Vayeshev (וישב) And He settle -Voice Podcast Dec 27, 2022
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And He Settled
Torah: Gen. 37:1-40:23
Haftarah: Amos 2.6-3.8
Gospel: Matt 1.18-25
INTRODUCTION:
INTRODUCTION:
After the promise of the seed of the woman
The Book of Genesis is about the FIRSTBORN
Is this the one who was promised?
Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel—he was indeed the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, so that the genealogy is not listed according to the birthright;
“Reuben, you are my firstborn, My might and the beginning of my strength, The excellency of dignity and the excellency of power. Unstable as water, you shall not excel, Because you went up to your father’s bed; Then you defiled it— He went up to my couch.
Firstborn # 01060 bechor
child emulates parent
Gematria bet haf rash 2, 20, 200
Genesis 30:24
“So she called his name Joseph, and said, “The LORD shall add to me another son.””
# 3130 Joseph = Let him add
It is Joseph who will continue the mission which was entrusted to Jacob by Abraham and Isaac.
That is why in the genealogy of Jacob - Joseph is listed first, as though he were the first born of Jacob.
Genesis 37:2
“This is the history of Jacob. Joseph…
Although a savior, Joseph was not THE Savior of the promise, but a ‘type’ of Him.
Yeshua the Firstborn
Colossians 1:15, 18 ““He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.” “And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the pre-eminence.”
Also I will make him My firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth.
“Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a well; His branches run over the wall. The archers have bitterly grieved him, Shot at him and hated him. But his bow remained in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong By the hands of the Mighty God of Jacob (From there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel), By the God of your father who will help you, And by the Almighty who will bless you With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that lies beneath, Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper. The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Torah: Genesis 37:1-40:23
Torah: Genesis 37:1-40:23
He settled:
Jacob longed for shalom after having dealt with Laban, and then his frightening encounter with Esau.
He turns to the promise God had given Abraham his grandfather.
He turns to the land where Isaac his father was a stranger.
He turns to the land of Canaan.
Now Jacob dwelt in the land where his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. This is the history of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. And the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought a bad report of them to his father.
history #08435 towlᵉdah to-led-aw’
descendants, generations, genealogies
lad #05288 na‘ar nah’-ar a boy, lad, servant, youth, retainer
The adolescent Joseph is working as a kind of apprentice shepherd with his older brothers.
Hebrew naʿar is also used in this sense in describing Joshua’s relationship to Moses.
Bilhah and Zilpah
The order of the wives is here reversed since Joseph would have been naturally closer to Bilhah, his late mother’s maid. The concubines were until now referred to as “maidservants” when mentioned together with Rachel and Leah. The use of “wives” here, as Ramban suggests, may indicate a new status acquired after their mistresses had both died.
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age. Also he made him a tunic of many colors.
The outer garment identified you – who you were.
It is interesting that the text uses the name Israel as opposed to Jacob, implying that the love was not just sentimental but on a level that pertained to the nation of Israel as God's people.
Leah still rejected, and Reuben and brothers rejected
Rachel accepted - so Joseph and Benjamin accepted
Genesis 29:30 (NKJV)
Then Jacob also went in to Rachel, and he also loved Rachel more than Leah. And he served with Laban still another seven years.
Genesis 30:8 (NKJV)
Then Rachel said, “With great wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and indeed I have prevailed.” So she called his name Naphtali.
Leah speaking to Rachel
Genesis 30:15 (NKJV)
But she said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes also?” And Rachel said, “Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son’s mandrakes.”
And Leah also came near with her children, and they bowed down. Afterward Joseph and Rachel came near, and they bowed down. Then Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company which I met?” And he said, “These are to find favor in the sight of my lord.”
But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.
Genesis 37:4 TREE OF LIFE VERSION
When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak to him in shalom.
Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more. So he said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:
There we were, binding sheaves in the field. Then behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and indeed your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf.”
“binding sheaves in the field”?
Genesis 47:3 (NKJV)
Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we and also our fathers.”
Wheat foreshadows Egypt
And his brothers said to him, “Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have dominion over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.
Prophetic words and not just concerning Joseph in Egypt;
Gideon, Joshua, Jeroboam, and Jehu we're all descendants of Joseph.
