Read Genesis 41:1-37 at Bible Gateway.
The teaching tools of scripture
Gen 1:1-2:3 and the teaching tools of scripture part one and part two
Gen 1:1-6:8 and finding the topic themes of scripture
Hebrew paragraph divisions
41:1-44:17 {s} Joseph the overseer
Strong themes of the parashah
None this week.
Gen 41:1-37 Chiastic Structure
Download the fully expanded Gen 41:1-37 Triennial Miketz chiasm pdf (Coming …).
Did you notice that God brought the troubling news before the king, so that He could open the path for His answer of peace to come before the king? Bad news is many times just the first step to a miraculous, peaceful, and wise outcome. And God prepared for His answer of peace several decades in advance, in positioning Joseph strategically. We of all people need never fear evil reports!
Theme of the parashah
God raised Joseph from imprisonment/ brought him and his gift before the king
Finding Messiah in Torah
Joseph, after descending to the place of a slave in Potipher’s house, suffered further dishonor when cast into prison even though he did no unrighteousness. Descent into slavery, and descent into prison are prophetic types of death in Scripture, because the life previously known had ended.
God allowed his double humiliation as a prophetic type of Messiah Yeshua who also suffered a double humiliation:
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Messiah Yeshua, who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men. And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Phi 2:5-8
But Joseph was “raised up” from that place and brought before the king, where God used Joseph’s gift to bring the kingdom an answer of peace from God.
“And this shall be a sign unto you: you shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” Luk 2:12-14
Additional readings for this parashah
Psa 34 (my notes) | Isa 29 (my notes) | Mat 2 (my notes)
Studies in Triennial Miketz
Gen 41, Bible for Beginners
Gen 41, And God’s answer of peace (1A pair)
Gen 41:1-57, Understanding, discretion, wisdom
Gen 41 and 42, Joseph, a type of Messiah
Further study off site
Joseph in Egypt, part one, two, three, four, five, six – Associates for Biblical Research
The Joseph Narrative – Associates for Biblical Research
SCRIPTURE REVEALED SERIES by CHRISTINE MILLER:
THE LAW of LOVE | FINDING MESSIAH in TORAH | GENESIS in CHIASTIC STRUCTURE
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