On Sunday I briefly mentioned that Joseph was given a wife by Pharaoh. His wife’s name is Asenath and we are told that she was the daughter of an Egyptian priest. This detail about Joseph’s life has raised the question of whether or not Joseph sinned by marrying an Egyptian. So what is going on here? Well, there are a couple of things that we need to consider: 1. Joseph goes from being a Hebrew slave and prisoner to the #2 position in the Egyptian government in an i

On Sunday we looked at Joseph’s incident with Potiphar’s wife and how it led to Joseph being put in prison. As is often the case, the Bible compresses the timeline of Joseph’s life during this time. If we give a cursory reading of Genesis 39 - 41 it can appear that Joseph begins serving in Potiphar’s house for only a short time before being thrown in prison. Joseph then immediately is given the responsibility of running the prison shortly before he interprets the dreams of