Hebrews 1:2 (NKJV)
has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;
“And they hated him”
The threefold repetition of this phrase (vv. 4, 5, 8) suggests an ever-increasing intensity of hostile emotions.
Then he dreamed still another dream and told it to his brothers, and said, “Look, I have dreamed another dream. And this time, the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars bowed down to me.”
Philippians 2:9–11 (NKJV)
Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Throughout the Joseph narratives, dreams come in pairs, in order to demonstrate their seriousness
Genesis 41:32 (NKJV)
And the dream was repeated to Pharaoh twice because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
So he told it to his father and his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall your mother and I and your brothers indeed come to bow down to the earth before you?”
Jacob expresses himself as taking the dream seriously
This particular episode seems to assume, in flat contradiction of the preceding narrative, that Rachel is still alive, though Benjamin has already been born (there are eleven brothers in the dream bowing to Joseph).
“bow down to the earth”
Joseph has not uttered this phrase. In adding it, Jacob subconsciously echoes the manner in which he himself had made obeisance to his brother Esau. Its use here is an intimation of future developments, for it appears in the narrative each time the brothers bow to Joseph in Egypt.
Genesis 42:6 (NKJV)
Now Joseph was governor over the land; and it was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the earth.
Genesis 43:26 (NKJV)
And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down before him to the earth.
Genesis 44:14 (NKJV)
So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there; and they fell before him on the ground.
And his brothers envied him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
Luke 2:19 (NKJV)
But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.
Luke 2:51 (NKJV)
Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them, but His mother kept all these things in her heart.
Luke 2:33 (NKJV)
And Joseph and His mother marveled at those things which were spoken of Him.
Luke 2:51 (NKJV)
Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them, but His mother kept all these things in her heart.
Then his brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem. And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” So he said to him, “Here I am.”
Shechem A distance of some 50 miles (80 km.). The entire journey must have taken about five days by foot
Then he said to him, “Please go and see if it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks, and bring back word to me.” So he sent him out of the Valley of Hebron, and he went to Shechem.
1 Samuel 17:17 (NKJV)
Then Jesse said to his son David, “Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dried grain and these ten loaves, and run to your brothers at the camp.
Now a certain man found him, and there he was, wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying, “What are you seeking?” So he said, “I am seeking my brothers. Please tell me where they are feeding their flocks.”
And the man said, “They have departed from here, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’ ” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.
Now when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him. Then they said to one another, “Look, this dreamer is coming!
Then they said to one another, Look, this dreamer <01167> <02472> is coming!
# 02472 chalowm khal-ome’ dream
# 01167 ba‘al bah’-al noun of relationship used to characterize, master of dreams
Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his dreams!”
“kill him”
In Hebrew connotes ruthless violence, is the same verb that is used when Cain slays Abel.
Luke 23:21 (NKJV)
But they shouted, saying, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!”
The flinging after the killing underscores the naked brutality of the brothers’ intentions.
The denial of proper burial was among the Hebrews as among the Greeks deeply felt as an atrocity.
But Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands, and said, “Let us not kill him.” And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness, and do not lay a hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hands, and bring him back to his father.
Genesis 37:23 (NKJV)
So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him.
Matthew 27:35 (NKJV)
Then they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: “They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.”
2 Samuel 13:10 (NKJV)
Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the bedroom, that I may eat from your hand.” And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them to Amnon her brother in the bedroom.
2 Samuel 13:14 (NKJV)
However, he would not heed her voice; and being stronger than she, he forced her and lay with her.
Tamar’s robe of many colors
2 Samuel 13:18–19 (NKJV)
Now she had on a robe of many colors, for the king’s virgin daughters wore such apparel. And his servant put her out and bolted the door behind her. Then Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her robe of many colors that was on her, and laid her hand on her head and went away crying bitterly.
Genesis 37:24 (NKJV)
Then they took him and cast him into a pit. And the pit was empty; there was no water in it.
Genesis 42:21 (NKJV)
Then they said to one another, “We are truly guilty concerning our brother, for we saw the anguish of his soul when he pleaded with us, and we would not hear; therefore this distress has come upon us.”
And they sat down to eat a meal. Then they lifted their eyes and looked, and there was a company of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead with their camels, bearing spices, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry them down to Egypt.
