Why ideas matter.
Why ideas matter.
The brothers eat with Joseph. Bible Reading: Genesis 43:15-34 15 So the men took this present, and they took double the money with them, and Benjamin. They arose and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph. 16 When Joseph saw Benjamin…
The brothers go back to Egypt. Bible Reading: Genesis 43:1-14 43 Now the famine was severe in the land. 2 And when they had eaten the grain that they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little…
Joseph’s brothers go to Egypt. Bible Reading: Genesis 42 42 When Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?” 2 And he said, “Behold, I have heard that there is…
Joseph is put in charge. Bible Reading: Genesis 41:41-57 41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.” 42 Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand, and clothed him in…
Joseph was his father Jacob’s favored son but was treated unfairly by other people. Because they were jealous of him, Joseph’s brothers sold him as a slave to a caravan of Ishmaelites who took him to Egypt. The wife of…
God works in all things for our good. Bible Reading: Romans 8:28-39 28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. 29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed…
We have a future Hope. Bible Reading: Romans 8:18-27 Future Glory 18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation waits with eager longing…
The Spirit gives life. Bible Reading: Romans 8:9-17 9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10 But…
Pharaoh has strange dreams. Bible Reading: Genesis 41:1-13 41 After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile, 2 and behold, there came up out of the Nile seven cows, attractive and plump, and they fed in the reed…
Joseph interprets dreams. Bible Reading: Genesis 40 Joseph Interprets Two Prisoners’ Dreams 40 Some time after this, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker committed an offense against their lord the king of Egypt. 2 And Pharaoh was angry with his…