joseph is sold into egypt genesis 37. map here’s joseph’s home here’s where he was taken
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Joseph’s Background Story
Joseph was 17 when his journey beginsJacob, also known as Israel, loved Joseph
because he was a child of his old age In other words, he was his youngest son
Because he loved him, he gave him a long tunic Think of him getting a new car while his brothers all
got awful junk cars
His brothers were jealous of him because their father loved him the most
Joseph’s Special Power
First Dream: Joseph and his brothers was binding sheaves in the fields and
suddenly, his sheaf rose to an upright position, and his brothers’ sheaves formed a ring around his and bowed down to it
This dream made his brothers’ hate him more “Are you really going to make yourself king over us? Or impose
your rule on us?” Gen 37:8
Second Dream: The sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to
Joseph. His brothers were furious and started plotting against him--
but they didn’t give the dreams a second thought His father, Israel, was intrigued by Joseph’s dreams
Cont…
His brothers decided that they would kill JosephThen they changed their plot and chose, instead,
to throw Joseph down a wellAfter they tossed him in the well, they ate lunchWhile they were eating, a caravan of Ishmaelites
came byOne of the brothers thought that they should sell
Joseph instead of just letting him die Joseph was sold for twenty pieces of silver and taken to
away
Cont cont……
Then the brothers took Joseph’s tunic (his special gift) and smeared it with goat’s blood
Then they took the tunic and brought it to their father claiming that it had been found in the field
Jacob then inferred that his beloved son, Joseph, had been killed
Meanwhile…the caravan of Ishmaelites had sold Joseph to Potiphar, a courtier of Pharaoh and his chief steward
The Literal Sense
Basically everything we just saidHow is God involved?
Joseph’s dreams were an act of God, telling him that he was special and he was meant to be a king.
Moral Sense
Joseph’s brothers were jealous and they let their jealousy control them. They plotted to kill him and ended up selling him as a
slave. They even lied to their father.
We should not let our emotions control us
Allegorical Sense
Joseph represents Jesus, and his brothers represent the same people that persecuted Jesus around the time of his death
His own brothers sold him to a caravan to be treated as a slave, in the same way Jesus was given up to the Romans by his own people.
Literal Sense
Joseph was brought in as a slave to Egypt, and was sold to Potiphar
Potiphar and Joseph got along very well, so Joseph was assigned to the household
The household became prosperous because the Lord blessed the house for Joseph’s sake
Potiphar’s wife wanted Joseph to lie with her, but he refused every time
Potiphar’s wife accused Joseph of trying to sleep with her, and Potiphar became enraged and threw Joseph in jail.
Moral Sense
We should follow Joseph’s example and not give into temptation.
Always trust in God, because whatever happens, happens for a reason
Anagogical Sense
By following Joseph’s example, we can resist temptation—sin—and stay closer to God
The closer we are to God, the closer we are to Heaven.