Genesis 12 Echoes

Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
Genesis 12:10 (NIV)

The seven years of abundance in Egypt came to an end, and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all the other lands, but in the whole land of Egypt there was food.
Genesis 41:53-54 (NIV)

Earlier, I mentioned Genesis 12 is an echo of Genesis 1.

But the great Famine at the end of Genesis, leading to the deliverance in Exodus is an echo of Genesis 12.

All of scripture echoes. Every last bit of it.

Joseph’s Dreams

Have you ever noticed that Joseph’s two dreams of Genesis 37 point us back to the story of creation? They tell us to look back at Day 3 and Day 4 of the creation accounts. The creation account is not just the past. It is the present. It is the future. As it is with all of God’s words.

Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning.
Genesis 1:11-13 (NIV)

And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
Genesis 1:14