before we read, Let's pray
today. Dear God, please be with
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us as we read the
stories of Genesis together
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and some of them are
more difficult to understand
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than others. But
you've preserved them here in
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in your book for instructing
us and for teaching us something
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that you want us to know.
So please send your Holy Spirit
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to be with our minds and
our hearts as we read today,
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and to guide us into
truth. We love you so much
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and thank you
for loving us. Amen.
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We're going to be reading
today one of my favorite stories
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in the bible, which is the story
of Joseph and how as Joseph
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sought to do the right thing,
he found himself constantly
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facing new trials. But at the
every setback there is a phrase
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in the story that says,
And the Lord was with Joseph.
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And I've often found comfort
in that myself when things don't
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seem to be making sense,
the Lord is still with us.
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But before we go on to
the story of Joseph we're
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in the middle of where we left
off of last time of the story
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of Judah and his sons. He had
three sons. The oldest married
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a woman named Tamar and died
without leaving her children,
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the second one went in to give
her children, but fixed it so
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that he didn't; but God was
displeased with that so he died
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as well. But Judah said to
Tamar, you know, Go be with
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your father until my other son
is old enough. But when his old,
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his younger son grew to be
old enough to provide a child
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of Tamar, he didn't -
Judah didn't see that happened.
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So Tamar, hearing that Judah
was visiting in the town near by
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decided to take it upon herself
to get children, she put off her
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mourning clothes and covered
her face with a veil and went
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and sat where Judah would see
her. And because her face was
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covered with a veil,
Judah took her for a prostitute.
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So now, we're picking up the
story in Genesis, chapter 38,
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This is the King James Version.
And we're starting with verse 16
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And he, Judah, turned unto
her by the way, and said, Go to,
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I pray thee, let me come in unto
thee; for he knew not that she
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was his daughter in law. And
she said, What wilt thou give me
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that thou mayest come in unto
me? And he said, I will send
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thee a kid from the flock. And
she said, Wilt thou give me a
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pledge, till thou send it?
And he said, What pledge shall I
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give thee? And she said,
Thy signet, and thy bracelets,
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and thy staff that is in
thine hand. And he gave it her,
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and came in unto her,
and she conceived by him.
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And she arose, and went away,
and laid by her veil from her,
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and put on the
garments of her widowhood.
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And Judah sent the kid by the
hand of his friend the Adulamite
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to receive his pledge from the
woman's hand; but he found her
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not. Then he asked the men of
that place, saying, Where is the
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harlot, that was openly by
the wayside? And they said,
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There was no harlot in
this place. And he returned to
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Judah, and said, I cannot find
her; and also the men of the
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place said that there
was no harlot in this place.
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And Judah said, Let her take
it to her, lest we be shamed:
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behold, I sent his kid,
and thou hast not found her.
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And it came to pass about three
months after, that it was told
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Judah, saying,
Tamar thy daughter in law
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has played the harlot; and also,
behold, she is with child by
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whoredom. And Judah said, Bring
her forth, and let her be burnt.
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When she was brought forth,
she sent to her father in law
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saying, By the man, whose
these are, am I with child:
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And she said, Discern, I
pray thee, whose are these,
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the signet, and bracelets, and
staff. And Judah acknowledged
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them, and said, She hath
been more righteous than I;
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because that I gave her not
to Shelah my son. And he knew
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her again no more. And it
came to pass in the time of her
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travail, that, behold,
twins were in her womb.
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And it came to pass, when she
travailed, that the one put out
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his hand: and the midwife
took and bound upon his hand
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a scarlet thread, saying, This
came out first. And it came to
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pass, as he drew back his hand,
that behold his brother came out
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and she said, How hast
thou broken forth? this breach
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be upon thee: therefore
his name was called Pharez.
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And afterward came out his
brother, that had the scarlet
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thread upon his hand: and
his name was called Zerah.
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We're continuing now
in Genesis, chapter 39,
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And this is the
King James Version.
