Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Genesis)
我夜间的歌曲《创世记》
Text: Genesis 47: 15-17
MEDITATION
Genesis 47:15-17
15 So when the money failed in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence? For the money has failed.”
16 Then Joseph said, “Give your livestock, and I will give you bread for your livestock, if the money is gone.”
17 So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, the flocks, the cattle of the herds, and for the donkeys. Thus he fed them with bread in exchange for all their livestock that year.
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. No more money
a. This affected Egypt.
b. It also affected Canaan.
2. The Egyptians’ plea
a. They were in danger of dying from starvation.
b. But they had no money to purchase food.
c. Was there any solution?
3. Joseph’s answer
a. Barter trade.
b. The Egyptians had a lot of livestock.
i. Horses (Egypt was famous for its strong and swift horses.)
ii. Flocks (They had some. But shepherds were despised.)
iii. Cattle (This was more popular. Egypt had large herds of cattle.)
iv. Donkeys (These were beasts of burden. They were commonplace.)
c. They could exchange livestock for bread.
i. Their livestock enabled the Egyptians to have grain for a year.
ii. They had no other options available to them.
They chose life over livelihood. Wealth was out of sight at this point of time.
经文：创世记 47:15-17
沉思
《创世记 47：15-17》
15 埃及地和迦南地的银子都花尽了，埃及众人都来见约瑟，说：“我们的银子都用尽了，求你给我们粮食，我们为什么死在你面前呢？”
16 约瑟说：“若是银子用尽了，可以把你们的牲畜给我，我就为你们的牲畜给你们粮食。”17 于是他们把牲畜赶到约瑟那里，约瑟就拿粮食换了他们的牛、羊、驴、马。那一年因换他们一切的牲畜，就用粮食养活他们。