GOD: HE IS EVERYWHERE YOU NEED HIM TO BE (3 OF 11)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: Genesis 39:1-20
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God: He is Everywhere You Need Him to Be (3 of 11)
Series: Joseph, Seeing the Good in God's Detours
Tim Badal
Genesis 39:1-20
Let's turn to Genesis 39 as we pick up Joseph's story again. Even if you aren't especially knowledgeable about Scripture, you probably know about this story-maybe from the Broadway show about Joseph and his coat of many colors, and about the favoritism of his father. The past two weeks we've looked at the chaotic back-story of Joseph's dysfunctional family, where his father's favoritism created all kinds of hatred and envy among his brothers.
We learned last week that their anger and jealousy really began to foment. What began as mockery and slander moved to hatred in action. Last week we found Joseph sent by his father to check on his brothers, to be sure all was well with them as they were pasturing their father's flocks. But the Scripture says that while he was still far off, the brothers began to conspire to kill him. Such an unthinkable thing, that a group of brothers, even if they did hate him, would go so far as wanting to end his life!
But after a while they decided that wasn't the best course of action, so they threw him into a pit. As he is screaming for help, perhaps injured by his fall into the pit, they sit down to a meal, enjoying their food and camaraderie. Then at just the right time and place, a group of traders happen to come by, and the brothers realize they have someone to sell. So they sold him for 20 shekels of silver-which was the price for an injured slave in that day, giving us another reason to think Joseph was in fact injured in his fall.
So Joseph is turned over to these traders, probably put in chains and made to walk behind an animal, enduring the long trip to Egypt. That's where we pick up the story today-and it doesn't get much better. Although for a while things seem to be looking up, at the point when it begins to be good, Joseph is again thrown into another kind of pit. Turn now to Genesis ...
Series: Joseph, Seeing the Good in God's Detours
Tim Badal
Genesis 39:1-20
Let's turn to Genesis 39 as we pick up Joseph's story again. Even if you aren't especially knowledgeable about Scripture, you probably know about this story-maybe from the Broadway show about Joseph and his coat of many colors, and about the favoritism of his father. The past two weeks we've looked at the chaotic back-story of Joseph's dysfunctional family, where his father's favoritism created all kinds of hatred and envy among his brothers.
We learned last week that their anger and jealousy really began to foment. What began as mockery and slander moved to hatred in action. Last week we found Joseph sent by his father to check on his brothers, to be sure all was well with them as they were pasturing their father's flocks. But the Scripture says that while he was still far off, the brothers began to conspire to kill him. Such an unthinkable thing, that a group of brothers, even if they did hate him, would go so far as wanting to end his life!
But after a while they decided that wasn't the best course of action, so they threw him into a pit. As he is screaming for help, perhaps injured by his fall into the pit, they sit down to a meal, enjoying their food and camaraderie. Then at just the right time and place, a group of traders happen to come by, and the brothers realize they have someone to sell. So they sold him for 20 shekels of silver-which was the price for an injured slave in that day, giving us another reason to think Joseph was in fact injured in his fall.
So Joseph is turned over to these traders, probably put in chains and made to walk behind an animal, enduring the long trip to Egypt. That's where we pick up the story today-and it doesn't get much better. Although for a while things seem to be looking up, at the point when it begins to be good, Joseph is again thrown into another kind of pit. Turn now to Genesis ...
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