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Today's Bible Translation

Bible translation used in today's episode: Ch. 40-41 NIV, Ch. 42-43 ERV

Podcast Introduction

This is the Law Monday. We’ll read Genesis 40-43. And the episode title is “That’s Quite A Gift.”

And it’s the twelfth of December, so we’ll have Christmas Question number 12 today, sent in by Derek Shack. Of course, our Christmas expert, James Cooper of whychristmas.com has an answer for him.

Today’s music will be a beautiful rendition from a certified beautiful lady with a beautiful voice…literally…not just saying it. She’s a former Miss Louisiana, and she won a talent award for her singing in the 1996 Miss America pageant.

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Comments on Genesis 41

I’ve read these chapters many times, but never gave a lot of thought to a certain part of the gifts that Pharaoh to Joseph when Joseph interpreted Pharaoh’s dreams. Can you guess what part I’m talking about?

I never thought about the fact that Pharaoh gave Joseph a wife. But this woman was not just any woman. Her name was Asenath, and she was the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On. 

So let’s look at this. What was On? On was a city located about ten miles northeast of what is today the city of Cairo. On was also known as Helipolis, or “The City of the Sun”. It was the capital of the worship of the sun god, Ra. 

Joseph’s new father-in-law, Potiphera, was the high priest of On, and his title was “Greatest of Seers”. 

So Joseph married into a very important family, befitting his new position in Pharaoh’s kingdom. And Pharaoh chose this family for a second reason. In making Joseph part of this family, he was showing that he believed that Joseph was also a “seer”, or prophet equal to, or even greater than On’s priest.

You might question the marriage between one of God’s people and someone with a foreign background, especially one with a false God. 

Remember that Joseph had no choice in the matter. He was, in fact, still a subject of Pharaoh. The fact that God did not hold this against Joseph, I believe, is shown in that the two sons borne of the marriage, Manasseh and Ephraim, became two of the tribes of Israel. 

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