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True Bible Study - Joseph and Judah Genesis 37-50
True Bible Study - Joseph and Judah Genesis 37-50
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The Book of Genesis chapters 37 – 50 provides information about the generations of Jacob who was also named Israel.

It includes details on Joseph and his dreams, Judah and Thamar, Joseph's imprisonment in Egypt plus his rise to rule Egypt for Pharaoh, Israel and his sons traveling to Egypt and prospering there, Jacob's death, Joseph's death, and the fact that the sons of Israel remained in Egypt at that time.

This book includes verses translated from the Greek old covenant writing, sometimes referred to as the Septuagint. Additionally, some comparisons to the Hebrew text are provided.

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PublisherMaura K. Hill
Release dateOct 11, 2015
ISBN9781310061332
True Bible Study - Joseph and Judah Genesis 37-50
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Maura K. Hill

Maura K. Hill was born and raised in Ireland. After working in Ireland and the UK for several years, she relocated to the United States in 1995. She began her formal education in Biblical Koine Greek and Biblical Hebrew at Phillips Theological Seminary via the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma in 1996.  A diligent student of the Biblical Languages, Maura published her first Greek-to-English Translation and Study Guide to I Thessalonians in the Fall of 1997. Since then, she published many additional, original Greek-to-English translations and comprehensive study guides for the New and Old Testaments. She has also published numerous and unique Biblical research articles on various topics. Maura continues her diligent research of the Critical Greek Texts and Papyri. Her publications include: True Bible Study - Adam and Eve Genesis 1-5 Noah and the Flood Genesis 6-11 Abraham Genesis 12-25 Isaac and Jacob/Israel Genesis 26-36 Joseph and Judah Genesis 37-50 Moses leaving Egypt Exodus 1-14 Moses and the Law Exodus 15-23 Moses and the Holy Tent Exodus 24-40 Joshua enters the Promised Land Joshua 1-12 Joshua and Israel's Inheritance Joshua 13-24 Deborah, Gideon, Samson Book of Judges Ruth and God's blessings Book of Ruth Samuel and Saul First Samuel 1-15 Saul and David First Samuel 16-31 King David Second Samuel 1-24 Psalms 1-41 Psalms 42-72 Psalms 73-89 Psalms 90-106 Psalms 107-150 Esther and Mordechai Book of Esther Rebuilding the House of God Book of Ezra Rebuilding Jerusalem Book of Nehemiah Jonah and the Sign Matthew Mark Luke John Acts of the Apostles Romans I Corinthians II Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians and Philemon I and II Thessalonians I and II Timothy and Titus Hebrews James and Jude I and II Peter I, II, and III John Revelation of Jesus Christ Life, Death, and Resurrection Quantum spirit Christian, son of God

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    True Bible Study - Joseph and Judah Genesis 37-50 - Maura K. Hill

    Preface

    The Book of Genesis chapters 37 – 50 provides information about the following:

    Generations of Jacob

    Joseph dreams in Canaan

    Judah, Thamar, and Phares

    Joseph in Egypt and the Lord is with him

    Joseph interprets dreams in prison

    Pharaoh makes Joseph a ruler in Egypt

    Joseph’s brothers go to Egypt

    Joseph reveals who he is to his brothers

    Israel and his sons arrive in Goshen, Egypt

    Prospering in Egypt

    Israel blesses Joseph and his 2 sons

    Israel prophesies to his 12 sons

    Jacob/Israel dies and is buried in Canaan

    Joseph dies in Egypt

    The sons of Israel stay in Egypt

    This book includes verses translated from the Greek old covenant writing, sometimes referred to as the Septuagint. The Septuagint (also identified as: LXX) is a translation of the old Hebrew texts along with the spoken language; it was made by approximately seventy scholars in Alexandria, Egypt, during the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus from about 285 to 247 B.C. Some comparisons to the traditional Masoretic Hebrew text (after 1 A.D.) are also provided in this book.

    Please feel free to contact me if you would like to discuss or comment on this Word Translation and Study via the Contact link on https://www.TrueBibleStudy.com.

