Blessed are You, YHVH our Elohim, Creator of the universe, who desires covenantal intimacy with Your called-out ones – blessed are those whom You have called and given a heart that longs for and deeply desires Your covenantal life. Please, YHVH, our Elohim, sweeten the words of Your Torah in our hearts and in the hearts of Your people, the family of Israel. May we and our offspring and the offspring of Your people, the house of Jacob – all of us – know Your Name and study Your Torah to enable us to sincerely love one another and to love You above all. Please uncover our eyes and open our hearts that we may carefully examine and receive the marvels and mysteries of Your Torah. Blessed are You, YHVH, who has created and established Your covenant with the set apart ones of Israel – through Yahshua our Messiah - Amein.
הנמצא - (ha-nimtza)
is a key word because it shapes Pharaoh’s recognition of Joseph as uniquely
qualified. So, Pharaoh is not merely saying “Do we know someone like this?” but
“Can such a person even be found?” It expresses rarity and astonishment.
הנמצא - (ha-nimtza) is the central message of the Torah - Rom 10:4 For Messiah is the
goalb of the ‘Torah unto righteousness’ to everyone who believes. Footnote: bOr
end purpose; not termination.
Joseph
is a ‘’hidden’’ type of Messiah – Joseph’s Egyptian name, צָפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ (Tzafenat-Paʿneach / Zaphenath-paneah) in
Genesis 41:45 - צָפְנַת
means ‘’hidden/concealed things’’ from Hebrew word (צפון, “hidden, concealed”) and פַּעְנֵחַ - one who explains and
reveals mysteries.
1Ti
3:16 And, beyond all question, the mystery of reverence (deep respect) is
great – who was revealed in the flesh, declared right in Spirit, was seen by
messengers, was proclaimed among nations, was believed on in the world, was
taken up in esteem.
If we
truly seek to understand the nature of Yahshua, this Torah portion uncovers the
greatest mystery ever revealed to mankind – the Jewish Messiah – who is also
the Gentile’s Messiah.
Gen
41:38 And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Could we find(הנמצא) another like him, a man in
whom is the Spirit of Elohim?” (“Can such a person even be
found?”)
Gen
41:39 Then Pharaoh said to Yosěph, “Since Elohim has shown you all this,
there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
Gen
41:40 “Be over my house, you yourself, and at your mouth all my people
shall kiss – only in the throne I am greater than you.”
The term "kiss" (from the Hebrew word nashaq)
represents an ancient gesture of deep submission, respect, and allegiance to
authority, rather than physical affection.
Gen
41:41 And Pharaoh said to Yosěph, “See, I have set you over all the land
of Mitsrayim.”
Gen
41:42 And Pharaoh took his seal-ring off his hand and put it on
Yosěph’s hand. And he dressed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold
chain around his neck.
Psa
2:12 Kiss
the Chosen,(Son)b lest He be enraged, And you perish in the way, For soon His
wrath is to be kindled. Blessed are all those taking refuge in Him. Footnote:
bHebrew, Nashqu ḇar. Ḇar - Chosen in Hebrew but Son in Aramaic.
These
symbols also carry significant Messianic imagery. The ‘’ring’’ was like
a ‘’power of attorney’’ a power of attorney is
a legal document (signet ring) that gives one person the authority to make
decisions and act on behalf of ‘’Another Person’’.
Fine linen: The author of Genesis intentionally
uses the Egyptian word for fine linen. This exact same fabric is later
commanded by YHVH in the Book of Exodus for the garments of Aaron and the
Hebrew high priests to represent YHVH’s righteousness and perfection to both
Jew and Gentile.
Heb
7:14 For it is perfectly clear that our Master arose from Yehuḏah, a tribe about which Mosheh
never spoke of concerning priesthood,
Heb
7:15 and this is clearer still, if another priest arises in the likeness
of Malkitseḏeq,
Heb
7:16 who has become, not according to the torah of fleshly command, but
according to the power of an endless life,
Heb
7:17 for He does witness, “You are a priest forever according to the
order of Malkitseḏeq.” Psa_110:4.
Golden
chain: Joseph’s
gold chain was a heavy gold collar bestowed by an earthly ruler, giving him
authority over Egypt's storehouses to save people from physical starvation.
