Old Testament Hero

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Anuradha Singh Theology Fall 2014 Old Testament Hero In the Old Testament there are two heroes that are an inspiration to most people, who are Abraham, Moses, Jacob, Joseph, and Jeremiah. The person I picked was Joseph. Joseph had different traits than the other heroes, which were, being faithful, interpretations of dreams, and being a leader throughout his time in Egypt. Joseph was faithful to not only God, but that he will soon return to his family and his father. With him putting his trust in God, Joseph was not treated as a normal slave. His interpretation of dreams caused him trouble but it also benefitted him when it came to the Pharaoh of Egypt. He used his interpretation of dreams to be some kind of leader in the Pharaoh’s kingdom. …show more content…

Joseph’s weakness is his pride from being able to interpret the dreams he has. The first dream Joseph had, he told his brothers that he would rule over them and the brothers would bow down to him. Of course this made the brothers jealous, but also made his brothers hate him more. Joseph didn’t have any qualms of making his brothers upset. The reason is because he knew/believed his dreams would come true, since God was by his side and showed him the way to interpret the dreams. In verse 9, Joseph has another dream of “the sun, the moon, and eleven stars bowing before him.” The sun represented his father, the moon represented his mother, and the eleven stars represented his eleven brothers. At this point, Joseph’s father, Jacob starts to question the dream that Joseph had. Jacob might have seen Joseph’s pride, but till Jacob pondered the dream, while his eleven sons became highly jealous. In the next verses, Joseph’s weakness brought him to the problems that would change his life. Joseph was thrown into a pit by his brothers and was then sold as a slave. Since his brothers couldn’t go back home without Joseph, they took the robe of many colors splattering sheep’s blood on it. When they took it back home, Jacob presumed his favorite son to be dead, while Joseph is taken to Egypt. This passage really describes the reason why Joseph had a weakness …show more content…

Which were seven years of great prosperity and seven years of famine that will spread all across the land. The pharaoh realized that God was with Joseph, so the Pharaoh put him in charge of gathering food and water, also with distributing it when the time came. Joseph had faith in God, so God was with them through the seven years of famine. Joseph had kids with an Egyptian woman, which he named after what God did for him. His leadership went on to make people happy due to his fairness and God’s presence. The faith in God helped Joseph and the people survive through the difficult times, while the interpretation of dreams made it easy for Joseph to have a good life without having to deal with what his brothers put him

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