It is now day three with reading from Genesis 29 to 40! [I do realize I am getting these out a bit late, but I will get all caught up and perhaps ahead this weekend!] This section of chapters covers quite a bit of the stories of Jacob and the beginning of Joseph. It begins with Jacob and his earning of his two wives Leah and Rachel, and it continues with the birth of his children. Rachel’s first child is Joseph, and her second is Benjamin. The story of Jacob goes on with a lot of traveling, his meeting with his brother Esau, and again more travels as he returns to Bethel. Soon after, the deaths of Rachel and Isaac occur. It then turns toward Joseph to tell about his dreams of ruling over his brothers, his brothers’ plan to kill him, but then they sell him as a slave, and Joseph ends up in Egypt.
Genesis 32:20 “And be sure to say, ‘Your servant Jacob is coming behind us … later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.’"
Genesis 34:25,31 After Dinah was raped: “Three days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city, killing every male. … they replied, ‘Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?’”
Genesis 37:26-27 “Judah said to his brothers, ‘What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? Come, let's sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.’ His brothers agreed.”
Genesis 39:5 “From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the LORD blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph.”
Genesis 39:20-23 “Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined. But while Joseph was there in the prison, the LORD was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there. The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph's care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.”
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