As we continue our series Joseph: A Life With Many Colors, Jacob’s family is prospering even in the famine. Genesis 47:27 Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and were fruitful and increased greatly in number. Genesis 47:28 Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, and the years […]
Genesis 47:7 Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him before Pharaoh. After Jacob blessed Pharaoh, 8 Pharaoh asked him, “How old are you?” 9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. My years have been few and difficult, and they do not equal the […]
Joseph’s whole family has just descended upon Egypt and in our series Joseph: A Life With Many Colors, he’s about to share some wisdom with them, paving the way…out of the way. There’s no way Pharaoh was going to have a bunch of shepherds hanging around. Ewwww…. Genesis 46:31 Then Joseph said to his brothers […]
Joseph has made himself known to his brothers and now Pharaoh knows too. And Pharaoh gives the best of the best in honor of Joseph. As we continue our series Joseph: A Life With Many Colors, Genesis 45:17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals and return to the land […]
Genesis 45:4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! As we continue our look at Joseph: A Life with Many Colors, his revelation and proclamation probably wouldn’t have been reassuring for the brothers to […]
Joseph saw that Judah was willing to sacrifice himself rather than letting Benjamin (Joseph’s full brother) suffer. Now he began to see beyond the present and hint of a future in which God had something bigger in mind. But the first step was to make himself known. Genesis 45:1 Then Joseph could no longer control […]
Genesis 44:14 Joseph was still in the house when Judah and his brothers came in, and they threw themselves to the ground before him. 15 Joseph said to them, “What is this you have done? Don’t you know that a man like me can find things out by divination?” 16 “What can we say to […]
Genesis 44:1 Now Joseph gave these instructions to the steward of his house: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack. 2 Then put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the […]
Finishing out Genesis chapter 43 in our series, Joseph: A Life with Many Colors, Joseph sees his full brother Benjamin for the first time. Overcome with emotion, Joseph abandons his duties as host and goes to weep in his private room. Genesis 43:31 After he had washed his face, he came out and, controlling himself, […]
I’d say it’s hard to believe we’re only a month away from Advent 2019, but I just finished shoveling Halloween snow here in Illinois so I’m not stuck with more leftover candy than I should eat. Therefore, it’s time to plan for Advent devotionals and announce this year’s theme: “God’s Christmas List.” “Aw, come’on,” you […]
