Table of Contents Part IV: Remarkable Biblical Confirmations Out
of the Promised Land and into From Joseph to Moses AND SO
Abraham passes into history. The biblical story leads naturally
on to events in the life of Isaac and Jacob, about whom
archaeology has very little to say. But when we come to Joseph
and find ourselves once more in the presence of the Pharaohs,
the light of archaeology begins to shine more brightly again.
Nevertheless, even here we do not have as much detailed
information about Egyptian history in Joseph's time as we do
about Babylonian history in Abraham's 1 of 17 Before discussing
the general topic of Joseph's life in Egypt, there is one point
of interest which may be worth mentioning with respect to
Genesis 37, in which Joseph shares a dream with his older
brethren. One cannot read this story without feeling that if
ever Joseph displayed a less pleasant side of his character, it
was in this instance. Everywhere else he seems to have been
blameless, but here we apparently meet with a mi