Show Notes Enroll in Institute Timestamps: 00:26 – A brief overview of these chapters. 08:03 – Joseph acknowledges to his brothers that God was aware of his trials, and that ultimately they were for his good. 13:25 – A comparison of God’s fairness and mercy. 22:17 – Judah offered himselfContinue Reading

Who was this woman Asenath (Genesis 41.45) What did she represent? And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt. Hugh Nibley had this to say about her: TheContinue Reading

Show Notes: https://www.ldsscriptureteachings.org/2021/09/16261/ Timestamps: 01:19 – A brief history of many noteworthy events leading up to the dedication of the Kirtland Temple. 03:29 – Washings and anointings are introduced to a core group of Saints in Kirtland. 09:14 – Edward Partridge and Joseph Smith are reconciled and share in visionaryContinue Reading

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Discovered in western Thebes, Egypt, in 1896 by W.F. Petrie, the hieroglyphic inscription on this stele from 1208 B.C.E. contains the earliest surviving reference to “Israel” outside of the text of the Bible. The text on the stele commemorates a military campaign against Libya in the fifth regnal year ofContinue Reading

The Amarna Letters are diplomatic correspondence on cuneiform tablets, most of which were discovered in 1887 at Tel el-Amarna, about 180 miles south of Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian king Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV, 1352-1336 B.C.) founded Amarna, called Akhetaten anciently, as his new capital city. While the majority of these 380+Continue Reading