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And Joseph was brought down to
Egypt; and Potiphar, and officer
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of Pharaoh, captain of
the guard, and Egyptian,
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bought him of the hands of the
Ishmaelites, which had brought
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him down thither. And
the Lord was with Joseph,
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and he was a prosperous man;
and he was in the house of his
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master the Egyptian. And
his master saw that the Lord
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was with him, and that the Lord
made all that he did to prosper
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in his hand. And Joseph
found grace in his sight,
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and he served him: and he
made him overseer over his
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house, and all that he
had he put into his hand.
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And it came to pass from
the time that he had made him
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overseer in his house, and over
all that he had, that the Lord
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blessed the Egyptian's house for
Joseph's sake; and the blessing
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of the Lord was upon all
that he had in the house,
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and in the field. And he left
all that he had in Joseph's hand
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and he knew not aught he had,
save the bread which he did eat.
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And Joseph was a goodly
person, and well favoured.
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And it came to pass after these
things, that his master's wife
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cast her eyes upon Joseph;
and she said, Lie with me.
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But he refused, and said
unto his master's wife, Behold,
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my master wotteth not what
is with me in the house, and he
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hath committed all that he
hath to my hand: There is none
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greater in this house than
I; neither hath he kept back
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anything from me but
thee, because thou art his wife:
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how then can I do this great
wickedness, and sin against God?
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And it came to pass, as
she spake to Joseph day by day,
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that he hearkened not unto her,
to lie by her or to be with her.
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And it came to pass about this
time, that Joseph went into the
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house to do his business;
and there was none of the men of
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the house there within. And
she caught him by his garment,
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saying, Lie with me: and he
left his garment in her hand,
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and fled, and got him out. And
it came to pass, when she saw
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that he had left his garment
in her hand, and was fled forth
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that she called unto the
men of her house, and spake unto
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them, saying, See, he hath
brought in an Hebrew unto us
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to mock us; he came in unto
me to lie with me, and I cried
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with a loud voice: And it came
to pass, when he heard that I
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lifted up my voice and cried,
that he left his garment with me
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and fled, and got him out. And
she laid up his garment by her,
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until his lord came home. And
she spake unto him, according
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to these words, saying,
The Hebrew servant, which thou
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hast brought unto us, came in
unto me to mock me: And it came
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to pass as I lifted up my voice
and cried, that he left his
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garment with me, and fled out.
And it came to pass, when his
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master heard the words of his
wife, which she spake unto him,
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saying, After this
manner did thy servant to me;
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that his wrath was kindled.
And Joseph's master took him,
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and put him into the
prison, a place where the king's
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prisoners were bound: and
he was there in the prison.
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But the Lord was with
Joseph, and shewed him mercy,
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and gave him favour in the sight
of the keeper of the prison.
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And the keeper of the prison
committed to Joseph's hand
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all the prisoners that were in
the prison; and whatsoever they
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did there, he was the doer
of it. The keeper of the prison
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looked not to any thing
that was under his hand: because
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the Lord was with him, and that
which he did, the Lord made it
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to prosper. Continuing to read
how the Lord was with Joseph.
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Chapter 40, in
the book of Genesis,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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And it came to pass after these
things, that the butler of the
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king of Egypt and his baker had
offended their lord the king of
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Egypt. And Pharaoh was wroth
against two of his officers,
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against the chief of
the butlers, and against the
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chief of the bakers. And he put
them in ward in the house of the
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captain of the guard, into the
prison, the place where Joseph
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was bound. And the captain
of the guard charged Joseph with
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them: and he served him and they
continued a season in the ward.
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And they dreamed a dream,
both of them, each man his dream
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in one night, each man
according to the interpretation
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of his dream, the butler and
the baker of the king of Egypt,
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which were bound in the prison.
And Joseph came in unto them
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in the morning, and looked upon
them and, behold, they were sad.
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And he asked Pharaoh's officers
that were with him in the ward
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of his lord's house, saying,
Wherefore look ye so sadly,
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today? And they said unto
him, We have dreamed a dream,
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and there is no interpreter of
it. And Joseph said unto them,
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Do not interpretations belong to
God? tell me them, I pray you.
