Joseph had
his wishes raised and then apparently destroyed many times. He still recognized
that God was working. He gets married to the daughter of the Pharaoh and has
two sons Manasseh-God causes to overlook and Ephraim means productivity, In
core, forgetfulness of the bad and fruitfulness.
Regional
abundance and regional scarcity-7 years of abundance-Each year there is more
and more. They have so much food and grain that they stop counting. Seven years
of famine-Joseph is about 40 years old. Each year the food crisis gets worse
and worse. Joseph brings in the storehouses. Now he is praised by the people
too.