Genesis 44 : Benjamin and the Silver Cup Remember that the brothers still think that Joseph is an Egyptian official, they don’t recognize him still. Benjamin, the youngest brother, Joseph’s full blood brother from Rachel; joins the brothers on this second trip to Egypt to secure more supplies. We are…

Genesis Chapter 43 (Benjamin Sent to Egypt) Intro: Were picking back up where we left off last Sunday, Genesis Chapter 43, And as we read last week, the famine that God gave Pharaoh in a divine dream has come true, Joseph is leading Egypt during this time, and his brothers come and have gotten their…

Genesis 42 : Joseph’s Brethren Because the famine is widespread throughout the Mediterranean world, starving people from impoverished countries must travel to Egypt to buy food. This sets the stage for Joseph’s reunion with his family. Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto…

Genesis Chapter 41 (The Seven Year Prophecies) Intro: As James went over last Sunday, we went over Genesis Chapter 40 and we saw the two dreams one from the Chief butler and one from the Chief Baker. Joseph, having that divine gift of interpretation, and being able to rightfully divide and illustrate…

Genesis 40 : The Butler and The Baker And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt. The phrase “after these things” show us that some time has passed, although it’s not specific here. By putting together a few pieces…

Genesis Chapter 39 (Joseph is imprisoned) