GENESIS 41
14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they quickly brought him out of the pit. And when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came in before Pharaoh. 15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.” 16 Joseph answered Pharaoh, “It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.” 17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, in my dream I was standing on the banks of the Nile. 18 Seven cows, plump and attractive, came up out of the Nile and fed in the reed grass. 19 Seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I had never seen in all the land of Egypt. 20 And the thin, ugly cows ate up the first seven plump cows, 21 but when they had eaten them no one would have known that they had eaten them, for they were still as ugly as at the beginning. Then I awoke. 22 I also saw in my dream seven ears growing on one stalk, full and good. 23 Seven ears, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprouted after them, 24 and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. And I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”
– Genesis 41:14-24
GENESIS 41 PHARAOH RELEASES JOSEPH TO INTERPRET DREAM
A poem inspired by these verses by ILMA
Out of a desire for his dream to be interpreted
Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph from prison
Then after Joseph got cleaned out, he came in before him
Pharaoh asked him to interpret his baffling dream
Joseph reminded him that it is God who does the interpretation
So, the dream of the seven cows and seven ears were narrated.
In this account, we are going to see Joseph’s life changed when Pharaoh called for him out of prison to interpret his dream. The timing of this couldn’t be any better. It took two long years before the chief cupbearer remembered Joseph’s interpretation of his and the baker’s dreams that both came true.
The next events after these following verses will be a turn of events for Joseph’s life. We have continually seen Joseph give God the glory to his dream interpretation and his patience after those years he was in prison.
REFLECTION
- How can we emulate Joseph’s constant acknowledgment of God in the midst of suffering and trials?
