Joseph's Coat

Above is the entire Psalm 124 and illustration of Joseph's brothers dipping his coat into ram's blood. The ram is used in the scriptures to depict a "scapegoat"

Description of Illustration: Joseph's Coat, Joseph's brothers, the bloody ram, deception, prophecy, foreshadowing of things to come, tribes of Israel, alone in the desert, saved for a journey to Egypt, God was always with him

In the Bible, a scapegoat is an animal which is ritually burdened with the sins of others then driven away. The concept first appears in Leviticus, in which a goat is designated to be cast into the desert to carry away the sins of the community.

And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats: one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for Azazel.— Leviticus 16:8, Jewish Publication Society (1917)

"And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats,
and dipped the coat in the blood;" Genesis 37:31 (KJV)

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Genesis 41:38

Description of Illustration: Vintage illustrations on the Life of Joseph can be given new life with color and scripture. Here is Pharoah speaking with his court about the dream interpretations of Joseph, "Can we find a man like this, in whom is the Spirit of God?" Genisis 41:38

The Pharaoh of Joseph's time considered himself a "political god" similar to those ideas of the Roman Caesars. He did not put himself above the idea that there might in fact be an actual God of all in heaven. Pharaoh's after him, however, became "drunk with power" and believed it unnecessary to answer to a supreme Being. This led to the demise of the kingdom of Egypt as it always does throughout human history both in biblical times and even now. God gives each ruler time to discover the true and only God, and then change the way they rule over people. However, if that ruler does not grow and he also begins to persecute the faithful, his kingdom will fall.

• To whom do the kingdoms of the world belong to?  
• Are all rulers God-appointed? Romans 13 and John 19
• Why does God allow evil men like Hitler and Saddam to come into power?
• Does God Select Kings?
• A Kingdom Not of This World

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The Pharoah of Joseph's time was kind and learned to trust in the mercies of Jehovah.

Comes in three four colors: mauve, blue, tan and grey.

Genesis 40:8

mauve version

Description of Illustration: A medallion shaped graphic of Art Nouveau flora and birds in a wide variety of colors, I made these to blend in with the vintage illustrations on the Life of Joseph. However, these would blend well with any web pages with similar colors, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams." Genisis 40:8

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dusty blue version

grey version

tan version

Potiphar's wife

Description of Photograph: Potiphar's wife from an old silent film, she comes in: mauve, a dusty blue, tan and grey, scripture "Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph's care; with Joseph in charge, he did not concern himself with anything, except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome and after a while his master's wife took notice of Joseph and said, "Come to bed with me!" Genesis 39: 6-7 (NIV)

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Joseph's Dream

The illustration without scripture.

Description of Illustration: Black and white illustration of Joseph dreaming of the sheaves of wheat bowing down to him by Kathy Grimm. The Book of Genesis tells that Joseph was the 11th of Jacob's 12 sons and Rachel's firstborn, and tells how Joseph came to be sold into slavery by his jealous brothers, and rose to become vizier: the second most powerful man in Egypt next to Pharaoh. When famine struck Canaan, Jacob (Joseph's father) and Joseph's brothers came to the Land of Goshen in Egypt. According to the book of Jubilees, Joseph was born on 1 Tammuz. Read more . . .

"There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the field. Suddenly
 my sheaf stood up, and your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down
 to my sheaf."" read more from the Holman Christian Standard Bible

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