Land of Goshen

throne. At age 30, Joseph was married and had gone from slavery to the governor of Egypt. Just before the famine, Joseph was blessed with two children, Mnasseh and Ephraim. The famine begins and all have to come before Joseph to buy grain. People of Egypt and people from far lands came to buy grain because of the famine. It is at this point that Joseph sees 10 of his 11 brothers. Joseph then held the brothers captive until Benjamin was brought to Egypt. Eventually, Joseph’s love for his family could not refrain him from revealing his identity as their brother that they had sold into slavery. All these blessings came due to the Lord being with Joseph. Joseph blesses his family and calls for Jacob to come to Egypt as well. Jacob goes to Goshen to meet Jacob and upon meeting each other, Jacob prepares himself to die. His spirit received rest to have seen Joseph alive but lived a plentiful life for 17 years in the land of Goshen. Due to Joseph’s status with God and Pharaoh, Joseph requested that his brothers dwell in Goshen. Pharaoh granted the request and made the brothers chief herdsman. Joseph was also able to acquire all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh and was able to get the people to till and land. They gave 1/5 of their harvest to Pharaoh in exchange for Joseph helping them by saving their lives. Joseph’s story begans as lad, arrogant and boastful. Through God’s favor and hard work, Joseph was able to conquer many conflicts that not only helped him but…

Indonesia is one of the countries with abundance of natural resources with large populations. According to World Bank (2013) Indonesia is lower middle income country with GDP around 868.3 billion US dollar and the population is 249.9 million, while poverty headcount ration at national poverty line is 11.3% on 2014. The contention appear that this wealth resources country get the benefit or even get worse with the plenty of their natural resources. The economic growth in Indonesia in period…

For many of us, conflict over natural resources is not a part of everyday life. But in many places around the world, access to natural resources cannot be taken for granted. Conflict over natural resources is often part of a larger struggle over political, social, and economic power. The control over water, land, and oil has economically and socially changed the world. They have been used to secure power because of how important they are to society. The consequences for wrongly abusing these…

their claims. Proponents argue that fracking has lifted the current economy by increasing jobs. Extraction jobs may provide short term growth, but eventually this growth will plummet. This loss happens as extraction sites gain attention from other investors. Once invested, a site develops an overabundance in resources, thus sinking firm costs. Overabundance will cause job loss in the process as firms can’t recover (Twomey et.al.). Jobs are also temporary since extraction only provides cash flow…

including conquering the land, battling natives tribes in a bid to secure settlements, while at the same time trying to stay true to their religious, entrepreneurial, and socio-ethical roots acquired in their former lands back in Europe. Through their writings, the soldier, administrator and adventurer John Smith, Poet Anne Bradstreet and Governor William Bradford depict an America whose lands were initially hard to subdue and inhabited by a people wary of the settlers who kept coming in droves…

anew. Noah and his family along with all the others began to refill and occupy the earth. Of the descendants of Noah, came the man by the name of Abram. Who God had called to leave the tent of his father and go to an unknown place. With the promise of a great nation, a great name and a promise that all nations will be blessed through him, Abram followed God. Abraham begat Isaac, Isaac begat a Jacob who had twelve sons that would lead to the twelve tribes of the Israelite nation. Joseph, the son…

Is this land our land? In Woody Guthrie’s poem, “This Land Is Your Land,” the tone is set to be a joyful song, but the tone twists towards the end. As I read, I interpreted the poem in the tone of joy which transforms into disillusion when the speaker questions, “Is this land made for you and me?” (Guthrie line 24). Reading Guthrie’s poem, I came to the conclusion that because of all the hardships America went through in the 1930s, the American dream is not for everyone regardless of one’s…

When the word crusade appears in either a sentence or in a verbal statement it automatically begins to raise concerns in ideas due to problematic historical references being recalled and even present day social problems. The infamous idea of the crusade refers to the medieval era, 500AD-1500AD, where there was a rise in European military expeditions. This rise in military power created a series of European “crusades” and campaigns in attempt to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims. Even in…

throughout the entire novel always does his best even when it is hard and his spirits are broken. By doing so in his hard times, he gets help when he needs it the most by strangers. Dorothy goes on a journey through the Land of Oz where she must find her own way back home to Kansas. When she first lands in Oz, Dorothy meets the good Witch of the North who gives her the Wicked Witch of the East’s silver shoes and tells her to go to the Emerald city to ask Oz to send her home (Baum 13). The Witch…

The Crusades was one of the most significant “large scale military campaigns to win back the Holy Land from the Muslims” (Backman 313). This happened during a time of religious persecution and a rise of the Christian faith and “proceeded the centuries old struggle for control of the eastern Mediterranean shore” (Backman 313). The Crusades have been seen as a holy war, deemed justifiable through means of religious property; yet others see the Crusades as merely a way to expand the Christian…