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4 lip 2020 · Joseph works in Potiphar's house but later jailed, Gen 39. Joseph interprets two dreams by the cupbearer and the baker, two years before Pharaoh's dreams, Gen 40, Gen 41:1. Therefore, Joseph is 28 years old. Joseph 30 at the time he enters Pharaoh's service, Gen 41:46.
Joseph was seventeen years old when his brothers sold him into slavery (Genesis 37:2). He then lived in Egypt for thirteen years, between his time serving Potiphar and his time in prison, and, at the age of thirty was released from prison and set over the land of Egypt (Genesis 41:46).
Genesis 41:46 says that Joseph was 30 years old when he entered Pharaoh’s service. As soon as he did so, the time of plenty predicted by Pharaoh’s dreams began. Genesis 41:47 and 53 tell us that 7 years of plenty came in Egypt, followed by famine.
Joseph was only 17 years old when his brothers sold him into slavery, and probably 39 when his family moved to Egypt. If, in his position as Pharaoh's right-hand man, he violated Egyptian custom to comply with the laws of Israel by wearing a beard, then there was very obvious reason for his brothers to not recognize him.
Joseph Sold into Slavery. 18 When Joseph’s brothers saw him coming, they recognized him in the distance. As he approached, they made plans to kill him. 19 “Here comes the dreamer!” they said. 20 “Come on, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns.
28 maj 2024 · When Joseph reported having dreams of his brothers, and even the stars and moon, bowing before him, their jealousy of Joseph grew into action. The brothers sold him into slavery to a traveling caravan of Ishmaelites who took him to Egypt and sold him to Potiphar, the captain of Pharaoh's guard.
Upon discovering his brothers some 20 years after selling him into slavery, Joseph conceals his identity and tests his family, locking up his brother Simeon until the rest of the brothers return with Benjamin (Genesis 42:33-34).
