Scripture Reading — Genesis 50:15-21 “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”— Genesis 50:20Joseph brought his father and all his brothers and their families to live in Egypt so that they would have
Scripture Reading — Genesis 45:1-20 “God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.”— Genesis 45:7Joseph had tested his brothers and had learned that they wanted to protect Benjamin, his younger brother, and to sp
Scripture Reading — Genesis 42:1-17 “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us. . . .”— Genesis 42:2Like many others during the seven years of famine, Jacob’s family and flocks were running out of food. So Jacob sent his sons to go and buy fo
Scripture Reading — Genesis 41:41-57 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.”— Genesis 41:41Joseph remained in prison for two years before the king’s cupbearer remembered him.One night Pharaoh had two dreams that troubled him deeply, and
Scripture Reading — Genesis 40:1-23 The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.— Genesis 40:23Joseph’s experience in Egypt took many twists and turns. One moment he was trusted by Potiphar, one of the king’s officials, and the next moment he was impri
Scripture Reading — Genesis 37:12-36 “Let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams.”— Genesis 37:20Jacob sent Joseph to check up on his brothers. They saw him coming from a distanc
Scripture Reading — Genesis 37:1-11 When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him. . . .— Genesis 37:4Jacob should have known better. He knew what it was like to have a brother whom his father loved more than him (Genesis 25:27-28), bu
Scripture Reading — Genesis 32:22-32 “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”— Genesis 32:28Jacob was a schemer. It came naturally. His mother was a schemer, and so was his father (see Genesis 26-27
Scripture Reading — Genesis 21:1-21 “Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”— Genesis 21:18God is faithful beyond our ability to think or imagine.Some years earlier, Sarah (formerly Sarai) had come up with a plan to produce an heir f
Scripture Reading — Genesis 15:1-21 “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”— Genesis 15:1How long can you live on a promise? Abram and Sarai had lived with God’s promise of a child for many years. Their faith was being tested, and their hope was be
Scripture Reading — Genesis 12:10-20 Pharaoh . . . sent [Abram] on his way, with his wife and everything he had.— Genesis 12:20It was a time of famine, and Abram and Sarai needed food. There was food in Egypt, but going there could be dangerous. (This would not be the first ti
Scripture Reading — Genesis 12:1-8 “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.”— Genesis 12:1Abram and Sarai will become key figures in the story of God’s covenant and his plan for salvation.When we first meet this couple, they d