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THEORY1a)Pharaoh’s DreamsWhen two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing by the Nile, when out of theriver there came up seven cows, sleek and fat, and they grazed among the reeds. After them, seven other cows, ugly and gaunt, came up out of the Nile and stood beside those on the riverbank. And the cows that were ugly and gaunt ate up the seven sleek, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.He fell asleep again and had a second dream: Seven heads of grain, healthy and good, were growing on a single stalk.After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—thin and scorched by the east wind. The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy, full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up; it had been a dream.In the morning his mind was troubled, so he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I am reminded of my shortcomings. Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he imprisoned me and the chief baker in the house of the captain of the guard. Each of us had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own. Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams, and he interpretedthem for us, giving each man the interpretation of his dream. And things turned out exactly as he interpreted them to us: I was restored to my position, and the other manwas impaled.”So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was quickly brought from the dungeon. When he had shaved and changed his clothes, he came before Pharaoh.Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”“I cannot do it,” Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.”Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile, when out of theriver there came up seven cows, fat and sleek, and they grazed among the reeds. After them, seven other cows came up—scrawny and very uglyand lean. I had never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt. The lean, ugly cows ate up the sevenfat cows that came up first. But even after they ate them, no one could tell that they had done so; theylooked just as ugly as before. Then I woke up.“In my dream I saw seven heads of grain, full and good, growing on a single stalk. After them, seven other heads sprouted—withered and thin and scorched by the east wind.The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads. I told this to the magicians, but none of them could explain it to me.”Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed toPharaoh what he is about to do. The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years; it is one and the same dream. The seven lean, ugly cows that came up afterward are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind: They are seven years of famine.“It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt,but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will ravage the land. The abundance in theland will not be remembered, because the famine that follows it will be so severe. The reason the dream was given to Pharaoh in two forms is that the matter has been firmly decided by God, and God will do it soon.“And now let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man and put him in charge of the land of Egypt. Let Pharaoh appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during theseven years of abundance.They should collect all the food of these good years that are coming and store up the grain under the authority of Pharaoh, to be kept in the cities for food. This food should be held in reserve for the country, to be used during the seven years of famine that will come upon Egypt, so that the country may not be ruined by the famine.”The plan seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his officials. So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God?”Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you,there is no one so discerning and wise as you.You shall be in charge of my palace, and all my people are to submit to your orders. Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you.”Joseph in Charge of EgyptSo Pharaoh said to Joseph,“I hereby put you in chargeof the whole land of Egypt.” Then Pharaoh tookhis signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph’s finger. He dressed him in robes of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck.He had him ride in a chariot as his second-in-command, and people shouted before him, “Makeway !” Thus he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt.Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, butwithout your word no one will lift hand or foot in all Egypt.” Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-Paneah and gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph went throughout the land of Egypt.Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout Egypt. During the seven years of abundance the land produced plentifully. Joseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in thecities. In each city he put the food grown in the fields surrounding it. Joseph stored up huge quantities of grain, like the sand of the sea; it was so much that he stopped keeping records because itwas beyond measure.Before the years of faminecame, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.Joseph named his firstborn Mana

(4a)
This story relates how Hosea has
three children, a son
called Jezreel, a daughter Lo-
Ruhamah and another son
Lo-Ammi. All the names are
described in the text as
having symbolic meaning,
reflecting the relationship
between God and Israel . Jezreel
is named after the valley
of that name . Lo-Ruhamah is
named to denote the ruined
condition of the kingdom of
Israel and Lo-Ammi is named
in token of God's rejection of his
people. Although the
latter two children are not
specifically said to be Hosea's,
James Mays says that this is
"hardly an implication" of
Gomer's adultery. In 3:1,
however, it says that she is
"loved by another man and is an
adulteress". Hosea
is told to buy her back, and he
does so for 15 shekels and
a quantity of barley. Exodus
21:32 establishes the value of
a maidservant at 30 shekels so
Gomer's value is
diminished. She is not mentioned
again in the book.
Some analysts, following Felix
Ernst Peiser, have
suggested that this marriage is
really a figurative or
prophetic reference to a union
between the " lost tribes of
Israel " with the people of Gomer,
following the Assyrian
deportation.
The relationship between Hosea
and Gomer has been
posited to be a parallel to the
relationship between God
and Israel. Even though Gomer
runs away from Hosea
and sleeps with another man, he
loves her anyway and
forgives her. Likewise, even
though the people of Israel
worshiped other gods, God
continued to love them and
did not abandon his covenant
with them.
According to Kirsten Abbott,
feminist interpretation
regards the story of Hosea and
his relations with his wife
Gomer as a metaphor for the
conflict between a Covenant
Theology (Israel violating the
covenant relationship with
YHWH) and a Creation Theology
(YHWH will undo the
fertility of the earth in response
to Israel following other
fertility gods ).
(4b)
I-Love
II-Faithfulness
III-Fidelity
IV-Endurance


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