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3761 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 133.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
“He sent before them a man: Sold for a slave was Joseph, They afflicted with fetters his feet, The iron entered into his soul.” This is the literal translation.
3762 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 134.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… into Joseph’s hands. Thus, here also Jehovah proved Himself a faithful covenant-God. A silver streak was lining the dark cloud. But still must “patience have …
3763 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1
Joseph in Prison—The Dream of Pharaoh’s Two officers—The Dream of Pharaoh—Joseph’s Exaltation—His Government of Egypt
3764 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 135.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… in Joseph’s condition. Some kind of “offense”—real or imaginary—had, as is so often the case in the East, led to the sudden disgrace and imprisonment of two of Pharaoh’s …
3765 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 135.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… , that Joseph’s interpretation came to him directly from God, that it seems so easy and so rational. For, it is in the supernatural direction of things natural …
3766 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 136.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Joseph’s interpretation to hand, just as we shall see they were equally obvious in the dreams which afterwards troubled Pharaoh. Yet as then none of the …
3767 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 137.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Joseph’s interpretation. On Pharaoh’s birthday-feast, three days after their dreams, the chief butler was restored to his office, but the chief baker was …
3768 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 137.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… , and Joseph’s interpretation of them. The event becomes all the more striking and also natural if we may take the date literally as “at the end of two full years …
3769 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 139.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Joseph, how simple, nay, how obvious does it appear, quite commanding Pharaoh’s implicit conviction. Clearly, the two dreams are one—the first bearing on …
3770 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 140.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Joseph’s precautionary measures. Again, so far as the sudden elevation of Joseph is concerned, Eastern history contains many such instances, and indeed …
3771 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 142.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Joseph’s administration may be traced in a few sentences. During the seven years of plenty, “he gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left …
3772 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 142.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… prosperity, Joseph had not informed his father of his life and success, we answer, that in such a history safety lay in quiet waiting upon God. If Joseph had learned …
3773 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1
… Corn—Joseph Recognizes his Brothers—Imprisonment of Simeon—The Sons of Jacob come a Second Time, Bringing Benjamin with them—Joseph Tries his Brethren …
3774 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 144.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… regarding Joseph’s conduct as consistent throughout. The appearance of his brothers before him seemed to imply that God had not meant to separate him from …
3775 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 145.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Joseph. Of course, his first object would be to separate the sons of Jacob from the crowd of other purchasers, so as to deal specially with them, without, however …
3776 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 146.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… Joseph, they spoke of it, in their own Hebrew, ignorant that Joseph, who had conversed with them through an interpreter, understood their words. Joseph was …
3777 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 147.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… if Joseph and his family were never again to meet.
3778 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 147.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… why Joseph should have risked this, or added to his father’s sorrow, we answer, to the first question, that, since Joseph now knew the circumstances of his family …
3779 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 148.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… than Joseph ever had on his way to Egypt or in the slave-market, are once more in the dreaded presence of the Egyptian. Joseph saw the new-comers, and with them …
3780 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 148.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… for Joseph which ensued when he met his brethren on his return home. Little could they imagine what thoughts passed through his mind, as in true Oriental fashion …