    Thanks to God for His love and grace.

    Maura K. Hill

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    Relevant Notes

    Unless otherwise stated , all scriptures are quoted from the following:

    The True Bible Study Word Translation (TBS)

    Genesis chapters 37 – 50 are translated from the Greek old covenant writing (Septuagint) by Maura K. Hill.

    The various resources and reference materials are listed at https://www.truebiblestudy.com/bible-materials.

    In the TBS Word Translation and Study:

    Words in a parenthesis () and italicized within a scripture verse are words inserted to help our English understanding of those words which are translated from Greek words.

    Words in a parenthesis () in the study of the scripture verse are words of explanation regarding the words prior to the parenthesis.

    Additional explanatory insertions within a scripture verse are enclosed in square brackets [] and italicized.

    Additional explanatory notes in the study of a scripture verse are enclosed in square brackets [] and are usually in relation to the Greek or Hebrew texts.

    A slash in the study of a scripture verse, such as: him/her, indicates an alternative word depending on the context.

    A dash, such as: go there – to Jerusalem, indicates that a certain word or phrase is particularly important or deserving of extra emphasis.

    Hyphenated words, such as: used-to-go, indicates that there is only one corresponding word in the Greek text.

    Non-English words are printed with English letters.

    I use an initial capital letter for all occurrences of the words Lord and Master when referring to either God or the Lord Jesus Christ due to my respect for them, therefore the reader will need to carefully consider the context of each particular usage to understand to whom that usage refers.

    Where the word spirit refers to God, I use an initial capital or upper-case S - Spirit. But when the word spirit refers to the gift of holy spirit, etc, I use a small or lower-case s - spirit.

    Underlined text is used for the English word but when translated from the Greek word alla to show that it implies a strong contrast to that-which has just previously been stated, and/or to strengthen a command.

    Underlined text is used for the singular form of the word you to distinguish it from the plural form of the word you which is not underlined.

    Underlined text is also used for emphasis.

    In order to communicate the fullness of the emphasis when the Greek definite article is repeated both with the noun and its adjective - for example: I Corinthians 15:4 the Greek is te hemera te trite, which literally means the day the third – I translate it as "the day, the third (day)."

    Verbs in the imperfect tense are translated with the words used-to and then the meaning of the verb.

    For example: used-to teach indicates that the one teaching spent time teaching, his action of teaching continued during a past time that is now finished for some reason, not that it was a quick one-time occurrence. The one teaching taught others taking time to teach, and he may have repeated his teaching at different times and in different ways. This tense is also used to historically describe past events relating what happened.

    Verbs in the perfect tense are translated from Greek with a superscript number 2 immediately following the verb - for example: it was written².

    This tense indicates an action done during a past time and which has a present continuing result, meaning it is still the same at the time the verb was spoken or written. Therefore, this example could be translated as: it was written and continues written.

    The noun love¹ or the verb to love¹ comes from the Greek word agape which is God’s kind of love.

    When the Biblical writers wrote, there were no punctuation marks, no chapter or verse divisions indicated, etc, as we see them today in many of our English Bible translations and versions. Therefore we must read the whole context of each particular passage of Scripture for thought-content to more clearly understand the truth of what has been written.

    Also, the original language was not English, and therefore when I may write that the writer said or wrote such and such, please understand that the writer actually spoke and wrote in the original language the equivalent to that-which I state in the English language to the best of my knowledge.

    I recommend that while reading this book, you also have your usual Bible and Biblical study materials open, so as to compare verses and gain greater understanding of the truth of God’s Word.

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    Introduction to Joseph and Judah, Genesis 37 – 50

    Joseph and Judah were two of the twelve sons of Jacob/Israel.

    Joseph was 17 years old when he first dreamed dreams revealed to him by God. However, his brothers became jealous against him and sold him to people who took him to Egypt where he became a servant. The Lord was with Joseph during that time and eventually Pharaoh made him a ruler in Egypt.

