was foreknown; and when at length He is acknowledged King, it will be found that He is

Saviour as well.

It is also surely not an accident that it is one named Judah (Judas in Greek) who

suggested selling Joseph for twenty pieces of silver, while Judas sold Christ for thirty

pieces of silver. It was the father who sent his beloved son Joseph to his brethren, the

latter saying "Come now, therefore, and let us slay him". It was the Father Who sent His

well beloved Son to His brethren in the flesh: these received Him not, but rather said,

"This is the heir; come, let us kill Him".

We learn from the last verse of Gen. 37: that Joseph was sold to Potiphar; and

then, before we are told anything further, a part of the life of Judah is interjected, the

theme of Joseph at Potiphar's house being resumed in chapter 39:  Judah falls into

temptation, and the signet, bracelets and staff which he left behind are a witness against

him. Joseph stands firm under a similar temptation; and the garment which he left

behind, though used against him falsely, was a witness really of his integrity. Joseph

stands where Judah falls; how this is repeated in the temptation of Christ is recorded in

Matt. 4: Those three temptations in the wilderness have their parallels in the wilderness

wanderings of Israel, the three quotations used by Christ being from the book of

The pathway to glory for Joseph was via prison and shame. It was so with his blessed

Antitype too, Who declared that He must needs have suffered these things and to have

entered into His glory. When Joseph was in the house of Potiphar, we read, "The Lord

was with Joseph" (Gen. 39: 2). This is repeated when Joseph was cast into prison

(verse 21). This must have been the great sustaining fact upon which Joseph leaned

during his severe trial (Psa. 105: 19). It was the consciousness too, of the Father's

nearness that was the great joy of Christ during His earthly ministry.

We conclude this section with the quaint rendering of an early English version:

Joseph sets before us in his remarkable career a clear type of that feature which is so

prophetic of Christ--:the sufferings and the glory that should follow".

The first half of the story leaves Joseph in the lowest depths; but we shall not leave

the study of his typical career until we see him seated at the right hand of Majesty. The

dreams of Joseph led to his exile; the dreams of Pharaoh led to Joseph's exaltation.

Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah.  The A.V. gives a possible

meaning in the margin by considering it a Coptic word, but more recent discovery in