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Lauren Ashley Herring BIBL 410-B01 February 22, 2020 Weekly Study Questions 8 Joseph 1. T/F—The rest of Genesis is devoted solely to Joseph. Explain your answer. Answer: False--The story of Jose... ph is regarded as among the best short stories of the world because of its “dramatic movement, its brilliant color, its play of all the elemental passions, and its abiding human interest ... "Apart from the episode involving Judah and Tamar (chapter 38) and Jacob’s farewell blessing (chapter 49), the rest of Genesis is devoted to Joseph’s life. (Davis, page 262). 2. Describe in detail Jacob’s gift to Joseph and the implications of the gift. Answer: His gift to Joseph of a “coat of many colours” (keṯoneṯ passîm), a further evidence of his preference for Joseph, caused the brothers to hate Joseph even more. The expression keṯoneṯ passîm has been translated three principal ways: “a coat of many colors,” “a long-sleeved robe,” and “an ornamented tunic.” (Davis, page 263). 3. What was the basic theme of Joseph’s dreams? Answer: The dreams of Joseph, like those of Abimelech (20:3), Jacob (28:12ff.; 31:11), and Laban (31:24), were divinely inspired, but unlike them his was filled with symbolism. So were those of the baker, the butler, and Pharaoh. In Joseph’s first dream (v. 7) he and his brothers were binding sheaves in the field, and his brothers’ sheaves “made obeisance” to Joseph’s. The meaning of the dream was obvious to Joseph’s brothers (v. 8). In his second dream the personification of natural elements is extended to the sun and moon. They, too, bowed down to Joseph, making him supreme even over his parents (v. 9). When his father heard the dreams, he was astonished and rebuked Joseph (v. 10). His brothers reacted even more strongly (v. 11). (Davis, page 264). 4. What is the irony found in the coat dipped in goat’s blood? Answer: He apparently helped his brothers stain Joseph’s coat with the blood of a goat (v. 31). When the coat was shown to Jacob, he immediately went into mourning for his son, thinking he had been killed by a wild animal (vv. 32-35). There is a touch of irony here: Jacob, who had deceived his father with a goat’s skin, was deceived by his sons with goat’s blood. (Davis, page 264). 5. List the several views of Joseph’s date of entrance into Egypt—which one is the most compatible with Scripture and why? Answer: Dating Joseph’s entrance into Egypt (v. 36) and his rise to power is difficult, in part because the pharaoh of the Joseph narratives is not named. H. H. Rowley and Gordon place Joseph’s arrival in Egypt after 1400 b.c..; the majority of scholars place it in the Hyksos period (ca. 1730-1570 b.c..); and some place it in the 1800s b.c.. during the Middle Kingdom period, and specifically during the reign of Sesostris III (Senusert III, Twelfth Dynasty). The third view is most compatible with scriptural data. According to I Kings 6:1 the exodus from Egypt took place 480 years before the fourth year of Solomon. The fourth year of Solomon is usually regarded as about 966 b.c.., meaning that the exodus occurred approximately 1446-45 b.c.. The Egyptian sojourn was 430 years long (Exod. 12:40), so it began approximately 1875 b.c.. This synchronizes with the dates normally accepted for the reign of Sesostris III: 1878-43 b.c.. (Davis, page 266). 6. What were Joseph’s two reasons for refusing Potiphar’s wife? Answer: Joseph’s reasons for refusing Potiphar’s wife were two: he wished to be faithful to his master, who had helped him (v. 8); and, even more important, he wished to be faithful to God (v. 9). (Davis, page 271). 7. What position did Joseph hold in the royal court? Answer: Potiphar made Joseph his comptroller (mer-per), which meant being a personal attendant to his master and overseeing his entire estate. (Davis, page 269). [Show More]

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