Genesis 44:1-34 Joseph found out his brothers had changed over the years. Gone were the envy, the jealousy and the resentment of the brothers for their father’s favorite, Benjamin. Years before they envied, resented Joseph’s special treatment by their father. Joseph’s brothers were standing before him in his home in Egypt as the Prime Minister, […]
Joseph remembered his brothers as they were when they sold him into Egypt, many years before. The only person who could tell on them and their actions, was dead, or so they thought. Joseph was not “getting even” but finding out if they had changed in the past 22 years. The Test Joseph instructed his […]
Genesis 43:1-34 Jacob’s permission was needed! Famine was great and the grain – used up. Jacob told ten of his sons to go back to Egypt and buy grain. Judah stated what the man (prime minister of Egypt, actually Joseph) warned them of, “you won’t see my face unless you bring your youngest brother.” Jacob […]
What ten brothers did not know: Joseph could understand their foreign language. They could not understand Egyptian so there was an interpreter. They said, we saw the distress of our brother when he pleaded with us, we didn’t listen to him. For this reason we are in deep trouble. Genesis 42:18-23 Joseph went out of […]
Joseph saw his ten brothers. They did not recognize this “Egyptian” Prime Minister as being the little brother they sold into slavery in Egypt. What were the emotions of Joseph when he saw the brothers that had belittled him, resented him and sold him? We are not told at this time in the story. […]
We are living in desperate times. Times we are in financial difficulty as a nation. Times of political unrest. Times of utter ruin. Times of war in other countries. We are in a spiritual famine. Do we see the Lord God as our answer? Don’t see that in the media. Do you hear it at […]
Genesis 41:38-57 Joseph was taken from prison to the highest civilian position in the land of Egypt. God’s plan was for Joseph to learn life’s lessons through being a slave and then imprisoned for years. Pharaoh had two dreams which Joseph interpreted, giving the glory to God. Because Pharaoh recognized Joseph for being a godly […]
How do you view your life? Do you feel as if you are a slave to your everyday life? Perhaps you feel like you’re in prison and there is no way out? Joseph was in a real life prison, wrongfully accused and sentenced. He had been sold into slavery by ten brothers. Yet he did […]
Joseph was responsible for all prisoners in the king’s jail. He must have talked with the prisoners on a regular basis. One day, two men were incarcerated, one of them was the king’s cupbearer and the other was the king’s baker. Both of the men were feeling the king’s anger toward them. One night – […]
Joseph arrived in Egypt as a slave. He was sold by Midianite traders to Potiphar, the king. We are not told how long he was a slave in the household of Potiphar before he was put in charge of Potiphar’s household and all he owned. Genesis 37:18-28, 36 Potiphar’s wife saw Joseph and wanted him […]