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Jan 14, 2024 · Like Joseph, we must trust that God can use hardship to accomplish greater good, even when people intend evil against us. As Romans 8:28 says, “In all things God works for the good of those who love him.” To extend true forgiveness as Joseph did, we must also replace bitterness with blessing.
- Day 1: Joseph and His Family
- Day 2: Joseph’s Early Life in Egypt
- Day 3: Joseph’s Rise to Power
- Day 4: Joseph’s Reconciliation with His Family
- Day 5: Joseph’s Last Days
Looking to God’s Word
1. How would you describe Joseph’s relationship with his brothers? 2. Could Joseph have prevented the jealousy of his brothers? Why or why not? 3. How would you describe his relationship with his father Jacob? 4. In verses 21-27 Reuben and Judah came to Joseph’s defense. Why would these two, of all the brothers, try to save Joseph?
Looking Upward
5. How do you see God’s sovereign hand at work throughout this chapter? 6. How do you see God’s hand at work in your own life?
Looking Deeper
1. We are told in Genesis 37:3that Jacob made Joseph a varicolored tunic. What was the significance of this tunic and what impact might that have had on his brothers? 2. How was God already developing Joseph’s gifts at the age of 17?
Chapter 38 seems like an “interruption” to our story of Joseph in Egypt, but it is a narrative of what took place back in Canaan during this time, especially concerning the life of Judah. We pick up our narrative of Joseph in Chapter 39.
Looking To God’s Word
We will not be able to look at every verse of every chapter, so I will try to summarize as we skim the following chapters. 1. The king’s cupbearer and baker offended him, resulting in their being thrown into prison with Joseph. What do you learn about Joseph from the way he responded to them in prison? 2. The rest of the chapter tells of their dreams, Joseph’s interpretation of the dreams, and how the interpretations were later fulfilled. In Genesis 40:14-15and 20-23, how was life once again...
Looking Upward
5. How had God worked in Joseph’s life during his captivity (see 40:8 and 41:16)? 6. How can you keep a proper perspective when you know you have been “wronged” by others and you are paying the unjustified consequences?
Looking Deeper
1. Who are some other people in the Bible who had “delays” in their lives?
Looking To God’s Word
1. Jacob sent his sons, with the exception of Benjamin, to Egypt to buy grain during the famine. When his brothers came before Joseph, why didn’t he just tell them who he was and why do you think he recognized them but they did not recognize him? 2. Why do you think Joseph responded to his brothers in the way he did? 3. Describe what his brothers were feeling in verses 21-23? In Genesis 42:29-38, the brothers returned to Canaan to retrieve their younger brother Benjamin, having left Simeon ba...
Looking Upward
6. How do you view painful or hurtful events in your life? How have hurtful events molded your life? 7. How is one able to gain the type of perspective that Joseph had about his life?
Looking Deeper
Read the entirety of Genesis 42-45. Trace Joseph’s actions throughout these chapters toward his brothers. Why did he do what he did?
In Genesis 46-47 Jacob moved his family to Egypt. God once again spoke to him, encouraging him to not be afraid to go to Egypt and reminding him of His promise to make him a great nation (Gen. 46:1-4). Genesis 48-49records Jacob’s final days. Today we look at Joseph’s last days after his father Jacob died.
Apr 17, 2018 · However, there is an equally compelling work of God in the Joseph’s life. It is primarily displayed as God’s favor towards Joseph, which again brings us to a worthy meditation. In Genesis 39 we find Joseph, whom his brothers have sold into slavery, ascending to the highest position in the house of Potipher, an Egyptian officer of Pharaoh.
Aug 2, 2017 · Potiphar appoints Joseph as a steward over his house; then God blesses Potiphar for Joseph’s sake (Gen. 39:4–5). Later we again find Joseph established over the house of Pharaoh (Gen. 41:40). The result is the same: Joseph blesses the nations by providing grain during a severe famine, first for Egypt (Gen. 41:56) then for all the earth (Gen. 41:57).
- Samuel Emadi
Dec 21, 2023 · “God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God” (Gen. 45:7-8). What a perspective Joseph had on his role in God’s story! He tells his brothers not to keep torturing themselves with regrets about their treachery toward him.
Joseph's descendants would be strong and numerous. God's favor would be upon them; He would nourish and protect those who descended from Joseph. They would receive the blessings of heaven, the seas (the deep, which is a male noun in Hebrew), and the womb. In other words, they would be blessed with numerous children.
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Feb 4, 2022 · Once again, God was with Joseph and showed him mercy (Genesis 39:21) and He gave Joseph favor in the sight of the prison keeper, who placed Joseph in authority over the other prisoners. Two of the Pharaoh’s servers (the chief butler and chief baker) offended their lord, and were also placed in the prison.
