“May God almighty grant you mercy before the man, and may he send back your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.” (43:14) While originally Jacob refused to let his sons bring Benjamin to Egypt for fear of him not returning, the clan is […]

But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If harm should happen to him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.” (42:38) A lot happens in this chapter,

After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed… (Genesis 41:1) Dreams certainly paid a significant role in Joseph’s life – he had dreams when he was a youth (that he possibly shouldn’t have mentioned to his siblings). He interpreted dreams for the baker and chief cupbearer of Pharaoh. And now Pharaoh has a dream that his magicians

And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined. The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be with them, and he attended them. They continued for

Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharoah, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian master. His

Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father. Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his

“These are the generations of Esau (that is Edom)” (36:1). This chapter contains lists of Esau’s descendants, which many of us might find rather boring. However, we are reminded that even though Esau, and certainly his descendants, are not “main players” in God’s unfolding story, they still mattered enough for their names to be recorded.

God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” (35:1) God told Jacob to go to Bethel, which is where God had appeared to Jacob on his journey away from home to his relatives

Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the women of the land. And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humiliated her. And his soul was drawn to Dinah the