Matthew 27:36–37 (NKJV)
Sitting down, they kept watch over Him there. And they put up over His head the accusation written against Him: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS
Ishmael, the great-uncle of the twelve brothers, was still alive (though he would be near the end of his 127-year life span), means that these “Ishmaelites” would be their second cousins.
So Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
Merriam-Webster
Betray: to lead astray, to deliver to an enemy by treachery, to fail or desert especially in time of need
Mark 14:10–11 (NKJV)
Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Him to them. And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. So he sought how he might conveniently betray Him.
Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh.” And his brothers listened. Then Midianite traders passed by; so the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.
Genesis 37:36 “Now the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar…
Genesis 39:1 And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh… bought him from the Ishmaelites…
More Confusion
Judges 8:22 (NKJV)
Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, both you and your son, and your grandson also; for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian.”
Judges 8:24 (NKJV)
Then Gideon said to them, “I would like to make a request of you, that each of you would give me the earrings from his plunder.” For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.
Judges 8:26 (NKJV)
Now the weight of the gold earrings that he requested was one thousand seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments, pendants, and purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were around their camels’ necks.
Then Reuben returned to the pit, and indeed Joseph was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes. And he returned to his brothers and said, “The lad is no more; and I, where shall I go?”
Genesis 49:4 (NKJV)
Unstable as water, you shall not excel, Because you went up to your father’s bed; Then you defiled it— He went up to my couch.
James 1:8 (NKJV)
he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
So they took Joseph’s tunic, killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the tunic in the blood. Then they sent the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to their father and said, “We have found this. Do you know whether it is your son’s tunic or not?”
And he recognized it and said, “It is my son’s tunic. A wild beast has devoured him. Without doubt Joseph is torn to pieces.” Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, “For I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning.” Thus his father wept for him. Now the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
WORDS REPEATED
WORDS REPEATED
UNITING TODAY’S STORIES WITH THE SACRIFICE OF ISAAC
Here I am
Genesis 37:13 Joseph
Genesis 22:1 Isaac
Chap 37:13
And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” So he said to him, “Here I am.”
Chap 22:1
Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!”
And he said, “Here I am.”
Go
Genesis 37:14 Joseph
Genesis 22:2 Isaac
Chap 37:14
Then he said to him, “Please go and see if it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks, and bring back word to me.” So he sent him out of the Valley of Hebron, and he went to Shechem.
Chap 22:2
Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
Seen from afar
Genesis 37:18 Joseph
Genesis 22:4 Isaac
Chap 37:18
Now when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him.
Chap 22:4
Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off.
Do not lay a hand on him
Genesis 37:22 Joseph
Genesis 22:12 Isaac
Chap 37:22
And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness, and do not lay a hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hands, and bring him back to his father.
Chap 22:12
And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”
Eyes lifted up
Genesis 37:25 Joseph
Genesis 22:13 Isaac
Chap 37:25
And they sat down to eat a meal. Then they lifted their eyes and looked, and there was a company of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead with their camels, bearing spices, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry them down to Egypt.
Chap 22:13
Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.
Chapter 38:
Chapter 38:
So these narratives, while they recount the rise of Joseph, subtly register as well the ascendancy of Judah. The stage is being set for the future fulfillment of the divine promise, to Abraham - “kings shall come forth from you” - and to Jacob - “Kings shall issue from your loins”.
Judah became the name of the southern kingdom, while the northern kingdom of Israel was known as Joseph.
1 Chronicles 5:1–2 (NKJV)
Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel—he was indeed the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, so that the genealogy is not listed according to the birthright; yet Judah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came a ruler, although the birthright was Joseph’s—
It came to pass at that time that Judah departed from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite whose name was Hirah. And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua, and he married her and went in to her.
So she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er. She conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name Onan.
So she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er. She conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name Onan. And she conceived yet again and bore a son, and called his name Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.
Then Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord killed him.
Genesis 38:8 (NKJV)
And Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother.”
marry # 02992 yabam yaw-bam’ to perform levirate marriage,
perform the duty of a brother-in-law (see Deut 5.5-10 and the book of Ruth)
But Onan knew that the heir would not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he emitted on the ground, lest he should give an heir to his brother. And the thing which he did displeased the Lord; therefore He killed him also.
Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house till my son Shelah is grown.” For he said, “Lest he also die like his brothers.” And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
Genesis 38:12 (NKJV)
Now in the process of time the daughter of Shua, Judah’s wife, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
daughter # 01323 bath = daughter
Shua # 07770 Shuwa‘ shoo’-ah Shuah = "wealth" (the father of Judah’s wife)
1 Chronicles 3:5 (NKJV)
And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon—four by Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel.
Bathshua 0134 Bath-Shuwa‘ bath-shoo’-ah Bath-shua= "daughter of wealth"
2 Samuel 11:3 (NKJV)
So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, “Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”
Bathsheba # 01339 Bath-Sheba‘ bath-sheh’-bah Bath-sheba= "daughter of an oath"
And it was told Tamar, saying, “Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.” So she took off her widow’s garments, covered herself with a veil and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place which was on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him as a wife.
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, because she had covered her face. Then he turned to her by the way, and said, “Please let me come in to you”; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. So she said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?”
And he said, “I will send a young goat from the flock.” So she said, “Will you give me a pledge till you send it?”
This picks up the motif of the slaughtered kid whose blood was used by Judah and his brothers to deceive Jacob (as Jacob before them used a kid to deceive his father). This connection was aptly perceived a millennium and a half ago in the Midrash Bereishit Rabba. The other material element in the brothers’ deception of their father was a garment; Tamar uses a garment—the whore’s dress and veil—to deceive her father-in-law.
Then he said, “What pledge shall I give you?” So she said, “Your signet and cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” Then he gave them to her, and went in to her, and she conceived by him. So she arose and went away, and laid aside her veil and put on the garments of her widowhood.
Your seal-and-cord, and the staff in your hand. The seal was a cylinder seal attached to a cord and usually worn around the neck. Rolled over documents incised in clay, it would be the means of affixing a kind of self-notarized signature. It is less clear that the staff had a legal function, though of course in political contexts it is a symbol of authority. Tamar’s stipulated pledge, then, is an extravagant one: taking the instruments of Judah’s legal identity and social standing is something like taking a person’s driver’s license and credit cards in modern society.
And Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand, but he did not find her. Then he asked the men of that place, saying, “Where is the harlot who was openly by the roadside?” And they said, “There was no harlot in this place.”
So he returned to Judah and said, “I cannot find her. Also, the men of the place said there was no harlot in this place.” Then Judah said, “Let her take them for herself, lest we be shamed; for I sent this young goat and you have not found her.”
And it came to pass, about three months after, that Judah was told, saying, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot; furthermore she is with child by harlotry.” So Judah said, “Bring her out and let her be burned!”
When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “By the man to whom these belong, I am with child.” And she said, “Please determine whose these are—the signet and cord, and staff.” So Judah acknowledged them and said, “She has been more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shelah my son.” And he never knew her again.
Genesis 37:32–33 (NKJV)
Then they sent the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to their father and said, “We have found this. Do you know whether it is your son’s tunic or not?” And he recognized it and said, “It is my son’s tunic. A wild beast has devoured him. Without doubt Joseph is torn to pieces.”
Now it came to pass, at the time for giving birth, that behold, twins were in her womb.
The twins of course recall Jacob and Esau and the whole chain of paired brothers struggling over the right of the firstborn. Zerah, sticking his hand out first, seems to be the firstborn, but he is overtaken by Perez, who makes a “breach” or “bursts forth” (the meaning of the Hebrew Perets). Tamar seems to address the energetic newborn in a tone of wondering affection in the exclamation she pronounces as preface to naming him. Perez will become the progenitor of the kings of Judea. The name Zerah means “shining,” as in the dawning of the sun, and so is linked with the scarlet thread on his hand. The scarlet in turn associates Zerah with Esau-the-Red, another twin displaced from his initial position as firstborn.
And so it was, when she was giving birth, that the one put out his hand; and the midwife took a scarlet thread and bound it on his hand, saying, “This one came out first.”
Genesis 25:22–23 (NKJV)
But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If all is well, why am I like this?” So she went to inquire of the Lord. And the Lord said to her: “Two nations are in your womb, Two peoples shall be separated from your body; One people shall be stronger than the other, And the older shall serve the younger.”
