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Joseph’s brothers have a lot of relational healing to do. At this point, their father blames them for his pain and they are the reason for Joseph’s many years of struggle. We see the first steps taken in this story, through the humble vulnerability of Judah, and the openness of Joseph to give his brothers […]

Joseph is reunited with his brothers. The same brothers who hated him and sold him into slavery. This chapter gives us the beginnings of the process of restoration and what it looks like for us to seek healing in our relationships.

Joseph gets pulled from prison and is brought before the Pharaoh. He interprets Pharaoh’s dreams and quickly rises up the ranks to being second-in-command over all of Egypt. In this, we see God blessing a foreign nation through His chosen people. This tells us a bit about how God expects us to live; he isn’t […]

Joseph is in prison through no fault of his own. Many times in this chapter we see the phrase: some time passes. As Joseph waits, works, and worships, he is eager for God’s plan to unfold. We see in this chapter that while God is present and working in the world, He is often not […]

As we move forward in the story of Joseph, we see Joseph working to do his best in a less than ideal situation. The Lord is with him and he thrives at all he does. But even with his hard work and the Lord’s blessing, things still do not go well for Joseph. This story […]

The Bible is filled with difficult stories that exist to shock us out of our apathy into a greater understanding of sin and God’s holiness. Genesis 38 is one of these, where we get to see what happens when the characters leave the family of God, fail to follow the order of God, and act […]

Joseph’s brothers harbored bitterness and jealousy toward him because of his relationship with his father, Jacob. This resentment grew into hatred, to the point that they were willing to kill him to satisfy it. Instead, they chose to sell him as a slave, and they covered up their sin with a lie. This story shows […]