Yahshua’s authority is not delegated by a human pharaoh,
but by YHVH - Yahshua declared, "All authority has been given to Me in
heaven and on earth." (Matthew 28:18).
Gen
41:43 And he had him ride in the second chariot which he had. And they
cried out before him, “Bow the knee!” And he set him over all the land of
Mitsrayim.
Php
2:8 And having been found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself and
became obedient unto death, death even of a stake.
Php
2:9 Elohim, therefore, has highly exalted Him and given Him the Name
which is above every name,
Php
2:10 that at the Name of יהושע every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and
of those on earth, and of those under the earth,
Php
2:11 and every tongue should confess that יהושע Messiah is Master, to the
esteem of Elohim the Father. Isa_45:23
Gen
41:44 And Pharaoh said to Yosěph, “I am Pharaoh, and without a word
from you let no man lift his hand or foot in all the land of Mitsrayim.”
Joh
5:30 “Of Myself I am unable to do any matter. As I hear, I judge,
and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own desire, but the
desire of the Father who sent Me.
Joh
5:31 “If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not true.
Yahshua is not saying He lacks power. He is saying His
power is so perfectly united with YHVH the Father that it is impossible for Him
to act independently. Just as no Egyptian could act independently of Joseph, Yahshua
never acted independently of His Father.
Gen
41:45 And Pharaoh called Yosěph’s name Zaphnath-Pa‛něaḥ. And he gave him as a wife
Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On. And Yosěph went out over all
the land of Mitsrayim.
Why
did YHVH give Yahshua a gentile wife? Because YHVH knew that the day would come
when this gentile wife (church) would shed off her gentile garments and pagan
ways and fully embrace her Hebraic culture and faith to be joined to her bridegroom
Messiah through the covenant of the Torah.
Gen
41:46 Now Yosěph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh
sovereign of Mitsrayim. And Yosěph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and
went throughout all the land of Mitsrayim.
Joseph
now moves throughout the land warning them of the coming worldwide catastrophe but also
comforting them that there will be enough bread in the land.
In the
last days (7years) a ‘’Joseph’’ generation will warn and comfort an end time
traumatized world.
Yahshua
too came into the world - Isa 61:2 to proclaim the acceptable year of יהוה, and the day of vengeance of
our Elohim, to comfort all who mourn,
Mat
24:14 “And this Good News of the reign shall be proclaimed in all the
world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end shall come.
Jer
30:11 For I am with you,’ declares יהוה, ‘to save you. Though I make
a complete end of all nationsa where I have scattered you, yet I do not make a
complete end of you. But I shall reprove you in judgment, and by no means leave
you unpunished.’ Footnote: aSee Jer_46:28, Isa_34:2, Isa_45:17,
Dan_2:44, Amo_9:8, Hag_2:22.
The "Ban" (Cherem) on Rebellious Systems: The
"complete end" is a total termination of the Gentile world system
(often represented as Babylon the Great). Rebellious nations are placed under
the divine ban; their armies are destroyed, their political frameworks are
dissolved, and their independent authority is legally terminated.
“The core meaning of ‘’cherem’’ is to devote something
exclusively to YHVH by removing it from ordinary human use, often through
irrevocable dedication and, in judgment contexts, destruction.”
There will no longer be independent, self-governing
Gentile superpowers operating outside of YHVH’s Torah. The "Times of the
Gentiles"—the era where Gentile empires dominate the earth and
Jerusalem—comes to an absolute, permanent end.
Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh
king of Egypt. Gen 41:46
When a Levite turned 30 years old, he was permitted to do
full priestly service – Num 4:3
Yahshua was 30 years old when he began his ministry –
Luke 3:23
Gen
41:47 And in the seven years of plenty the ground brought forth
generously.
Gen
41:48 And he gathered all the food of the seven years which were in the
land of Mitsrayim, and laid up the food in the cities. He laid up in every city
the food of the fields which surrounded them.
Gen
41:49 Thus Yosěph gathered very much grain, as the sand of the sea, until
he ceased counting, for it was without number.
Amo
8:11 “See, days are coming,” declares the Master יהוה, “that I shall send a hunger
in the land, not a hunger for bread, nor a thirst for water, but for hearing
the Words of יהוה.
