Ricky Myers

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[Chad Bird @birdchadlouis]

Joseph the Talker - Genesis 39. Do you think we have overemphasized the piety of Joseph or is he a paragon of righteousness?

Head to https://t.co/Yrg5F0E7Fx for the reading guide and to catch up on previous posts from the Bible in One Year series. #BibleinOneYear #Biblestudy

[Chad Bird @birdchadlouis]

When Pharaoh learned that one of his jailbirds was jolly good at dream interpreting, he “sent and called Joseph, and they quickly brought him out of the pit” (Gen. 41:14).

Now zero in on the next line. “And when [Joseph] had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came in before Pharaoh.”

Now this small but weighty detail is worth pondering: Joseph shaved.

The IVP Bible Background Commentary notes, “This may have involved shaving the head (Num 6:9) as well as the face (Jer 41:5). He would have thereby changed his appearance to look more like an Egyptian [read that line again!]. Egyptian wall paintings demonstrate that the Egyptians were typically clean-shaven.”

Oh, Joseph, you are a sly one. When summoned before the head honcho of Egypt, it’s not a bad idea to look as Egyptian as possible—especially because Egypt was well-known for looking down their cultural noses at foreigners.

Thus begins Joseph’s gradual “Egyptification.” Now he looks like an Egyptian. Soon, as viceroy of Egypt, he will dress like an Egyptian, marry the daughter of an Egyptian priest, and even name his firstborn son, Manasseh, which means, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s house” (41:51). Catch that? “Forget...all my father’s house.”

It seems that Joseph is becoming so at home in Egypt that he appears more Egyptian than Israelite.

Maybe I’m wrong. Or maybe not.

One thing is certain: soon he will confront his family roots head-on when, among the hungry multitudes who show up in Egypt to buy grain, one day his gang of brothers arrive. And Joseph must decide how to confront the past he has tried so hard to forget.

We will see what happens in those chapters in the next few days as we continue Bible in One Year (visit: https://t.co/XxNvEtNH7e).

[Ricky Myers @rickym2017]

@LaytonNichole_ Go your butt back to sleep 😂

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@LaytonNichole_ @KaceyMusgraves Ok not everyone needs to know everything

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@LaytonNichole_ I could have just sent it to you 😂😂😂

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@hannahbrown People really worry that plastic is going to destroy the world 😂😂😂

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@LaytonNichole_ It’s a pointless holiday

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@LaytonNichole_ Dang wish you talked that sweet to me

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@LaytonNichole_ But... and hear me out ok..... but did you die?

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@LaytonNichole_ Word

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@LaytonNichole_ 😂😂😂😂

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@LaytonNichole_ Yea thinking about it lowkey is annoying ttyl

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@LaytonNichole_ That’s wife material

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@LaytonNichole_ Might as well get ready to stay up for 2 hours cause you have to do 2 cycles to dry them good

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@LaytonNichole_ You on one 😂😂

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@LaytonNichole_ Those poor children 😂😂😅

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@LaytonNichole_ They can catch these hands too. Rated E for everyone

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@LaytonNichole_ Felt that