Throughout Genesis 37-50, the story of Joseph is unfolded. To begin with, Joseph had a dream or a prophecy that he would reign over his brothers and his family would bow down to him (Genesis …show more content…
With this understanding, the reader can make the connection between how God planned Joseph’s life and victories in a way that comes into a direct line with the descendents of Abraham. The chiastic structure is crucial because it emphasizes the necessity of Joseph becoming ruler over Egypt in order to be used by God. God fulfilled the promise of descendants through Joseph’s narrative and had Joseph not became this ruler, he would not been able to. Therefore, the chiastic structure allows for the pinpointing of the central idea - Joseph gaining authority over the land of Egypt - in order to lead the reader in the direction of comprehending the alignment between Joseph and God’s divine plan of multiplying Abraham’s