Was Joseph a prophet?
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I'll attempt to answer this only going off what you have said and attempting to derive a definition of prophet from your statements.
You seem to imply that prophet requires a person to a) receive revelation to future events from God and b) state those events to others. I think that's a fine definition.
But Joseph fits that definition. He receives dreams concerning future events from God, and tells those dreams to others.
Genesis 37:5-8:
5 Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more. 6 He said to them, “Hear this dream that I have dreamed: 7 Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf.” 8 His brothers said to him, “Are you indeed to reign over us? Or are you indeed to rule over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words. (ESV)
These verses foretell of the brothers bowing down to Jospeh later in the narrative.
So, yes, Joseph was a prophet.
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Joseph has two dreams and Pharaoh has two dreams. In both cases they have to rely on God to interpret their dreams. God does so for Pharaoh through Joseph but He does not do this for Joseph. He allows time and providence to tell him exactly what his dreams meant. That is, Pharoah finds out what his dreams mean before they are fulfilled and Joseph finds out what his dreams meant after or as they are fulfilled. Joseph could only guess at the strong hint given by God in his dreams but there was no way of knowing exactly what they meant. The focus in Joseph's life was not that he had a career in dreams and interpretation but that he was faithful and the person God chose to use to provide and preserve His people. So, no, I would not consider Joseph a prophet but one endowed with a gift to interpret dreams.
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