The Opened Scroll Ministry

The following is the transcript to my Youtube video with the same title: Prior to the Exodus, Joseph , son of Jacob and Rachel , became Vizier (the highest official in ancient Egypt to serve the Pharaoh,) under the name of Zaphnath-Paaneah and was given Asenath , the daughter of Potipherah , priest of On , to be his wife. In his famous interpretation of the Pharaoh’s dream, Joseph predicted seven years of abundance followed by seven years of famine happening in Egypt during his time.  In the course of the seven years of abundance, Joseph ensured that the storehouses were full and that all produce was weighed. In the sixth year, Asenath bore two children to Joseph: Manasseh and Ephraim . When the famine came, it was so severe that people from surrounding nations came to Egypt to buy bread. As a last resort, all of the inhabitants of Egypt, less the Egyptian priestly class, sold their properties and themselves (as slaves) to Joseph for seed. I identify Ankhtifi , a nomarch

    This is the transcript of my Youtube video with the same title. The Ipuwer Papyrus was originally dated no earlier than the Nineteenth Dynasty , but it is now agreed that the text itself is much older, and dated back to the Middle Kingdom , though no earlier than the late Twelfth Dynasty . Now the Middle Kingdom happens to end with the Twelfth Dynasty, and this means that the Ipuwer Papyrus is effectively dated between the late period of the Twelfth Dynasty and its end. Ipuwer has often been put forward in popular literature as confirmation of the Biblical account of the Exodus , most notably because of its statement that " the river is blood " and its frequent references to servants running away.   In the poem, Ipuwer – a name typical of the period between 1850 BC to 1450 BC – demands that the Lord of All (a title which can be applied both to the king and to the creator sun-god) should destroy his enemies and remember his religious duties. This period between 1850 B