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Story of Yusuf: Yusuf Was Son of Jacob. One Night He Had A Dream That Sun and
Story of Yusuf: Yusuf Was Son of Jacob. One Night He Had A Dream That Sun and
2. story of Yusuf: Yusuf was son of Jacob. One night he had a dream that sun and
moon would bow down to him. His brothers were jealous and wanted to get rid of
him, so they threw him in a deep well. Passing traders helped Yusuf and sold him to
a rich Egyptian.Yusuf's brothers stained his shirtwith blood and told their father that
wolf had eaten him. Yusuf work hard and grew popular. Master's wife tried to seduce
him so master threw in prison. Master found out that Yusuf can interprete dreams
and called Yusuf. Yusuf said that there will be 7 years of harvest and then 7 years of
famine. Over the next plentiful years, the Egyptians stored the food and Yusuf was in
charge of storehouses. His brothers came and he recognized them and wanted to
test them so he sent them back home to return with their youngest brother. He put
master's favourite drinking cup in his brothers sack and accused him of stealing it, so
that he stay in Egypt.
a) Why did Yusuf's brothers come to Egypt from Canaan?
They came from Canaan for food at first but Yusuf ordered them to come back again
with their younger brother.
b) What is the moral of the story of Yusuf?
We can learn a lot from Yusuf's story, we shouldn't envy anyone and we should not
act upon it. Justice is always fulfilled and lies are always discovered.
a) Three greatest ancient? Aristotle, Cicero and Quintilian
b) three highest ideals ? Good, the true and beautiful
c) There are three divisions of classical rhetoric according to the elements
of communication, kinds of speech and modes of persuasion.
1. The three elements of communication are: the speaker, the
audience and the speech itself
2. The three kinds of speech are: political speech, legal speech and
ceremonial speech
3. The three modes of persuasion are: ethos, logos and pathos
6. What was Yusuf's interpretation of the king's dream in which he saw seven
fat cows being eaten by seven thin cows?
Yusuf explained that the king's strange dreams meant that Egypt would have
seven years of good harvests and then seven years of famine/bad harvests.
The king was pleased with Yusuf and put him in charge of his storehouses.
Over the next seven plentiful years, the Egyptians stored their extra food, ready
for the years of famine. When famine started, Yusuf was put in charge of giving
out the food.