Testing or Torture: Joseph’s Brothers in Egypt

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I don’t look sick, do I? The year was 2002, right before the health crash that landed me in bed for six months. Between 1997 – 2005, I endured a lot of medical testing. (CLICK HERE for more about my chronic illness battle.) At times, I questioned whether it should be called testing or torture. Were it not for believing my doctors …

Who Is Potiphera?

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Are Potiphar and POTIPHERA the same person? You might say, “Of course not!” But some scholars say Joseph’s Egyptian master–Potiphar–and his eventual father-in-law–POTIPHERA–might have been the same person. Perhaps their names were spelled differently in later translations. Nope. I don’t buy it. Especially when Genesis clearly states that Potiphar was captain of Pharaoh’s guard (39:1) and Potiphera was a priest in …

The ‘In Feast or Famine’ Characters You Know & Love

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In Feast or Famine (IFOF) is the second book in The Egyptian Chronicles (my Amazon aff link) and picks up Joseph’s story where we left off in Potiphar’s Wife. Many of your favorite characters will reappear in IFOF, the dramatic conclusion of Joseph’s story, where you’ll meet his wife, Asenath, a new character to cheer for, cry with, and love. Biblical Characters Returning: Joseph …

Joseph’s Dreams Meant Something–Do Ours?

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Do you dream? Perhaps a better question is, do you remember your dreams? As a freshmen in college, we’re all forced to write that horrendous research paper on whatever topic we choose, right? For some reason, I chose the stages of sleep for my research and became fascinated by it! I learned that dreaming is healthy! In fact, dreams are …

Dating Joseph In the Faiyum

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Though I’ve never actually SEEN Joseph, son of Jacob, after hearing his description from the Bible’s Book of Genesis, I would have gladly dated him. In the Faiyum. In the desert. In the rain forest. (I sound like a Dr. Seuss book.) Okay wait! When I titled this post Dating Joseph In the Faiyum, I really meant dating–as in placing him on …