Joseph’s Brothers Sell Him into Slavery - Jacob continued to live in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived. This is the account of Jacob and
Last week we learned that Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery. The Ishmaelite traders brought him to Egypt where he was sold to a man named Potiphar. Potiphar was one of Pharaoh’s officials. The Lord blessed Joseph so that Potiphar’s household prospered. God’s blessing did not esca...
Biblically, in the book of Genesis, Joseph’s father Jacob favored him out of his 12 sons and gifted him a coat of many colors. Filled with rage and jealousy, Joseph's brothers sold him into slavery. With Godly wisdom, “Due to his ability to interpret Pharaoh’s dream he was made ...
In the OldTestament1, the son of the patriarch Jacob and his wife, Rachel. He was favored by his father, and his brothers became bitterly jealous when he was given a resplendent “coat of many colors” (literally, coat with flowing sleeves). They sold him into slavery in Egypt, telling ...
Joseph Sold by His Brothers…17“They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’ ” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan. 18Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they ...
In the Old Testament, the son of the patriarch Jacob and his wife, Rachel. He was favored by his father, and his brothers became bitterly jealous when he was given a resplendent “coat of many colors” (literally, coat with flowing sleeves). They sold him into slavery in Egypt, telling...
Joseph's brothers, who had previously sold him into slavery, are now recipients of grace and provision. This reflects themes of forgiveness and reconciliation, central to the Christian message. Joseph's actions prefigure Christ's forgiveness of those who wronged Him. The brothers' journey to ...
His brothers are jealous of Joseph and when they were in the fields, they beat him up and sold him into slavery to a group of Ishmaelites. The Ishmaelites take Joseph to Egypt, where he first serves the house of Potiphar, one of the richest men in Egypt. He is accused of attacking ...
27 Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh." And his brothers listened to him. 28 Then Midianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites...
Consider Joseph in Egypt, whose face must have been like flint indeed. Sold into slavery, falsely accused, imprisoned unjustly—yet through it all, his countenance remained fixed on the divine purpose that would eventually unfold. “But the Lord was with Joseph and extended kindness to him, and...