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And the chief butler told his
dream to Joseph, and said to him
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In my dream, behold a vine was
before me; And in the vine were
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three branches: and it was
as though it budded, and her
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blossoms shot forth; and the
clusters thereof brought forth
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ripe grapes: And Pharaoh's cup
was in my hand: and I took the
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grapes, and pressed them
into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave
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the cup into Pharaoh's
hand. And Joseph said unto him,
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This is the interpretation
of it: The three branches are
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three days: Yet within three
days shall Pharaoh lift up thine
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head, and restore thee unto thy
place: and thou shalt deliver
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Pharaoh's cup into his
hand, after the former manner
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when thou wast his butler.
But think on me when it shall be
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well with thee, and shew
kindness, I pray thee, unto me,
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and make mention of me unto
Pharaoh, and bring me out of
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this house: for indeed I
was stolen away out of the land
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of the Hebrews: and here also
have I done nothing that they
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should put me into the dungeon.
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When the chief baker saw that
the interpretation was good,
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he said unto Joseph, I also
was in my dream, and, behold,
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I had three white baskets on
my head: And in the uppermost
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basket there was of all
manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh;
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and the birds did eat them
out of the basket upon my head.
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And Joseph answered and
said, This is the interpretation
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thereof: The three baskets
are three days: Yet within three
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days shall Pharaoh lift
up thy head from off thee,
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and shall hang thee on a tree;
and the birds shall eat thy
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flesh from off thee. And
it came to pass the third day,
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which was Pharaoh's birthday,
that he made a feast unto all
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his servants: and he lifted up
the head of the chief butler and
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the chief baker among
his servants. And he restored
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the chief butler
unto his butlership again;
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and he gave the cup
into Pharaoh's hand:
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But he hanged the chief baker as
Joseph had interpreted to them.
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Yet did not the chief butler
remember Joseph, but forgat him.
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Genesis, chapter 41. This
is The King James Version.
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And it came to pass at the end
of two full years, that Pharaoh
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dreamed: and, behold, he stood
by the river. And, behold, there
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came up out of the river seven
well favored kine and fatfleshed
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and they fed in a meadow. And,
behold, seven other kine came
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up after them out of the river,
ill favored and leanfleshed:
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and stood by the other kine
upon the brink of the river.
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And the ill favored and
lean fleshed kine did eat up the
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seven well favored and fat kine.
So Pharaoh awoke. And he slept
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and dreamed the second time: and
behold, seven ears of corn came
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up upon one stalk, rank and
good. And, behold, seven thin
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ears and blasted with the
east wind sprung up after them.
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And the seven thin ears devoured
the seven rank and full ears.
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And Pharaoh awoke,
and, behold, it was a dream.
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And it came to pass in the
morning that his spirit was
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troubled: and he sent and called
for all the magicians of Egypt,
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and all the wise men thereof:
and Pharaoh told them his dream;
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but there was none that could
interpret them unto Pharaoh.
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Then spake the chief butler unto
Pharaoh, saying, I do remember
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my faults this day: Pharaoh
was wroth with his servants, and
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put me in a ward in the captain
of the guard's house, both me
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and the chief baker: And we
dreamed a dream in one night,
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I and he; we dreamed each man
according to the interpretation
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of his dream. And there
was there with us a young man,
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a Hebrew, servant to the captain
of the guard; and we told him,
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and he interpreted to us our
dreams; to each man according
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to his dream he did interpret.
And it came to pass, as he
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interpreted to us, so it was;
me he restored unto mine office,
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and him he hanged. Then
Pharaoh sent and called Joseph,
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and they brought him hastily out
of the dungeon: and he shaved
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himself and changed his raiment,
and came in unto Pharaoh.
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And Pharaoh said unto
Joseph, I have dreamed a dream,
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and there is none that can
interpret it: and I have heard
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say of thee, that thou canst
understand a dream to interpret
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it. And Joseph answered Pharaoh,
saying, It is not in me:
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God shall give Pharaoh an answer
of peace. And Pharaoh said unto
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Joseph, In my dream, behold, I
stood upon the bank of the river
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We'll continue with the
dream next time. But until we're
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together again, may God bless
you and keep you in His peace.
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Thank you for
joining me. Goodbye.
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