Genesis 38:29–30 (NKJV)
Then it happened, as he drew back his hand, that his brother came out unexpectedly; and she said, “How did you break through? This breach be upon you!” Therefore his name was called Perez. Afterward his brother came out who had the scarlet thread on his hand. And his name was called Zerah.
Judah receives back the staff, signet and tunic
Possessions of a king – the Messiah would come from Judah through Perez
Leaders come from those that learn from a fall
Matthew 1:3–6 (NKJV)
Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram. Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon. Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David the king. David the king begot Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.
Joshua 7:1 (NKJV)
But the children of Israel committed a trespass regarding the accursed things, for Achan the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed things; so the anger of the Lord burned against the children of Israel.
Scarlet thread
Achan # 05912 ‘Akan aw-kawn’; from an unused root meaning to trouble; troublesome;
Chapter 39:
Chapter 39:
Genesis 39:1–2 (NKJV)
Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him down there. The Lord was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
Genesis 39:23 (NKJV)
The keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under Joseph’s authority, because the Lord was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord made it prosper.
the LORD was with him
The phrase enables the reader to understand how the lad of seventeen, utterly alone in a foreign land and in dire adversity, suddenly matures and acquires great strength of character. He can rise again and again in situations that would surely have crushed others.
And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all he did to prosper in his hand. So Joseph found favor in his sight, and served him. Then he made him overseer of his house, and all that he had he put under his authority.
So it was, from the time that he had made him overseer of his house and all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had in the house and in the field.
Thus he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand, and he did not know what he had except for the bread which he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.
handsome in form and appearance
Genesis 29:17 (NKJV)
Leah’s eyes were delicate, but Rachel was beautiful of form and appearance.
And it came to pass after these things that his master’s wife cast longing eyes on Joseph, and she said, “Lie with me.” But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my hand.
There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” So it was, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not heed her, to lie with her or to be with her.
But it happened about this time, when Joseph went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the house was inside, that she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran outside.
And so it was, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and fled outside, that she called to the men of her house and spoke to them, saying, “See, he has brought in to us a Hebrew to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice.
And it happened, when he heard that I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me, and fled and went outside.” So she kept his garment with her until his master came home.
Then she spoke to him with words like these, saying, “The Hebrew servant whom you brought to us came in to me to mock me; so it happened, as I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me and fled outside.”
So it was, when his master heard the words which his wife spoke to him, saying, “Your servant did to me after this manner,” that his anger was aroused. Then Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were confined. And he was there in the prison.
Psalm 105:17–19 (NKJV)
He sent a man before them— Joseph—who was sold as a slave. They hurt his feet with fetters, He was laid in irons. Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of the Lord tested him.
But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners who were in the prison; whatever they did there, it was his doing.
The keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under Joseph’s authority, because the Lord was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord made it prosper.
Chapter 40:
Chapter 40:
It came to pass after these things that the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt. And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief butler and the chief baker.
So he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Joseph was confined. And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them; so they were in custody for a while.
Luke 22:37 (NKJV)
For I say to you that this which is written must still be accomplished in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For the things concerning Me have an end.”
Then the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, had a dream, both of them, each man’s dream in one night and each man’s dream with its own interpretation.
There is one conclusive decoding for every dream, and a person who is granted insight can break the code.
And Joseph came in to them in the morning and looked at them, and saw that they were sad. So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in the custody of his lord’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”
And they said to him, “We each have had a dream, and there is no interpreter of it.” So Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me, please.”
Then the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, “Behold, in my dream a vine was before me, and in the vine were three branches; it was as though it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and its clusters brought forth ripe grapes.
Then Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”
And Joseph said to him, “This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days. Now within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your place, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand according to the former manner, when you were his butler.
But remember me when it is well with you, and please show kindness to me; make mention of me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this house. For indeed I was stolen away from the land of the Hebrews; and also I have done nothing here that they should put me into the dungeon.”
1 Peter 2:23 (NKJV)
who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, “I also was in my dream, and there were three white baskets on my head. In the uppermost basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.”
