OT Characters: Joseph

<p>For more notes and resources check out Douglas' <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/ot13-josephmp3/">website</a>.</p><p><strong>Hebrew words:</strong></p><ul><li><i>Yosef </i>(Joseph, pronounced "yo-SAFE") -- may He add / increase</li><li><i>Ketoneth passim --</i> special tunic (outer garment), in Genesis 37:3</li><li>Ha'arets (pronounced hah-AR-ets) -- the earth / land, as in Genesis 41:57.</li></ul><p><strong>Further study:</strong></p><ul><li>Passages the podcast covered or referred to:<ul><li>Genesis 11:27ff (Abraham cycle), 25:19ff (Isaac cycle), 37:2ff (Jacob cycle -- which focuses on Joseph)</li><li>Numbers 12, Acts 2 -- dreams/visions. This has nothing to do with self-fulfillment, as in the "American dream." Hebrews 11 in fact emphasizes the opposite. <i>Faithfulness </i>is the focus, not fulfillment.</li><li>2 Samuel 13:18 illuminates Genesis 37:3 -- the special robe was probably a long-sleeved garment, suitable for those privileged not to be involved in manual labor.</li><li>Genesis 48:12 -- Joseph is the one who will bow before his father, not his father before him (as in 37:10). Moreover, his mother, by the time the family came to Egypt, had died. So his dreams are partially accurate. For a NT parallel, see the vision of Agabus concerning Paul's arrest. The vision of Acts 21:11 is only partially accurate. He was bound, but not with his own belt; and he was handed over, but to the Gentiles, not the Jews.</li><li>Genesis 37:3, 41:57, 42:21-22, 39:6 (see parallel in 29:17), 45:1-15, 50:14-26.</li><li>The theme of deception and non-recognition is also very common throughout Genesis (ch. 12, 18, 19, 20, 27, 38, etc).</li></ul></li><li>Messianic parallels:<ol><li>Both Joseph and Jesus were shepherds -- Joseph literally, and Jesus the "Good Shepherd."</li><li>Both were rescued from death and taken into Egypt.</li><li>Both lived the lives of servants.</li><li>Both began their public ministries at about the age of 30. (And both spend about 20 years in relative obscurity before this time.)</li><li>Both re