Just curious: did nobody else hear the "Pyramids were for storing grain" thing growing up? [View all]

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I remember that from tracts people would hand out at revivals or whatever. The idea was that Joseph had the Pyramids built in order to store up grain. And that because he knew famine was coming, he lowered taxes, production soared, and there was enough grain for the 7 years.

(For those who aren't familiar with the story, Pharaoh had a dream in which he saw 7 fat cows and 7 skinny cows, and the skinny cows ate the fat cows. Joseph, who was in prison, had a reputation for interpreting dreams, so Pharaoh summoned him. Joseph said that the dream meant there would be 7 years of plenty followed by 7 years of famine. Pharaoh put Joseph in charge of preparing for the famine, and he raised -- not lowered -- taxes and took the grain people paid their taxes in and stored it in granaries, with the result that Egypt still had food during the famine while Joseph's shithead brothers who had tried to kill him nearly starved to death in Canaan.)

Anyways, I guess I just am not really surprised to hear somebody say that because I kind of grew up with it, and I'm curious if anybody else did.

(EDIT, since apparently this wasn't clear: of course the pyramids are tombs, not silos. I'm not saying it's a sane idea I'm saying it's an idea I've heard for years and years.)