Hey, this is Dan at Bible Project. I'm the lead podcast editor.

And you might know that we've been exploring a theme called the City.

You know, this is such a big theme that we've actually decided to do two separate Q and R

episodes for it. So we're now taking questions for the first Q and R and we would really love to

hear from you. You can record your question by June 9th and send it to us at info at BibleProject.com.

Let us know your name, where you're from, and try and keep your question to about 20 seconds.

And if you're able to, please transcribe your question in the email when you send it to us.

That is a huge help to our team. Again, our email is info at BibleProject.com.

Okay, that's it. We are really looking forward to hearing from you. Here's our episode.

Our last episode was a heavy one. We talked about the destruction of Sodom and Gamora.

God's judgment against oppression and injustice. It's a low point in the story of the Bible.

It's a low point in the theme of the city. But today, we turn a corner and look at the first

positive example of a city in the Bible. And it's not Jerusalem, it's Egypt, specifically Egypt

under Joseph's charge, who turns the city into a food bank to feed the world in a time of famine.

Under the leadership of a wise human image of God, cities can become storehouses of life.

This is the first redemptive positive portrait of a human city.

This positive moment, unfortunately, does not last long. We very quickly go from this era of

abundance and wise leadership, and it turns as you flip from Genesis into Exodus. So it's good to

celebrate the good moments, but it's also good to recognize how fragile it all is.

A later Pharaoh, who doesn't know about Joseph, enslaves Joseph's ancestors. He brutally puts

them to work, forcing them to build, none other than storehouses and cities.

The storehouses that Joseph ordered to be built led to life. And now here's the stored cities

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