The second time 11 is found in the Bible is in Genesis 37:9. This is where Joseph had his second dream that his relatives would bow down to him: 9Now he had still another dream, and related it to his brothers, and said, "Lo, I have had still another dream; and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me."
10He related it to his father and to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, "What is this dream that you have had? Shall I and your mother and your brothers actually come to bow ourselves down before you to the ground?"
The first dream made them mad, but the second dream sent his brothers over the edge and set up a situation that forced Joseph in slavery for many years. Both dreams indicated a disordering of the natural order which created confusion (lack of peace) in the situation.
We often speak of the years Joseph was in bondage and how he came forth in the end. Obviously it was a time of great transition. He went from being a beloved, favored, probably cocky child of God to a humble, broken man of God. Joseph was judged by his brothers and forced into a time of transition used by God to make him the ruler he was meant to be. Boy, I don't wish for myself any type of transition lasting this long, but I must say sometimes I have felt it has been this way for me. How about you?
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