    When there was a bad famine in Canaan, the eleven brothers traveled to Egypt where Joseph revealed who he was to them. Jacob/Israel and all of his family moved to Goshen in Egypt where they prospered for many years.

    Joseph’s sons received the blessing of the firstborn-rights from Jacob/Israel.

    Genesis chapter 38 records the events surrounding the birth of Judah’s son Phares. The genealogy of the Christ includes Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah, and Phares (refer to Matthew 1:1-3; Luke 3:33-38).

    After Joseph’s death, the sons of Israel were waiting for the time when they could move themselves, with their household belongings and Joseph’s bones, back to Canaan.

    Mankind continued to wait for the promised seed, the Christ, who was first promised by God in Genesis 3:15.

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    Generations of Jacob

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    Genesis 37

    Jacob and Joseph who has dreams

    Jacob was a son of Isaac and Rebecca. He received God’s blessing, covenant, and promises from Isaac because he was the son with the firstborn-rights and the genealogy of the Christ includes Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (refer to Genesis 3:15; Matthew 1:1 and 2; Luke 3:34).

    Twelve sons and one daughter were born to Jacob by his two wives (Leah and Rachel) and his two concubines (Bilhah and Zilpah). Genesis chapter 37 continues from Genesis 35:22-27 regarding Jacob and his children.

    Genesis 37:1-4:

    ³⁷:¹But Jacob used-to dwell-down in the earth where his father sojourned in (the) earth of Canaan; .2and these (are) the geneses of Jacob:

    Joseph ten seven years used-to-be shepherding the sheep, being new with his brothers, with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah, the women of his father; but Joseph carried-down an evil fault towards Israel their father.

    .3But Jacob used-to-love¹ Joseph beside all his sons because he used-to-be to him a son of old-age, and he made for him a variegated inner-garment; .4but his brothers, having seen that the father loved him from all of his sons, hated him and they used-to not be-able to utter-forth to him nothing peaceful.

    During that past time, historically, Jacob was continuing to dwell-down (permanently dwell, settle-down, fixedly house or inhabit) in the earth (land, ground) where his father sojourned (at the location that Isaac housed or dwelt as a temporary resident, as a settler beside or near the family but not having the citizenship rights as the true dwellers) in the earth of Canaan.

    These are the geneses of Jacob (his origin, source, genealogical background of lineage, race, kind, descent, and continuing with details about the events during his lifetime [in the Hebrew language the word genesis is always in the plural form]):

    When Joseph was seventeen years (17 years old [the Hebrew text includes the word son – he was a son 17 years])

    during that past time he was continuing repeatedly to shepherd the sheep (to take-care of and protect the male and female sheep, he exercised the whole office of a shepherd which involved not only feeding the flock with food, but also leading and guiding and guarding, etc),

    being new (in the sense of newly serving and being young, a youth)

    in company and association with his brothers (in this context referring to his half-brothers because Joseph was Rachel’s son),

    specifically with the sons of Bilhah (or Balla, her sons were Dan and Naphtali) and with the sons of Zilpah (or Zelpha, her sons were Gad and Asher) who were his father’s women (the word translated women can also be translated wives depending on the context – here Bilhah and Zilpah were with Jacob not as his wives but as his concubines);

    but Joseph carried (he caused to bear, bring) down from their location with the sheep

    an evil fault (a wrongdoing by them that was active with malignancy, exercising badness)

    towards Israel their father [the Hebrew text omits the name Israel].

    It is significant that Joseph carried-down an evil fault regarding these 4 half-brothers towards Israel (not Jacob).

    Verse 2 calls Jacob by the name Jacob and by the name Israel. The name Jacob identifies him as the one taking hold on another’s heel, a supplanter or contender, his actions via the natural category; it emphasizes that he is a member of mankind in the physical fleshy category. The primary meaning of the name Israel is that he is strong with God, striving or wrestling to receive God’s blessings, accomplishing God’s goals by doing God’s intention, being a prince of/for God by allowing God to be his guide via God’s spirit realm, whereby God commands, rules, and has authority over him – when he is Israel then also he is able with men. If/when he is strong with God via the spirit category then he is called by the name Israel.

