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Speaker 1: gave him a dream that he had a glorious coat

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Speaker 1: Teach me to humble myself before you and yield to

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Speaker 1: and develop my gifts that bring honor to you and

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Speaker 2: Thank you for joining me for this continuing series of

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Speaker 2: podcasts Own the Life of Joseph. I'm ed young, your

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Speaker 2: host for this Heroes of the Bible study of this

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Speaker 2: extraordinary man of God. In our last episode, Joseph had

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Speaker 2: Joseph's life is about to experience a dramatic, unbelievable change.

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Speaker 2: In this episode, we'll discover that hunger plays an important

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Speaker 3: His voice was deep and resonating. It traveled to every

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Speaker 3: I, as your powerful and mighty ruler, hereby grant him all

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Speaker 3: Zaffenaf Panaia. Zaffenaf Panaia, Zaffenaf Panaia. Joseph looked at them

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Speaker 3: He had to act quickly. Joseph began immediately he gathered

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Speaker 2: Throughout their wilderness wonderings. God provided for his people time

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Speaker 2: through his years of unjust imprisonment. All of this, God

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Speaker 2: this new season of exaltation. Advancement. I'd like to picture

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Speaker 2: seven years of Plenty take place just as Joseph explained

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Speaker 2: they would. During these seven years, Joseph's skills are evident,

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Speaker 2: Joseph and his Egyptian wife have two sons, Manassah and Ephraim.

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Speaker 2: The names Joseph gives to his sons reveal how God's

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Speaker 2: faithfulness has brought Joseph Joe now through his years of

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Speaker 2: tell that God's beginning to awaken these earrant brothers, awaken

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Speaker 2: their consciousns to their guilt and their need for forgiveness

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Speaker 2: God is using their hunger as his first weapon to

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Speaker 2: Have you noticed that perhaps you've experienced this yourself, and

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Speaker 2: though from first hand experience the length to which our

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Speaker 2: Lord will go to draw us to himself, at least

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Speaker 2: to get our attention. Now join me for the next episode.

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Speaker 2: As the brothers, driven by hunger and the exhortation of

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Speaker 2: purchase Gray, we will learn what other means God will

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Speaker 2: Thank you for listening. I look forward to continuing our

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Speaker 2: how God fulfills the dreams that have sustained our God,

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