Genesis 41:1-3 CSB – He was standing beside the Nile, 2 when seven healthy-looking, well-fed cows came up from the Nile and began to graze among the reeds. 3 After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside those cows along the bank of the Nile. The sickly, thin cows ate the healthy, well-fed cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.
Genesis 41:5-7 CSB – He fell asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and good, came up on one stalk. 6 After them, seven heads of grain, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up. 7 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, full ones. Then Pharaoh woke up, and it was only a dream.
Genesis 41:9-13 CSB – Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I remember my faults. 10 Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guards. 11 He and I had dreams on the same night; each dream had its own meaning. 12 Now a young Hebrew, a slave of the captain of the guards, was with us there. We told him our dreams, he interpreted our dreams for us, and each had its own interpretation. 13 It turned out just the way he interpreted them to us: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”
Genesis 41:14 CSB – Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and they quickly brought him from the dungeon. He shaved, changed his clothes, and went to Pharaoh.
Genesis 41:15 CSB – Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said about you that you can hear a dream and interpret it.”
Genesis 41:16 CSB – “I am not able to,” Joseph answered Pharaoh. “It is God who will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.”
Genesis 41:25-30 CSB – Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Pharaoh’s dreams mean the same thing. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.
Genesis 41:33-36 CSB – …let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt. 34 …. Let him appoint overseers over the land and take a fifth of the harvest of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.
35 Let them gather all the excess food during these good years that are coming. Under Pharaoh’s authority, store the grain in the cities, so they may preserve it as food.
36 The food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine that will take place in the land of Egypt. Then the country will not be wiped out by the famine.”
Genesis 41:37-39 CSB – The proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants, 38 and he said to them, “Can we find anyone like this, a man who has God’s spirit in him?”
39 So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you are.
Psalms 75:7 CSB – God is the Judge: He brings down one and exalts another.
1 Peter 5:6 CSB – Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the proper time,
Genesis 41:40-41 CSB – You will be over my house, and all my people will obey your commands. Only I, as king, will be greater than you. 41 …. “See, I am placing you over all the land of Egypt.”
Luke 16:10 CSB – Whoever is faithful in very little is also faithful in much, and whoever is unrighteous in very little is also unrighteous in much.
Genesis 41:41 CSB – Pharaoh also said to Joseph, “See, I am placing you over all the land of Egypt.”
Genesis 41:42 CSB – Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand, clothed him with fine linen garments, and placed a gold chain around his neck.
Matthew 19:28 CSB – Jesus said, everyone who has left houses… or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times more and will inherit eternal life.
Genesis 41:43 CSB – He had Joseph ride in his second chariot, and servants called out before him, “Make way!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.
Psalm 90:15 CSB – Make us rejoice for as many days as you have humbled us,
for as many years as we have seen adversity.
Genesis 41:45 CSB – Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah
Romans 6:4 CSB – we were buried with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in newness of life
Handling Success: How Did Joseph Keep His Equilibrium Despite the Weight of Success/Power/Prosperity?
Handle Success: It’s not about me. It’s about God.
Handle Success: It’s not about me. It’s about serving God & people every day
Genesis 41:46-49 CSB – Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.
47 During the seven years of abundance the land produced outstanding harvests. 48 Joseph gathered all the excess food in the land of Egypt during the seven years and put it in the cities. He put the food in every city from the fields around it.
Colossians 3:23-24 CSB – Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as something done for the Lord and not for people, 24 knowing that you will receive the reward of an inheritance from the Lord. You serve the Lord Christ.
All work is a holy calling if done for the Lord and to help others
Handle Success: It’s not about me. It’s about honoring God w/ my family
Genesis 41:45 CSB – Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah and gave him a wife, Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest at On.
Genesis 41:50-52 CSB – Two sons were born to Joseph ….51 Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh and said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and my whole family.” 52 And the second son he named Ephraim and said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
Handle Success: It’s not about me. It’s about honoring God boldly
Genesis 41:50-51 CSB – Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh and said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and my whole family.” 52 And the second son he named Ephraim and said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
Deuteronomy 8:10 CSB – people of Israel on edge of Promised Land
10 When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the LORD your God for the good land he has given you. 11 Be careful that you do not forget the LORD your God, failing to observe his commands…
. 17 You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” 18 But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth,…
1 Timothy 6:17-19 CSB – Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy. 18 Instruct them to do what is good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and willing to share, 19 storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of what is truly life.
