https://michaeljhelton.art/about/https://michaeljhelton.art/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/michael-helton-profile-pic.jpgmichael-helton-profile-pichttps://michaeljhelton.art/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/edit-1.jpgedit2023-03-27T15:17:31+00:00weekly0.6https://michaeljhelton.art/contact/2023-03-27T15:16:47+00:00weekly0.6https://michaeljhelton.art/gallery/josephseries/https://michaeljhelton.art/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/the-first-passover-1-207304860-e1673366596997.png"The First Passover"Info coming soon!https://michaeljhelton.art/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/passover-1.jpg"The Passover Seder"Info coming soon!https://michaeljhelton.art/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/edit-5-1.jpg‘I am Joseph, Is my Father Still Alive?’Oil on Panel on Stretchers 20” x 16” – Framed $950https://michaeljhelton.art/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/benjamin-before-joseph-all-the-brothers-together.jpg'Benjamin Before Joseph: All the Brothers Together'Mix Media on Paper - Mounted on Wood 18” x 26” - Framed $1200 Joseph’s dream called for all eleven Brothers to bow to him. One was missing. He had to engineer Benjamin‘s appearance. He didn’t know how much he could trust his brothers. Had they killed Benjamin? Would they? It was a complex matter both on Joseph’s part, of sending some of the brothers back without Simon, and on the brothers part to convince Jacob to allow Benjamin to return with them. But in the end, they returned with Benjamin to ask for provisions.https://michaeljhelton.art/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/all-the-earth-come-to-egypt.jpg'All The Earth Come To Egypt'Info coming soon!https://michaeljhelton.art/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/edit-3-1.jpg‘The Brothers Declared Spies’Mix Media on Paper – Mounted on Wood 28” x 20” – Framed $1450 The brothers knowing Joseph had been bound for Egypt, wanted to find him and ransom him. They entered through 10 different gates and spread out looking for him. Joseph expected his brothers and was looking for them. They did not recognize him because they did not expect Joseph to sit on a throne in royal raiments. They had sold him as a slave. Joseph accused them of being spies so they would not continue to look for him in the marketplaces and possibly hear of the Hebrew slave who had become viceroy.https://michaeljhelton.art/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/edit-7-1.jpg‘Gathering the Bountiful’Mix Media on Paper – Mounted on Wood 28” x 20” – Framed $1450 In order to prepare for the famine, Joseph instituted such strict controls that not even a handful of grain was overlooked. This policy was so successful that Joseph reached his pre-determined goal, meaning that once that happened it was no longer necessary to be as scrupulous in counting the future acquisition of food. As the new viceroy, he became acquainted with the populace and commissioned the construction of Royal Granaries in every city. Joseph’s granaries were sufficient not only to feed Egypt, but to enrich the Pharaoh by selling food to the surrounding lands. https://michaeljhelton.art/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/zaphenath-penerah-1.jpg‘Zaphenath Peneah’Mix Media on Paper – Mounted on Wood 24” x 18” – Framed Private Collection The time had come to free Joseph and begin the chain of events that would bring Jacob and his family to Egypt to fulfill the last part of the prophecy to Abraham that his offspring would be subjugated and persecuted. After interpreting the pharaoh’s dream, the pharaoh put Joseph in charge of preparing for the famine. The ring containing the royal seal was put on Joseph’s hand symbolizing that he would be the leader of the entire government and would have the authority to seal decrees as he desired. Appointees to a high position were customarily assigned a new name commensurate with their new eminence. Joseph was given the name, Zaphenath-Peneah. He was given Asenath, Potiphar’s daughter, vindicating him from the charge that he had assaulted Potiphar’s wife. Also, his new name helped conceal Joseph’s identity from his family so the dreams could be fulfilled.https://michaeljhelton.art/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/joseph-in-prison-interpreting-two-dreams-1.jpg‘Joseph in Prison: Interpreting Two Dreams‘Mix Media on Paper – Mounted on Wood 32” x 24” – Framed Private Collection Joseph accepted this misfortune which lasted for 12 years, calmly and with unwavering faith. He was admired by everyone, including the Warden, and was put in charge of the prison. The pharaoh’s Cupbearer and Baker were thrown in prison. They each had a dream which Joseph interpreted. The Cupbearer was to be restored to his position in three days. 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