    Verse 3 records that during that past time, historically, Jacob [the Hebrew text has Israel instead of Jacob] was continuing to love¹ Joseph (he Godly-loved him [the verb loved¹ comes from the Greek word agape which is God’s kind of love])...

    beside all his sons (alongside, by the side of every one of his sons; Jacob Godly-loved all of his sons and they could see him evidence it towards Joseph)

    because Joseph was to/for Jacob a son of old-age (the first son born by Rachel his wife when Jacob had become old, in the state of being old),

    and he made for him a variegated inner-garment (a tunic worn next to his body which had manifold or various colors [the Hebrew text has flat instead of variegated referring to the garment being long and long-sleeved as a robe reaching the palms of his hands and soles of his feet which may or may-not be worn with other clothing inside of it, plus it may indeed have been made using various types of material as linen or animal skins giving it the different colors]; this garment was distinct to indicate or signify Joseph’s status and authority since such a garment was usually worn by the leader or the eldest son identifying him as the heir);

    ...but Joseph’s brothers, after they saw (perceived) that the father loved him (this is the brotherly or friendly kind of love, the expressed love that close family members or friends evidence towards each other) from all of his sons (as selecting him from among them), hated him (they had active ill-will or intense-dislike towards him) and during that past time they were continuing not to be able to utter-forth (to have the ability, to be capable of being in the state of speaking) to him nothing peaceful (not one thing in a peaceful manner, peaceable).

    Love

    The word love¹ or the verb to love¹ comes from the Greek word agape which is God’s kind of love. To love with His love means to love the same way as God loves, to manifest God’s love towards another, whether it is towards God Himself or towards anyone else.

    Before the day of Pentecost (which is recorded in Acts 2:1-4), God told His people how to Godly-love in His revealed spoken and/or written words (and at times certain individuals among His people received holy spirit from God temporarily whereby they received information from Him regarding how to love in different specific situations).

    [Reference: Genesis 3:21, 12:1-5, 15:19, 17:1-21, 25:31-34, 27:15 and 27-29, 30:3-13 and 22-24, 35:22-27. Also refer to the article: Love in I Corinthians 13 (https://www.truebiblestudy.com/bible-materials).]

    Verses 5-11:

    .5But Joseph, having dreamed a dream, announced it to his brothers, .6and he said to them, "You must hear this dream which I dreamed: .7I used-to-suppose us to bind sheaves in (the) midst of the field and my sheaf stood-up and it was caused-to-be-upright, but having been turned-around your sheaves worshipped my sheaf."

    .8But the brothers said to him, Not reigning-as-king you will reign-as-king on us or lording you will lord us! And they added yet to hate him by-reason-of his dreams and by-reason-of his spoken-matters.

    .9But he saw a different dream and he told it to his father and his brothers, and he said, Look!, I dreamed a different dream wholly-as the sun and the moon and eleven stars used-to-worship me.

    .10And his father censured him and said to him, "What (is) this dream which you dreamed – consequently indeed having come we will come, both I and your mother and your brothers, to worship you on the earth?"

    .11But his brothers were jealous-against him but his father throughly-kept the spoken-matter.

    After Joseph dreamed a dream (the repetition of the same root-word for the verb and noun gives emphasis – definitely he saw things during sleep, information was communicated to him via a specific significant dream; in this context the dream was given to him from God, as explained in the following verses), he announced it to his brothers (he caused the action of messaging, reporting, relating it to them [the Hebrew text includes: and they added yet to hate him]), and he said to them...

