1. The Chronicler was inspired to write down the entire family tree of God’s people, from creation up to the return from exile in Babylon (Chapters 1-9). Why are all these names important? God brought(...)
Read1. Israel did not want to send his beloved son Benjamin to Egypt. But the food they brought back from Egypt was now gone, and the famine was still severe. The brothers had to return for food. Judah sp(...)
Read1. The famine was severe in Canaan, so Jacob sent ten sons to Egypt to buy grain. He kept the youngest—Benjamin—with him. Joseph recognized his brothers when they bowed before him. Then he remembered(...)
Read1. Pharaoh might have become angry at Joseph'sboldness, but he did not. He accepted God'sword and recognized Joseph as God'sservant. He put him in charge of his palace and made him the second man over(...)
Read1. After being forgotten by the cupbearer, Joseph spent another two years in prison. At that time Pharaoh had disturbing dreams. He dreamed of seven healthy cows that were eaten up by seven gaunt cows(...)
Read1. Joseph was in the king'sprison, which was under Potiphar'sjurisdiction. He was a faithful steward in prison, too. And God was with him, so he was put in charge of the prison. Two prisoners, who wer(...)
Read1. When Potiphar’s wife saw how Joseph rejected her advances, she called the other servants. She showed them the cloak that Joseph had left behind in his haste to flee. She accused him of trying to sl(...)
Read1. Joseph was taken to Egypt. There he was bought by one of Pharaoh’s officials, Potiphar, who was the captain of the guard. Potiphar saw that the Lord was with Joseph. He entrusted more and more to J(...)
Read1. After selling his own brother into slavery Judah could not live with his father anymore. He left the covenant calling and moved to Canaan. There he met and married a woman—the daughter of a man nam(...)
Read1. Joseph was loved the most by his father, but for this reason his many brothers all hated him (37:4). When Joseph had a dream implying that his brothers would all bow down to him, they hated him all(...)
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