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Good Years, Year 1

With the Pharaoh’s vivid descriptions, the advisor interpreted the dream as a sign predicting 7 years of good fortune for Egypt, followed by 7 years of poor harvest. They warned everyone that should they fail to prepare and save up for the bad years, they would surely face the rough in the famine.

When this announcement was made, a huge commotion spread throughout the population for days on end. Some panicked, worrying about how they were going to tide over the whole 7 years of poor harvest. The others rejoiced, knowing that their business will see growth in the next 7 years. Benjamin took this in and thoroughly reflected about what it meant to him: he would have to resist the temptation to splurge during the 7 good years in preparation for the next 7 years.

While all this was happening, the family business had become self-sustaining. Being the most ambitious child who thinks he is superior compared to his other brothers, Reuben harboured big dreams of expanding the family business into a massive empire and wanted to sell the crops they harvested to nearby countries. He was not contented with simply growing crops on a small field year after year.

Jacob, his father, however preferred to continue operating on the same scale as he believed in building businesses deeply rather than expand for the sake of it. Due to his respect and love for his father, Reuben was prompted to seek a job elsewhere away from the household where he was selected as the new supervisor of the largest chariot company in town, Camel Travel.