READ: Genesis 47:13-27
“And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.” – Genesis 41:49
Joseph is an example of someone who did a little bit more. His commission was to save the land of Egypt from famine. He built storehouses and laid up food against the famine. But Joseph did a little bit more. He went further and did much more for Pharaoh. By doing a little bit more, he established himself as one of the wisest Prime Ministers of all time. He saved two nations (Egypt and Israel) from annihilation. He not only saved a nation from starvation but also brought great stability to the government of Egypt.
Joseph did a little bit more: He took all the money from all the Egyptians for Pharaoh and made Pharaoh the richest king of all. He bought all the cattle, all the horses, and all the flocks, herds and asses for Pharaoh. He made Pharaoh the owner of every single livestock in Egypt. He bought all the land in the entire country of Egypt for Pharaoh. He relocated everybody in the country to establish Pharaoh’s ownership over the land.
Joseph made all citizens of Egypt slaves of Pharaoh. He instituted a twenty per cent tax for Pharaoh. He secured a very good space for the nation of Israel. He prophesied about the future and gave instructions to the people on the future migration of Israel out of Egypt. He even gave instructions about how his bones should be transported out of Egypt. And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. Genesis 50:24-25