Joseph & His Family
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Joseph & His Family
Joseph & His Work
Joseph & His Choices
Joseph & His Nation
Joseph & His Heart
Joseph & His Legacy
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Joseph & His FamilySession 1
Genesis 37
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Joseph‘s family was a complex web of relationships.
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Joseph’s Family Tree
JACOB
Rachel(younger sister)
Leah(elder sister)
11Joseph
12Benjamin
Bilhah(Rachel’s slave)
5Dan
6Naphtali
1Reuben
4Judah
3Levi
2Simeon
10Zebulun
9Issachar
Dinah
Zilpah(Leah’s slave)
8Asher
7Gad
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Joseph‘s family was a complex web of relationships.
Joseph’s father, Jacob, had 2 wives, 2 concubines, 12 sons, and 1 daughter.
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Joseph’s generational heritage and immediate family were highly dysfunctional.
1. Much of Jacob’s life was characterized by deception.
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3. Joseph’s father and grandfather faced conflict with avoidance and passivity.
2. Joseph’s brothers were consumed with revenge.
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Genesis 37:1-41 And Jacob dwelt in the land
wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
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Genesis 37:1-42 These are the generations of Jacob.
Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and
with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their
evil report.
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3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
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4. Jacob blatantly expressed his favoritism by making Joseph a richly ornamented robe.
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Genesis 37:5-11
5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
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Genesis 37:5-11
7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and
made obeisance to my sheaf.
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8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed
have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for
his words.
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9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I
have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the
eleven stars made obeisance to me.
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10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this
dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren
indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
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4. Jacob blatantly expressed his favoritism by making Joseph a richly ornamented robe.
5. Joseph’s brothers were filled with hatred and jealousy.
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Genesis 37:18-28
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
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21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
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25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
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28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they
brought Joseph into Egypt.
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6. Joseph’s brothers demonstrated their hatred by betrayal.
• Joseph’s brothers plotted how to kill him.
• Reuben and Judah intervened to save Joseph’s life.
• His brothers sold Joseph to Midianite merchants heading to Egypt.
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Genesis 37:31-36
31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.
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33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured
him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned
for his son many days.
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35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will
go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of
Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
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Jacob’s sin of deception was perpetuatedby his sons.
• Jacob mourned and refused to be comforted.
• The brothers deceived their father with Joseph’s blood-soaked robe.
The merchants sold Joseph to Potiphar.
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Genesis 50:15-2115 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,
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17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and
their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be
thy servants.
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19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to
pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted
them, and spake kindly unto them.
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By trusting God, Joseph refused to be defined by the dysfunction of his family.
1. Joseph rejected deception and chose integrity.
2. Joseph rejected revenge and chose forgiveness.
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3. Joseph rejected passivity and chose initiative.
4. Joseph rejected favoritism and chose impartiality.
5. Joseph rejected jealousy and chose contentment.
6. Joseph rejected betrayal and chose loyalty.
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There are no perfect families.
Every home is broken as a result of the fall and the curse.
This cycle of dysfunction is not inevitable.
It can be broken by the choices we make in response to God’s grace.
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Our Response
1. How has the dysfunction in the home you grew up in negatively impactedyou?
2. Have you, or will you, forgive your parents and siblings?
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3. In what one specific area do you most want to break your generational pattern and establish a new legacy?
4. In what ways do you see your personal character flawsmanifested in your children?
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5. When and how will you humbly ask your children’s forgiveness and help them learn from your mistakes?