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Yo•seiph Logically Analyzes Par•oh Sa-hotep-ka-Ra En-yoteph 4th's Dreams
7 Rainy Winters Followed By 7 Dry Winters
Ankh-Tawi (modern Memphis), one of the ancient capitals of Mi•tzᵊrayim; ca. B.C.E. 1761

After Par•oh Sa-hotep-ka-Ra En-yoteph 4th had related his dreams for Yo•seiph, Yo•seiph responded. "Your two dreams have the same meaning. What the ël•oh•im have purposed, they have communicated to Par•oh: The 7 good cows are 7 consecutive years of good crops; the seven good ears of corn. It's one dream. The 7 scrawny cows that followed them, like the 7 scorched ears of corn, will be 7 consecutive years of famine that will follow the 7 consecutive years of plenty.

The doubling of the dream means emphasis: the first 7 years will be very bounteous, the last 7 years will be very harsh, it has been established by the ël•oh•im, and the ël•oh•im will cause it to happen imminently.

Therefore, Par•oh should now look for an understanding and wise man and put him over the ërëtz Mi•tzᵊrayim. Further, Par•oh should be the pâ•qid supervising pᵊqid•im over the land, collecting 20% of the crops during the 7 years of plenty to store and distribute during the 7 years of famine."

merkavah Tut-ankh-amun tomb gold-plated royal
Click to enlargeGold-gilded Mërkâv•âh of Par•oh Tut Ankh-Amun (corrupted to "Tutankhamun")

Yo•seiph's counsel seemed good to Par•oh, and to those of his court.

"Could we find a better man than this, in whom is the ruakh of ël•oh•im?" Par•oh asked his court.

So Par•oh said to Yo•seiph, "Inasmuch as ël•oh•im has shown you all of these things, there is no one more understanding and wise than you, so you shall be over my house. By your mouth shall all of my people be blown your kiss. Only I, the throne, shall be greater than you."

Then Par•oh Sa-hotep-ka-Ra En-yoteph 4th took off his signet ring and placed it on Yo•seiph's finger, saying, "See, I have granted you to be over all the land" and dressed Yo•seiph in royal linen garb, placing a gold chain around Yo•seiph's neck and giving him his own second royal ride – a mërkâv•âh – to Yo•seiph.

Then every man of Par•oh's court responded "Ah•vᵊreikh!"

So Par•oh set him over all of the ërëtz Mi•tzᵊrayim and Par•oh said to Tzâ•phᵊn•at-Pa•nᵊeiakh, "I am Par•oh! In disobedience to you shall no man in the ërëtz Mi•tzᵊrayim lift his hand to any project or his foot to any journey."

Then Par•oh bestowed on Yo•seiph the name "Tzâ•phᵊnat Pa•ᵊneiakh" and gave him the daughter of the couple who had put him in jail, for a wife: named •sᵊn•at Bat-Pōti-Phëra, ko•hein of Ōn City. Then Tzâ•phᵊn•at-Pa•nᵊeiakh went forth over ërëtz Mi•tzᵊrayim.

Yo•seiph was 30 years old when he stood before Par•oh, Mëlëkh Mi•tzᵊrayim.

Then Tzâ•phᵊn•at-Pa•nᵊeiakh went out from his meeting with Par•oh, traveling throughout ërëtz Mi•tzᵊrayim. In the first 7 years of plenty, the land produced by the fistful. And for each of the 7 years of plenty, he collected 20% of the crops across the entire ërëtz Mi•tzᵊrayim and stored the food locally; each city storing the food from its local surrounding fields. So Tzâ•phᵊn•at-Pa•nᵊeiakh stored-up grain like the sand of the sea – a lot; until they stopped counting because the total exceeded the Egyptian number system!

Before the first year of famine, two sons were born to Tzâ•phᵊn•at-Pa•nᵊeiakh by his Egyptian wife (•sᵊn•at Bat-Pōti-Phëra, ko•hein of Ōn City). And Yo•seiph named his first-born Mᵊnash•ëh – because ël•oh•im na•shani of all my labor and all of my father's house.

When his second son was born, Yo•seiph named him Ë•phᵊr•ayim, because ël•oh•im hi•phᵊrahni in the ërëtz of my affliction. Then the 7 years of plenty in ërëtz Mi•tzᵊrayim came to an end.

Then the 7 years of famine began, as Yo•seiph had projected. There was famine throughout all of the lands of the ancient Near East. But throughout all of ërëtz Mi•tzᵊrayim there was bread. So when ërëtz Mi•tzᵊrayim became hungry, they shouted their protests at Par•oh. "Go take it up with Tzâ•phᵊn•at-Pa•nᵊeiakh!" Par•oh responded to the crowds. "Whatever Tzâ•phᵊn•at-Pa•nᵊeiakh tells you, do it!"

So the famine ravaged the entire Near East. Then Tzâ•phᵊn•at-Pa•nᵊeiakh authorized the local authorities to open the granaries – and sold the grain to the Egyptians, making a windfall profit for the government of Mi•tzᵊrayim and Par•oh Sa-hotep-ka-Ra En-yoteph 4th.

Soon, all of the surrounding countries of the ancient Near East were caravanning to Mi•tzᵊrayim for food—including Yo•seiph's whole family from ërëtz -I•vᵊr•im.

Optional parental preparation:

  1. Hebrew tradition viewed the years in cycles of 7 years (e.g., Shᵊmit•âh). Today, scientists more likely associate rainy winters in the Near East following El Niño years and dry winters following La Niña years.Return to text

  2. What's a signet ring? (A gold ring, worn by rulers and government officials, with a negative image of their arms or seal of office carved into the face of the ring. The ring is used to seal a scroll or document by folding the document, melting seal over the seam and impressing the ring into the hot wax, which leaves a positive image of the arms or seal of office in the wax seal.)

Questions you might anticipate that your child might raise and be prepared to discuss:

  1. What is a famine?

  2. What does consecutive mean?

  3. What does imminently mean?

  4. How does one blow a kiss?

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