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God Had the Best Plan for Joseph

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Genesis 42-45 Our story comes from the book, or part, of the Bible called Genesis. Genesis means "the beginning." The Bible tells us of a young man named Joseph. Joseph lived with his father Jacob and his brothers in Canaan. God chose Joseph to do a very important job. But Joseph and his family did not know it. When Joseph was seventeen years old, his brothers sold him to some Ishmaelites as a slave. They took Joseph down to Egypt. Potiphar, an Egyptian, one of Pharaoh's officers, the captain of the guard, bought Joseph from the Ishmaelites. God was with Joseph, so that he prospered for many years in the house of his master, the Egyptian. But Joseph was accused of something he didn't do. Joseph was arrested and put into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were kept. Later, Joseph was chosen by Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.  Joseph had a very important job. He made sure that plenty of grain was stored and ready ...

God Helped Joseph Lead Egypt

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Genesis 41 Our story comes from the book, or part, of the Bible called Genesis. Genesis means "the beginning." The Bible tells us of a young man named Joseph. When Joseph was seventeen years old, his brothers sold him to some Ishmaelites as a slave. They took Joseph down to Egypt. Potiphar, an Egyptian, one of Pharaoh's officers, the captain of the guard, bought Joseph from the Ishmaelites. God was with Joseph, so that he prospered for many years in the house of his master, the Egyptian. But Joseph was accused of something he didn't do. Joseph was arrested and put into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were kept. One day, the king of Egypt had a bad dream. The king told his dream to many people. But no one could tell the king what his dream meant. The king of Egypt called for Joseph. The king said, "I had a dream. No one can tell me what it means. Can you tell me what it means?" Joseph...

God Was with Joseph in Egypt

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Genesis 39-40 Our story comes from the book, or part, of the Bible called Genesis. Genesis means "the beginning." The Bible tells us of a young man named Joseph. When Joseph was seventeen years old, his brothers sold him to some Ishmaelites as a slave. They took Joseph down to Egypt. Potiphar, an Egyptian, one of Pharaoh's officers, the captain of the guard, bought Joseph from the Ishmaelites. God was with Joseph, so that he prospered in the house of his master, the Egyptian. When his master saw that God was with Joseph and made everything succeed that he undertook, he trusted Joseph and made him his own servant. Potiphar also made Joseph overseer of his household and placed all that he had in his care. From the time that Potiphar made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, God blessed the Egyptian's household for Joseph's sake, and the blessing of God was upon all that he had in the house and in the field. Potiphar left all t...