The cupbearer in his dream performs his normal court function, though at fast-forward speed. The baker executes a kind of bizarre parody of his normal function, balancing three baskets of bread one on top of the other. This precarious arrangement may imply, a sense that the baker has been negligent in his duties. The pecking of birds at this tower of baked goods is of course an explicitly ominous element. The two dreams parallel Joseph’s two dreams in that the first is anchored in an agricultural setting and involves harvesting while the second is oriented toward the sky above. But instead of the glorious celestial bodies, here we have the swooping down of ravenous birds from the sky.
Matthew 13:3–4 (NKJV)
Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them.
Matthew 13:18–19 (NKJV)
“Therefore hear the parable of the sower: When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside.
So Joseph answered and said, “This is the interpretation of it: The three baskets are three days. Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head from you and hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from you.”
Despite the fact that the Hebrew verb generally means “to hang,” hanging was not a common means of execution anywhere in the ancient Near East, and there is evidence elsewhere that the same verb was used for impalement, which was frequently practiced. The baker’s dire fate would seem to be first decapitation and then exposure of the body on a high stake.
It would be difficult to hang a person with no head and crucifixion is out of place.
“will eat your flesh from you”
The theological beliefs of the Egyptians motivated them to pay special attention to the preservation of the body after death. Hence, the punishment foretold here is particularly loathsome.
Now it came to pass on the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants; and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
Then he restored the chief butler to his butlership again, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand. But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
One restored to life and the other doomed to death.
Luke 23:39–43 (NKJV)
Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, “If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us.” But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this Man has done nothing wrong.” Then he said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.” And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
Wine = blood – cupbearer lived
Bread = word – baker died
The Torah alone is not enough; the blood of Yeshua is needed
John 5:39–40 (NKJV)
You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.
Yet the chief butler did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.
The ingratitude of the Egyptian cupbearer prefigures the later national experience of the Israelites in Egypt
Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.
Luke 22:19 (NKJV)
And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
The two men picture the saved and the lost of humanity. Both are given a dream and each dream is explained. Both dreams will be fulfilled “on the third day.” Jesus’ time in the tomb was ended on the third day. But His time in the tomb also looks forward to another 3-day interval.
The reason why it pictures a thousand years is that Christ came at the year 4000. The final judgment of all men will occur between the year 6000 and the year 7000 but all will be judged by the end of the third day – the year 7000.
This is why the Hebrew is specific – “yet three days.” In other words, from the time of Christ’s substitutional and sacrificial death, pictured by Joseph’s time in prison, until the end of the 7th millennium, it will be 3000 years; 3 prophetic days.
This is why it’s important to remember how Joseph was put into prison in the first place. He went, not for his own wrongdoing, but in place of someone else.
John 15:1–3 (NKJV)
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
On the other hand, there is the baker. He has bread to offer to the king, but instead it is eaten by the birds. This symbolism is seen elsewhere in the Bible. Abraham made an offering to God and the birds came down to it, but he was vigilant to drive them away.
WORDS REPEATED
WORDS REPEATED
UNITING TODAY’S STORIES
go down
Genesis 37:35 go down <03381>
Genesis 38:1 departed <03381>
Genesis 39:1 taken him down <03381>
03381 yarad yaw-rad’ to go down, decline, sink down
Chap 37:35
And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, “For I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.
Chap 38:1
It came to pass at that time that Judah departedfrom his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite whose name was Hirah.
Chap 39:1
Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him down there.
RECOGNIZED
Genesis 37:33 recognized <05234>
Gen 38:26 acknowledged <05234>
05234 nakar naw-kar’ to recognize,
acknowledge, discern, regard
Chap 37:33
And he recognized it and said, “It is my son’s tunic. A wild beast has devoured him. Without doubt Joseph is torn to pieces.”
Chap 38:26
So Judah acknowledged them and said, “She has been more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shelah my son.” And he never knew her again.
COMFORT
Genesis 37:35 comfort <05162>
comforted, <05162> …
Genesis 38:12 comforted, <05162>…
05162 nacham naw-kham’
to be sorry, repent, comfort, be comforted
Chap 37:35
And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, “For I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.
Chap 38:12
Now in the process of time the daughter of Shua, Judah’s wife, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
KID OF THE GOATS
Genesis 37:31 kid of the goats
Genesis 38:17 a young goat
Chap 37:31
So they took Joseph’s tunic, killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the tunic in the blood.
