Hunger drives Joseph's brothers to convince their father to take Benjamin to Egypt. They rejoice to see on Simeon who had been held captive but fear retribution from Joseph (who they still don't recognize) who has already spoken harshly to them. Little do they know things are only going to get harder...

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Joseph's brothers return home dismayed after discovering that their money had been returned to them. Jacob is crestfallen because the only way to save his son imprisoned in Egypt is to risk the last remaining son of his beloved wife. In this crossroads of pain and grief, Israel's family tries to make sense of what they should do next.

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When Joseph's brothers arrive in Egypt seeking food, Joseph sees them for the first time since the moment they sold him into slavery. This painful encounter forces Joseph to choose how he will treat the very brothers who years before had intended to kill him. Today we discover the importance of his younger brother Benjamin and we also begin to see that Joseph remains deeply affected by the events of his youth.

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In a day, Joseph goes from the prison to the second in command of the world's greatest power. Join the Pastors as they explore how Joseph's remarkable story points us to God's original promise for the whole world and how some of the unexpected details of the story continue to teach us that God works in mysterious ways.

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After two long years, when Pharoah has a dream that none of his priests can interpret, the cup bearer remembers Joseph. Suddenly, in a twinkling of an eye, Jospeh gets a chance to stand before the most powerful man in the world and offer an interpretation of his dream that might not only change his own life as well as the wellbeing of an entire nation.

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While Joseph serves the prison warden, he interprets the dreams of Pharaoh's cup bearer and chief baker. The radically different interpretation of each dream sets the stage for the remarkable transformation that lies just around the corner for Joseph, it also makes it explicitly clear that God continues to be faithful to him despite his continued struggles.

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If you thought that Joseph becoming a slave would be the lowest point in his life, today's story will come as a shock. When Potiphar's wife tries to convince Joseph to lay with her and he refuses, she turns the tables on him and falsely accuses him of attempting to take advantage of her. This chapter traces the shocking consistency of God's blessing, even as the circumstances of Joseph's life continue to become grimmer.

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In today's story, Judah and his sons refuse to do their part to take care of Tamar when her husband dies. What follows is a rare kind of story in Genesis, when a strong woman makes the very best of a very bad situation and ends up not only tricking her father-in-law but also writing herself into the very genealogy of Jesus.

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When Joseph's brothers scheme to kill him, they aren't kidding. Joseph is sent by his father to the fields where his brothers plan to end his life. Join the Pastors as they explore how Joseph goes from the favored in his family to a slave. What follows is a story of jealousy, anger, self-advancement, and even God's ability to make something good out of those things that aren't.

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Today we are introduced to Joseph, the last major character of Genesis (and the first introduction isn't great). He rats on his brothers, is pampered by his father with luxurious gifts, and is well known as his father's favorite son. In fact, we learn in just the first four verses that his brothers hate him so much that they can't say a single good thing to him. Join the Pastors as we meet the dreamer Joseph who is about to get himself into a whole lot of trouble.

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