1) Yosef had been in prison in Egypt for 12 years and was now in a position of power, interpreting dreams for Pharaoh. 2) Pharaoh had dreams of 7 fat cows being eaten by 7 thin cows, and of full ears of corn being eaten by thin ears, which Yosef interpreted as 7 years of plenty followed by 7 years of famine. 3) Yosef's brothers came to Egypt to buy food during the famine and did not recognize Yosef, who accused them of being spies before revealing his identity to them.

1. Parshat Miketz
By: Nate D. ‘18

2. Yosef was about 30 years old and had been in prison for
twelve years. His father, Yaakov, was 120. (Yitzchak who
died at this time was about 180)

3. Two Years Later Pharaoh Had A Dream
He dreamt that there were He then had another
7 big cows in a field. dream that had 7 luscious
ears of corn.
Then 7 scrawny cows came Then 7 bad ears of corn
and ate the bigger cows. ate the luscious ones.

4. Pharaoh wanted someone to interpret his dreams so he went in
search of all the wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh’s cupbearer
remembered Yosef’s successful dream interpretations in prison.
Pharaoh called upon Yosef to interpret his dreams.
Hey Yosef
wanna
interpret my
dreams?

5. Yosef said The 2 Dreams Were 1.
The big cows meant that there would be seven years of a
plentiful supply of food in Egypt.
The skinny cows meant that there would be seven years of
famine in Egypt.
Yosef recommended that Pharaoh store up during the seven
years of plenty.

6. Pharaoh realized Yosef’s great wisdom
and placed him in charge of Egypt.

7. Yosef put a tax on the people for
them to pay 20% of the grain instead
of the usual price 10%.

8. For the next seven years, Yosef
collected enough grain not just to
feed all of Egypt but also for
surrounding areas and countries.

9. Yosef then had two sons.
Ephraim
Menashe

10. The famine hit hard everywhere, so
everyone had to come to Egypt to buy
bread.

11. In Israel, Yaakov heard that there was food in
Egypt, so he sent his sons to get some.
He sent all ten brothers because there was a law
that you can only take what's needed for one
household.
He didn’t send Binyamin because he was afraid
something bad would happen to him. What’s
That?
Food?

12. The brothers entered through ten different
gates, because they knew the people they
sold Yosef to were there.
When the brothers saw Yosef, they bowed
to him.
Yosef quickly recognized his brothers.
Those are my
brothers

13. Yosef accused his brothers of being spies.
The brothers said they were not spies,
and at length explained that they were
there just to buy food. They told Yosef that
Yaakov was back home waiting for them.
Ralbag: Yosef sneakily got
his brothers to mention that
there was another brother
with Yaakov to take care of
him. His purpose was to
make sure they hadn’t done
away with Binyamin as well.

14. To prove themselves, Yosef told the
brothers they had to leave a brother
behind in prison and go fetch Binyamin.

15. Yosef overheard his brothers
speaking of their guilt at what they
did to Yosef and Yosef cried.
And then put Shimon in prison.
Yosef had them sent back
home with food for the
journey and he also secretly
packed money in their bags.

16. When they saw the money they panicked.
When Yaakov heard what happened he was terribly distressed.

17. Yaakov was afraid to send Binyamin
because he feared he would go missing
too.
But the famine got worse, so Yehuda
guaranteed Binyamin's safety.
MISSING
Yosef and Binyamin
Reward

18. When the brothers arrived in Egypt with
Binyamin, Yosef sent Shimon to be with
them, and planned for them to have a
feast with him.
Binyamin’s portion of the meal was larger
then the other brothers’ portions.
Binyamin Other Bro’s

19. When they finished eating, Yosef told his
men to place a silver goblet in Binyamin’s
bag!
The brothers continued their journey
home. Yosef sent his men to overtake
them and accused them of being thieves.
THIEFS!

20. Yosef emptied the bags and found the
goblet in Binyamin’s bag. Yehuda begged
for him to take all the brothers as slaves,
not just Binyamin.
But Yosef sent them home and kept only
Binyamin.

21. MOOOOO!
The End
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