Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Genesis)
我夜间的歌曲《创世记》
Text: Genesis 41: 17-24
MEDITATION
Genesis 41:17-24
17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “Behold, in my dream I stood on the bank of the river.
18 Suddenly seven cows came up out of the river, fine looking and fat; and they fed in the meadow.
19 Then behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and gaunt, such ugliness as I have never seen in all the land of Egypt.
20 And the gaunt and ugly cows ate up the first seven, the fat cows.
21 When they had eaten them up, no one would have known that they had eaten them, for they were just as ugly as at the beginning. So I awoke.
22 Also I saw in my dream, and suddenly seven heads came up on one stalk, full and good.
23 Then behold, seven heads, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprang up after them.
24 And the thin heads devoured the seven good heads. So I told this to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. The two dreams of the Pharaoh
a. The first dream
i. There were seven fat cows feeding in the meadows.
ii. Seven poor and very ugly gaunt cows arose and ate up the seven fat cows.
iii. The seven thin cows should have been fat after eating the fat ones.
iv. But the seven thin cows remained thin and ugly.
v.Then Pharaoh awoke from this dream that came to him.
b. The second dream
i. There were seven heads from one stalk; full and good.
ii. Seven withered heads appeared, blighted by the dry east wind.
iii. The latter seven thin heads ate the seven fat ones.
2. Pharaoh’s problem
a. He had turned to his magicians and wise men.
b. But no one could come up with a suitable interpretation.
c. Pharaoh felt that these were not ordinary dreams. They were a divine omen!
经文：创世记 41：17-24
沉思
《创世记 41：17-24》
17 法老对约瑟说：“我梦见我站在河边，
18 有七只母牛从河里上来，又肥壮又美好，在芦荻中吃草。
19 随后又有七只母牛上来，又软弱又丑陋又干瘦，在埃及遍地我没有见过这样不好的。
20 这又干瘦又丑陋的母牛吃尽了那以先的七只肥母牛，
21 吃了以后却看不出是吃了，那丑陋的样子仍旧和先前一样。我就醒了。
22 我又梦见一棵麦子，长了七个穗子，又饱满又佳美。
23 随后又长了七个穗子，枯槁细弱，被东风吹焦了。24 这些细弱的穗子吞了那七个佳美的穗子。我将这梦告诉了术士，却没有人能给我解说。”