Core Laws · Unit 9 · Lesson 2 of 5 · about 5 minutes

Seven good years

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1 · Read
35And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. 36And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.Genesis 41:35-36 · KJV
2 · The law

Store in good years, leave the edges, count the cost, don’t let debt own you, don’t lend to crush.

Law 9 · Keep margin

3 · What it means

Joseph stored grain during seven good years so Egypt would survive seven years of famine. Good years are for building a store, not only for spending.

4 · Quick check

Check 1Joseph stored food in the famine years.

Check 2The purpose of the store was:

5 · Do today

Set a goal for one month of costs saved, and write the date you’ll reach it.

6 · Reflect

What am I spending now that belongs to my lean years?

Write your answer in the journal.

Answer the checks, or play Listen to the end, to finish.

Go further: Playbook 07 · How to keep margin · Books: Genesis · Proverbs