Chap 38:17
And he said, “I will send a young goat from the flock.”
So she said, “Will you give me a pledge till you send it?”
TWO WELLS
Genesis 37:17 Dothan. <01886>
01886 Dothan do’-thawn "two wells"
Genesis 38:14 open place <05869>
05869 ayin, ah´-yin double fountain
Chap 37:17
And the man said, “They have departed from here, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’ ” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.
Chap 38:14
So she took off her widow’s garments, covered herself with a veil and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place which was on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him as a wife.
PATTERN
PATTERN
Household responsibility, household crisis, loses coat, coat as evidence, prison
Household responsibility
Genesis 37:14 Joseph & Brothers
Genesis 39:4 Joseph & Potiphar
Genesis 39:22 Joseph & Pharoah
Chap 37:14 Joseph & Brothers
Then he said to him, “Please go and see if it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks, and bring back word to me.” So he sent him out of the Valley of Hebron, and he went to Shechem.
Chap 39:4 Joseph & Potiphar
So Joseph found favor in his sight, and served him. Then he made him overseer of his house, and all that he had he put under his authority.
Chap 39:22 Joseph & Pharoah
And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners who were in the prison; whatever they did there, it was his doing.
Household crisis
Genesis 37:18 Joseph & Brothers
Genesis 39:19 Joseph & Potiphar
Genesis 40:7 Joseph & Pharoah
Chap 37:18 Joseph & Brothers
Now when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him.
Chap 39:19 Joseph & Potiphar
So it was, when his master heard the words which his wife spoke to him, saying, “Your servant did to me after this manner,” that his anger was aroused.
Chap 40:7 Joseph & Pharoah
So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in the custody of his lord’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”
Loses coat
Genesis 37:23 Joseph & Brothers
Genesis 39:12 Joseph & Potiphar
Genesis 41:14 Joseph & Pharoah
Chap 37:23 Joseph & Brothers
So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him.
Chap 39:12 Joseph & Potiphar
that she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran outside.
Chap 41:14 Joseph & Pharoah
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; and he shaved, changed his clothing, and came to Pharaoh.
Coat as evidence
Genesis 37:32 Joseph & Brothers
Genesis 39:15 Joseph & Potiphar
Genesis 41:42-43 Joseph & Pharoah
Chap 37:32 Joseph & Brothers
Then they sent the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to their father and said, “We have found this. Do you know whether it is your son’s tunic or not?”
Chap 39:15 Joseph & Potiphar
And it happened, when he heard that I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me, and fled and went outside.”
Chap 41:42–43 Joseph & Pharoah
Then Pharaoh took his signet ring off his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand; and he clothed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck. And he had him ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he set him over all the land of Egypt.
Freedom
Genesis 37:36 Joseph & Brothers
Genesis 39:20 Joseph & Potiphar
Genesis 41:44 Joseph & Pharoah
Chap 37:36 Joseph & Brothers
Now the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
Chap 39:20 Joseph & Potiphar
Then Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were confined. And he was there in the prison.
Chap 41:44 Joseph & Pharoah
Pharaoh also said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no man may lift his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.”
Haftarah: Amos 2:6-3:8
Haftarah: Amos 2:6-3:8
Though Amos spoke of the judgments which were about to descend on the nations surrounding Israel and on the two kingdoms of the house of Israel, his message is the same one God has given since the earliest history of the world. It is a simple yet profound message that carries a solemn warning: there is a way to come into God’s favor and gain eternal life. That way is always open to the penitent and obedient, but to the impenitent, those who harden their hearts against the Lord, the way is shut. In the place of life there is death; in the place of joy there is sorrow; punishments replace blessing; judgments and destruction replace protection and power.
The Punishments of Judah and Israel
The reasons for the punishment of Judah and Israel differ from those for the punishment of the gentile nations. No acts are mentioned except for the forsaking of the Lord and turning to wickedness. Israel had been given the law of God. Therefore, more was expected of them.
You will hear 7 sins and then 7 rhetorical questions
Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they sell the righteous for silver, And the poor for a pair of sandals.
Genesis 37:28 (NKJV)
Then Midianite traders passed by; so the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.