Amo
8:12 “And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east –
they shall diligently search, seeking the Word of יהוה, but they shall not find
it.a Footnote: a Jer_5:13, Hos_8:12, Ezk_34:3-10.
Gen
41:50 And to Yosěph were born two sons before the years of scarcity of
food came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to
him. (pagan sun worshippers)
Gen
41:51 And Yosěph called the name of the first-born Menashsheh, “For
Elohim has made me forget all my toil and all my father’s house.”
Gen
41:52 And the name of the second he called Ephrayim, “For Elohim has
caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
This
too will be true of an end time remnant during the darkest hours of human
history – they will forget (Heb ‘’nashah’’) and will be fruitful midst a season
of the most severest famine for hearing the ‘’proceeding’’ Word of YHVH – Mat 4:4
According to the standard Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, the
root נָשָׁה (nashah)
specifically means to forget, remit, or erase from memory.
It deals strictly with retrospective memory—processing
events that have already happened.
Gen
41:53 And the seven years of plenty which were in the land of Mitsrayim
came to an end,
Gen
41:54 and the seven years of scarcity of food began to come, as Yosěph
had said. And the scarcity of food was in all lands, but in all the land of
Mitsrayim there was bread.
Gen
41:55 But when all the land of Mitsrayim hungered, and the people cried
to Pharaoh for bread, Pharaoh said to all the Mitsrites, “Go to Yosěph, do
whatever he says to you.”
Gen
41:56 And the scarcity of food was over all the face of the earth, and
Yosěph opened all the storehouses and sold to the Mitsrites. And the scarcity
of food was severe in the land of Mitsrayim.
Gen
41:57 And all the earth came to Yosěph in Mitsrayim to buy grain, because
the scarcity of food was severe in all the earth.
It is
during the final seven years also known as Daniels 70th week that a remnant of gentile
believers – will have ‘’come of age’’ they will have embraced their Hebraic
identity and will become a powerful witness in the most turbulent time of human
history.
There is a midrash about how we will know when the ‘’dawn’’
has come on the last generation and we
are about to enter into the Messianic age - the midrash goes something like
this: ‘’a Yeshiva student asked their rabbi how the world would recognize the
dawning of the Messianic age – some students suggested that we would know this
time of transition when we could no longer tell the difference between a peach
tree and a fig tree. Another student suggested the dawning of the Messianic age
we would not clearly be able to distinguish between a man or a woman. The rabbi
finally said they would know the dawning of a new age when we would not be able
to tell the difference between a Jew and a Gentile’’
Technically, dawn begins the exact moment the sky starts
to lighten, marking the transition from complete darkness to twilight.
Joseph's
Brothers Go to Egypt
Gen
42:1 And
when Ya‛aqoḇ saw that there was grain in Mitsrayim, Ya‛aqoḇ said to his sons, “Why do you
look at each other?”
Its almost
like Jacob is telling his sons – ‘’go down to gentiles (the faithful remnant)
the Elohim of Israel is obviously blessing them, go and buy bread from them’’
Gen
42:2 And he said, “See, I have heard that there is grain in Mitsrayim. Go
down to that place and buy for us there, and let us live and not die.”
Gen
42:3 And Yosěph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain in
Mitsrayim.
Gen
42:4 But Ya‛aqoḇ did not send Yosěph’s brother Binyamin with his brothers, for he said,
“Lest some harm come to him.” (Benyamin means Son of My Right Hand)
This
could also be symbolic of Yahshua sitting on the right hand of YHVH waiting for
YHVH’s instructions to send Him to return to his brothers and establish his Fathers
kingdom on earth.
The
Apostolic scriptures teach about the ministry of Messiah:
Mat
15:24 And He answering, said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of
the house of Yisra’ěl.” Mat 10:6 (the 10 lost tribes)
This
too may have a profound connection to end time events where Yahshua comes to
restore and bring back into the Hebrew family the ‘’10 lost tribes of the
northern kingdom’’
When the United Kingdom of Israel fractured after the
death of King Solomon, the nation split into two distinct geopolitically
separate kingdoms. The 10 tribes of the Northern Kingdom that were carried away
and assimilated: Reuben, Simeon, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar,
Zebulun, Ephraim (Son of
Joseph), Manasseh (Son of Joseph)
The tribes – Judah, Benjamin that remained loyal to the
lineage of King David formed the Southern Kingdom, with its capital in
Jerusalem remained.
