STRENGTH FOR THE JOURNEY GOD’S MYSTERIOUS WAYS

GENESIS 37:5-11 The Scriptures record that there was a twofold response to Joseph’s dreams: His brothers “envied him; but his father observed the saying” (Gen. 37:11). His brothers were jealous of him, but his father pondered and heeded what Joseph said. He began to reflect on how all this might...

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STRENGTH FOR THE JOURNEY INFLUENCE DURING FORMATIVE YEARs

GENESIS 37:1-4 After the record of Joseph’s birth in Genesis 30:23-24, very little is said of him until he was 17 years of age. Genesis 37 begins the detailed record of his life. In addition to the children of Bilhah and Zilpah, the children of Leah were also Joseph’s early...

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