Daily Bread
Jul 2, 2026 (Thu)
JOSEPH INTERPRETS TWO DREAMS
Genesis 40:1-23
1. 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(...)
ReadJul 1, 2026 (Wed)
JOSEPH IS PUT IN PRISON
Genesis 39:13-23
1. 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(...)
ReadJun 30, 2026 (Tue)
JOSEPH AND POTIPHAR
Genesis 39:1-12
1. 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(...)
ReadJun 29, 2026 (Mon)
JUDAH AND TAMAR
Genesis 38:1-30
1. 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(...)
ReadJun 28, 2026 (Sun)
JOSEPH IS SOLD INTO SLAVERY
Genesis 37:12-36
1. 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(...)
ReadJun 27, 2026 (Sat)
TWO ACCOUNTS OF TWIN BROTHERS
Genesis 36:1-37:11
1. Chapters 36 and 37 are two accounts of the brothers Esau and Jacob, respectively. Their stories began back in Genesis 25:19, when they were conceived in their mother’s womb as twins. Esau was the f(...)
ReadJun 26, 2026 (Fri)
BLESSEDNESS OF OBEDIENCE
Genesis 35:1-29
1. The word, “God,” did not appear even once in chapter 34, but it appears eleven times in chapter 35—plus, words related to God also appear nine times, such as Bethel (“house of God”). Jacob and his(...)
ReadJun 25, 2026 (Thu)
MISERY OF DISOBEDIENCE
Genesis 34:1-31
1. od had blessed Jacob abundantly while he lived with his uncle Laban in Paddan Aram with much wealth and many children—eleven sons and one daughter. Benjamin, the youngest, would be born later (35:1(...)
ReadJun 24, 2026 (Wed)
LIKE SEEING THE FACE OF GOD
Genesis 33:1-20
1. After all Jacob had done, to be welcomed by his brother Esau with a warm embrace and kiss was like seeing the face of God. Jacob was far from being the perfect brother or human being. He made many(...)
ReadJun 23, 2026 (Tue)
JACOB’S STRUGGLE
Genesis 32:1-32
1. Jacob’s tense meeting with Laban was but a prelude to his showdown with his brother Esau. Jacob’s past came back to haunt him as he remembered how he had deceived his father to receive the blessing(...)
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