While Levi did not
receive a specific territorial land inheritance, the Levites and Levitical
priests who were living in northern territories largely fled south to Jerusalem
to preserve their service at the true Temple of YHVH.
Jeremiah 3:8 explicitly says YHVH “divorced” the
northern kingdom (Israel/the ten tribes). Judah is not described there as
divorced in the same explicit way, though Judah is judged as equally unfaithful
and eventually exiled. Many interpreters see Judah as disciplined rather
than formally divorced, while others argue prophetic language elsewhere implies
covenant failure for both.
Ezekiel 37:15–28 — the “two sticks” prophecy
envisions Judah and Joseph/Ephraim reunited.
Eze
37:15 And the word of יהוה came to me, saying,
Eze
37:16 “And you, son of man, take a stick for yourself and write on it,
‘For Yehuḏah and for the children of Yisra’ěl, his companions.’ Then take another
stick and write on it, ‘For Yosěph, the stick of Ephrayim, and for all the
house of Yisra’ěl, his companions.’
Eze
37:17 “Then bring them together for yourself into one stick, and they
shall become one in your hand.
Eze
37:18 “And when the children of your people speak to you, saying, ‘Won’t
you show us what you mean by these?’
Eze
37:19 say to them, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “See, I am taking the stick of Yosěph,
which is in the hand of Ephrayim, and the tribes of Yisra’ěl, his companions.
And I shall give them unto him, with the stick of Yehuḏah, and make them one stick, and
they shall be one in My hand.” ’
Eze
37:20 “And the sticks on which you write shall be in your hand before
their eyes.
Eze
37:21 “And speak to them, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “See, I am taking the children of
Yisra’ěl from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and shall gather them
from all around, and I shall bring them into their land.
Eze
37:22 “And I shall make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of
Yisra’ěl. And one sovereign shall be sovereign over them all, and let them no
longer be two nations, and let them no longer be divided into two reigns.
Eze
37:23 “And they shall no longer defile themselves with their idols, nor
with their disgusting matters, nor with any of their transgressions. And
I shall save them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and
I shall cleanse them. And they shall be My people, and I be their Elohim,
Eze
37:24 while Dawiḏ My servant is sovereign over them. And they shall all have one
shepherd and walk in My right-rulings and guard My laws, and shall do
them.
Eze
37:25 “And they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Ya‛aqoḇ My servant, where your fathers
dwelt. And they shall dwell in it, they and their children and their children’s
children, forever, and My servant Dawiḏ be their prince forever.
Eze
37:26 “And I shall make a covenant of peace with them – an everlasting
covenant it is with them. And I shall place them and increase them, and shall
place My set-apart place in their midst, forever.
Eze
37:27 “And My Dwelling Place shall be over them. And I shall be their
Elohim, and they shall be My people.
Eze
37:28 “And the nations shall know that I, יהוה, am setting Yisra’ěl apart, when My
set-apart place is in their midst – forever.” ’ ”
Jer
50:20 “In those days and at that time,” declares יהוה, “the crookedness of
Yisra’ěl shall be searched for, but there shall be none; and the sin of Yehuḏah, but none shall be found. For I
shall pardon those whom I leave as a remnant. (even a righteous remnant will
need their iniquity to be pardoned)
Jer
30:24 The burning displeasure of יהוה shall not turn back until He
has done and established the purposes of His heart. In the latter days you
shall understand it.b Footnote: bSee Jer_23:20.
Blessed
are you YHVH, our Elohim, King of the Universe, you have given us your Torah of
truth and have planted everlasting life within our midst. Blessed are you, YHVH
giver of the Torah – Amein.
Deu 32:8 “When the Most High gave the nations their
inheritance When He separated the sons of Aḏam,
He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the children of
Yisra’ěl.
Deu 32:9 “For the portion of יהוה
is His people, Ya‛aqoḇ
His allotted inheritance.
Psa
135:4 For Yah has chosen Ya‛aqoḇ for Himself, Yisra’ěl for His treasured
possession.
Amo
3:2 “You alone have I known of all the clans of the earth, therefore I
punish you for all your crookednesses.”
Amo
3:3 Would two walk together, without having met?