They pant after the dust of the earth which is on the head of the poor, And pervert the way of the humble. A man and his father go in to the same girl, To defile My holy name. They lie down by every altar on clothes taken in pledge, And drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
“Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, Whose height was like the height of the cedars, And he was as strong as the oaks; Yet I destroyed his fruit above And his roots beneath. Also it was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, And led you forty years through the wilderness, To possess the land of the Amorite.
I raised up some of your sons as prophets, And some of your young men as Nazirites. Is it not so, O you children of Israel?” Says the Lord. “But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, And commanded the prophets saying, ‘Do not prophesy!’
“Behold, I am weighed down by you, As a cart full of sheaves is weighed down. Therefore flight shall perish from the swift, The strong shall not strengthen his power, Nor shall the mighty deliver himself;
He shall not stand who handles the bow, The swift of foot shall not escape, Nor shall he who rides a horse deliver himself. The most courageous men of might Shall flee naked in that day,” Says the Lord.
Amos spoke to the whole of Israel, all twelve families or tribes. Using the metaphor of a husband, the Lord reminded Israel that He had chosen no other. He spoke of Himself as a faithful husband and reminded Israel of her covenant relationship with Him. He asked Israel to remember the need for unity in her relationship with Him. It is necessary, if they are to walk together, for them to be in agreement. The images are all chosen to express the same thing: God, has foreknowledge of all calamities, but He never sends a calamity unless He first notifies His prophet of it.
Prophecy comes by direct revelation. God has knowledge of all His children and their doings and justly warns and threatens with His judgments. The fact that the prophets prophesy correctly is an indication that they are in communion with God and that they do indeed walk together.
Chapter 3:
Chapter 3:
Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying: “You only have I known of all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
Can two walk together, unless they are agreed? Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
Will a bird fall into a snare on the earth, where there is no trap for it? Will a snare spring up from the earth, if it has caught nothing at all? If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid? If there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it?
Surely the Lord God does nothing, Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets. A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken! Who can but prophesy?
Amos 5:6 (NKJV)
Seek the Lord and live, Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph, And devour it, With no one to quench it in Bethel—
Amos 5:15 (NKJV)
Hate evil, love good; Establish justice in the gate. It may be that the Lord God of hosts Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Amos 2:4–5 (NKJV)
Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they have despised the law of the Lord, And have not kept His commandments. Their lies lead them astray, Lies which their fathers followed. But I will send a fire upon Judah, And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”
Gospel: Matthew 1:18-25
Gospel: Matthew 1:18-25
“The Redeemer will come to Zion, And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,” Says the Lord.
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.
a just man = righteous
God uses the righteous to bless
Luke 1:28 (NKJV)
And having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!”
Luke 1:5–6 (NKJV)
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. His wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
Matthew 1:20 (NKJV)
But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
2 Samuel 7:16–17 (NKJV)
And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever.” ’ ” According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
Isaiah 11:1 (NKJV)
There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
Jeremiah 23:5–6 (NKJV)
“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper, And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth. In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell safely; Now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”
W. E. Vine
iesous (ʼΙησου̂ς, # 2424) is a transliteration of the Hebrew “Joshua,” meaning “Jehovah is salvation,” i.e., “is the Savior,” “a common name among the Jews
Exodus 17:9 for the Hebrew
“And Moses said to Joshua <03091>
# 03091 Yhowshuwa‘ yeh-ho-shoo’-ah
"Jehovah is salvation" Jehovah saves – this highlights the Father
Matthew 1:22 (NKJV)
So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:
‘was done’ #1096 perfect tense - past, present, future
Referring to God’s redemption of man.
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.
God with us
“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.” Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife,
Joseph hears and obeys and claims Yeshua as his son
Joseph legally connects Yeshua to the throne of David
Mary connects Yeshua to God – seed of the woman
Matthew 1:25 (NKJV)
and did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son. And he called His name Jesus.
v25 firstborn - heir - carries on the Father's work
CONCLUSION:
CONCLUSION:
Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, “Let us break Their bonds in pieces And cast away Their cords from us.” He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; The Lord shall hold them in derision. Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, And distress them in His deep displeasure: “Yet I have set My King On My holy hill of Zion.” “I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ” Now therefore, be wise, O kings; Be instructed, you judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, And rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, And you perish in the way, When His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.