Why ideas matter.
Why ideas matter.
Judah offers himself instead of Benjamin. Bible Reading: Genesis 44 Joseph Tests His Brothers 44 Then he commanded the steward of his house, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in the mouth…
The brothers eat with Joseph. Bible Reading: Genesis 43:15-34 15 So the men took this present, and they took double the money with them, and Benjamin. They arose and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph. 16 When Joseph saw Benjamin…
The brothers go back to Egypt. Bible Reading: Genesis 43:1-14 43 Now the famine was severe in the land. 2 And when they had eaten the grain that they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little…
Joseph is put in charge. Bible Reading: Genesis 41:41-57 41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.” 42 Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand, and clothed him in…
Joseph was his father Jacob’s favored son but was treated unfairly by other people. Because they were jealous of him, Joseph’s brothers sold him as a slave to a caravan of Ishmaelites who took him to Egypt. The wife of…
Pharaoh has strange dreams. Bible Reading: Genesis 41:1-13 41 After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile, 2 and behold, there came up out of the Nile seven cows, attractive and plump, and they fed in the reed…
Joseph interprets dreams. Bible Reading: Genesis 40 Joseph Interprets Two Prisoners’ Dreams 40 Some time after this, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker committed an offense against their lord the king of Egypt. 2 And Pharaoh was angry with his…
Joseph is thrown into prison. Bible Reading: Genesis 39 Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife 39 Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought…
Because Jacob had deceived his brother Esau, he had to leave his home and go far away to the place his mother Rebekah had come from to find a wife in his uncle’s house. There he grew rich and his…