These blog posts are based on the story of Joseph from Genesis 37 – 50.
Joseph, the son of Jacob, came from a highly dysfunctional family. Today, we might it call it a “blended” family (the 12 brothers were born of 4 different mothers), and the brothers always seemed to be fighting. About the only thing that united his brothers was their hatred of him. And because his brothers hated …
Joseph is now in Egypt as a slave who has been sold to one of Pharaoh’s officials Potiphar the captain of the guard. 2 The Lord was with Joseph, so he succeeded in everything he did as he served in the home of his Egyptian master. 3 Potiphar noticed this and realized that the Lord was with …
Come journey with Joseph. He was on a journey of faith and didn’t even realize it at the time. It was not an easy journey, but it turned out to be a life-giving journey, not just for himself but for his entire family and his adopted country. Joseph’s story sheds new light on our own …
In our story Joseph was thrown into a dry cistern by his brothers because they hated him. Later they took him out of the cistern and sold him to Midianite traders who would take him to Egypt. Joseph in Potiphar’s House When Joseph was taken to Egypt by the Ishmaelite traders, he was purchased by …
Joseph brothers hated him so much that they threw him in a dry cistern and left him to die. When a better opportunity presented, they pulled him out and sold him to Midianite merchants. How will they cover up their crime? What will their father’s reaction be? Will it work out like they thought? Today …
Joseph was the favorite child of all of his brothers. His father made him a special robe to wear which created more strife between Joseph and his brothers. In addition, Joseph had dreams from the Lord he shared with his brothers that portrayed them bowing down to him. The brothers could not say a good …
Our story takes place in Genesis 37:15-22 when Joseph arrives in Shechem having been sent by his father to check on his ten older brothers. Joseph’s relationship with his brothers is rocky. They can’t speak a kind word about him. While Joseph innocently approaches, his brothers are plotting against him. A man met him as …
Joseph had a dream. When he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more. He said, “Listen to this dream I had. We were all out in the field gathering bundles of wheat. All of a sudden my bundle stood straight up and your bundles circled around it and bowed down to mine.”8 …
In our story about Joseph from Genesis 37:2-5 we begin to get a glimpse of the person Joseph and his relationship with his brothers and father. 2 This is the account of Jacob and his family. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he often tended his father’s flocks. He worked for his half brothers, the sons …
In our time together today we are going to begin our study of Joseph and his brothers from Genesis 37:2-11. 2 This is the story of Jacob. The story continues with Joseph, seventeen years old at the time, helping out his brothers in herding the flocks. These were his half brothers actually, the sons of …