Gen 41: 55-57

 

Excerpt:…How could a nation renown for idolatry, Egypt be a symbol of world salvation and redemption. Paul helps when he recommended to us the book of Genesis as the fundamental oracle of our growth in divine scholarship, for it shows Egypt to symbolize the world. It says, Gen 41: 55-57 And when famine was over all the face of the earth: … Joseph opened all the storehouses … 57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn …—Gen 41: 55-57. Remember Jacob was blessed by Isaac with corn; it secures the obeisant nations to bow to his futuristic son who like Joseph wins world dominion…