    "You must hear this dream (it is imperative that all of you listen to me telling you about the specific dream) which I dreamed (as verse 5 above):

    I was supposing (presuming, suspecting during this dream [the Hebrew text has ‘look!’ instead of ‘I used-to-suppose’]) that we were binding sheaves (in the state of fastening, tying handfuls of stalks with their heads or ears of grain at one end of the bundle) in the midst of the field (the middle of the open countryside or a specific portion of land as the plain, level, flat land used for tillage or pasture)

    and emphatically my sheaf (mine) stood-up (got up from its lying-down position) and it was caused-to-be-upright (straight, erect),

    but after your sheaves were turned-around (caused to change direction to be in a circle facing the center, as surrounding what was located in the middle of them)

    they worshipped emphatically my sheaf (they paid homage to mine, they were obeisant towards mine – not as though they thought that my sheaf was the Lord God but to demonstrate their reverence for mine, recognizing mine as their superior regarding this situation, by lowering themselves down, bowing towards the ground)."

    But his brothers said to him, Not reigning-as-king you will reign-as-king on us (the repetition of the same root-word for the verb and noun gives emphasis – definitely you will not exercise your kingship, you will not be the royal ruler relating down on/over us being part of your dominion) or lording you will lord us (definitely you will not be the master of us, you will not have lordship, exercise your dominion and authority over us, lord-it-over us [the Hebrew text has the verb ‘rule’ instead of ‘lord’])! If this sentence was a question then their expected answer from Joseph to them would be: No.

    And his brothers added yet (caused to put or place in addition to what they already had) to hate him (to have active ill-will or intense-dislike towards him, as verse 4 above) by-reason-of his dreams and by-reason-of his spoken-matters (for the sake of the portions of what he said to them containing the specific discourse necessary for the particular situation or circumstance).

    But Joseph saw a different dream (he perceived information of a different kind/sort during sleep [the Hebrew text has he dreamed yet instead of he saw]) and he told it (he caused the state of narrating it, he went through it, he related it in detail) to his father (Jacob [the Hebrew text omits his father and in this verse but includes and he told to his father and his brothers in verse 10]) and his brothers, and he said...

    "Look (behold, see - in the sense of calling attention - pay attention, take notice)!, I dreamed a different dream

    wholly-as (entirely as, fully in comparison to the way that)

    the sun and the moon and eleven stars were continuing to worship me (as verse 7 above)."

    And his father censured him (Jacob inflicted penalty or infringement, he reprimanded, he judged by estimating the correct honor or value due in this situation) and said to him...

    "What is the meaning of this dream which you dreamed –

    consequently indeed (emphatically, surely in correspondence to what you said)

    after we come (go towards you)

    we will come, both I and your mother and your brothers (represented by the sun and moon and 11 stars in the dream),

    to worship you (as verse 5 above)

    on the earth (land, ground)?"

    No response is given by Joseph to Jacob as to the meaning of this dream since at that time he did not understand it either but he only knew what he dreamed.

    The dream seemed to represent what Jacob said in his censure to Joseph but Jacob was asking for clarification because Rachel who was Joseph’s mother had already died (refer to Genesis 35:19) – she remained dead and would not be made alive again until the time of resurrection.

    Joseph’s dreams would come to pass during their lifetime; Jacob his father and his mother Rachel’s offsprings (the moon did not represent Rachel herself but it represented her offsprings; refer to Genesis 46:19-22) and his 11 brothers would worship Joseph in Egypt.

    Verse 11 records that Joseph’s 11 brothers were jealous-against him (they were in the state of being zealous having a boiling or vehement passion in the bad sense and therefore they were very-much against him) but his father throughly-kept the spoken-matter (Jacob thoroughly kept an eye on, watched carefully, was observant to keep the saying or portion of the whole of God’s Word via Joseph’s dream, containing the specific discourse necessary for this particular situation or circumstance).

    [Reference: Genesis 35:19, 46:8-27. Also refer to the article: Hope and Resurrection (https://www.truebiblestudy.com/bible-materials).]

    Verses 12-17:

    .12But his brothers journeyed to feed the sheep of their father into Shechem; .13and Israel said towards Joseph, "Your brothers shepherd in Shechem, don’t they? – (yes) – come-this-way, let me apostle you towards them. And he said to him, Look!, I (am here). .14And Israel said to him, Having journeyed

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