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GenesisWeek 10 – Joseph’s Slavery
God’s Promises
“Now Joseph had a dream…” Gen 37:5
Text: Gen 36:1 – 41:57
National Background
Generations of Esau
Teman Omar
Zepho Gatam
Kenaz Amalek
Eliphaz
Esau and Adah
Jeush Jalam(Jaalam)
Korah
Esau and Oholibamah
Nahath Zerah
Shammah Mizzah
Reuel
Esau and Basemath(Bashemath)
Ancestral Enemy of
IsraelEx 17; Dt 25
Esau is Edom36:6-7 – Jacob and Esau had too many
possessions to live in the same region
Bethel
Beer-sheba
HebronBethlehem
CANAAN
Shechem
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EDOM (SEIR)
Mediterranean Sea (Great Sea)
GILEAD
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Succoth
Penuel
Mahanaim
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Sons of Seir the Horite & the Kings of Edom
Seir the Horite
HoriHomam
Lotan
Alvan Manahath
Ebal Shepho
Onam
Shobal
AiahAnah
Zibeon
DishonObolibamah
Anah
HemdanEshbanIthranKeran
Dishon
BilhanZaavanAkan
Ezer
UzAran
Dishan
Bela Jobab Husham Hadad
Samlah Shaul(Saul)
Baal-Hanan(Baal-hanan)
Hadar
Kings of EdomReference: -Genesis 36-1 Chronicles 1:43-54
36:1-5 – Married Esau
Joseph the DreamerJacob favored Joseph
Created friction in the family
37:5 – Joseph Tells His DreamsSheaves of grainSun, moon, and stars
37:8-11 – Rebuked by entire family
What does Joseph’s interaction with his family tell us about Joseph?
Do we see God’s hand of providence working throughout?
“Here I Am!”37:13-17 – Brothers pasturing flock in Shechem
~60 miles to North of Hebron about 5 day’s Journey
Beer-sheba
Hebron
CANAAN
Shechem
EDOM (SEIR)
Mediterranean Sea
(Great Sea)
GILEAD
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Dothan •
In Hot Water
Brothers pasturing flock in Shechem ~60 miles to North of Hebron
Israel sends Joseph to them
Finds them in Dothan
“Here comes that dreamer.” The plot to kill him.
Reactions?Reuben – Shed no blood, but doesn’t think he can
stop it…wants to rescue him and keep himJudah – offers to sell him to traders, so Joseph’s
“blood” would not be on themJacob/Israel devastated
Cool 19th Century Painting
The Brothers Sell Joseph into Slavery
Konstantin Flavitsky (1855)
Presentation of the Coat
Joseph's Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob, Diego Velázquez (1630)
Side-Bar (Judah & Tamar)Judah the ringleader of the plot TO SELL Joseph
Chapter 38 – Judah’s immorality and marrying Canaanite
What compromises do we see by Judah and his family here?Foreign Idolatrous WivesDid not raise Godly childrenGross immoralityLiesHypocrisyDeceit
Receives blessing in Ch. 49
Tamar’s Twins• Zerah – arm came out
1st
• Perez “pulls him back” and cuts in line.
• Ruth 4:18-22 – Perez is ancestor of King David and subsequently, Jesus
Genealogy of Jesus1. Abraham2. Isaac3. Jacob4. Judah & Tamar5. Perez6. Hezron7. Ram8. Amminadab9. Nahshon10.Salmon & Rahab11.Boaz & Ruth12.Obed13.Jesse14.David & Bathsheba15.Solomon & Naamah16.Rehoboam17.Abijam18.Asa
19.Jehosaphat20.Jehoram21.Uzziah22.Jotham23.Ahaz24.Hezekiah25.Manasseh26.Amon27.Josiah28.Jeconiah29.Shealtiel30.Zerubbabel31.Abiud32.Eliakim33.Azor34.Zadok35.Achim
36.Eliud37.Eleazar38.Matthan39.Jacob40.Joseph & Mary41.Jesus
Joseph Pursues Righteousness
Joseph Flees Potiphar’s WifeGuido Reni
Joseph elevated through God’s plan
Joseph in EgyptJoseph elevated through God’s plan.Regardless of his position as chief slave or
prisoner, Joseph was faithful, honest, hard working, etc
39:23 – Who made it succeed?
Thrown into prison
40 – Joseph interprets prisoner’s dreams
41 – Joseph interprets Pharaoh’s dreams
41:37-56 – Rise to Power
Gospel GlimpsesJudah Intermarried with Canaanites
Failed to care properly for family (Tamar)49:10 - Was he removed from God’s plan?
His line produced David and Jesus.Again, God’s plan will prevail…PERIOD!
Slaves to KingsJoseph transitions from slave to Chief of StaffEx 19:6 - Nation of Israel, slaves, are transformed
into?1 Pet 2:9 - Through Jesus, believers go from slaves of
sin to what?
SojourningConsistent Bible theme
23:4 – Abraham the sojouner
37:1 – Jacob in the land of father’s sojourning
47:9 – Jacob tells Pharaoh, his sojourning is 130 years
Lev 25:23, 1 Chron 29:15, Ps 39:12; 119:19 - Israel repeatedly referred to as a “stranger and a sojourner”
1 Pet 2:11 – Peter carries the theme to 1st Century Christians
Jn 6:51 – Christ left heaven to sojourn for usThis world is not my home, I’m just a passing through!
Theological SoundingsDreamer(s) throughout Scripture
15:1 – Abraham’s vision that he’d have a son28:10 – Jacob’s stair case/ladder37 – Joseph’s sheaves, Sun/Moon/Stars
Are these valid means of revelations from God?
Matthew accounts 5 dreams in connection with Christ’s birth.
God uses dreams throughout the scripture to reveal his will and to teach mankind.
All this dreaming is secondary to the clear revelation through the person, teachings, and saving action of Jesus Christ. Heb 1:1-4
Toward Next Week
Summary
Week 11 – Reconciliation
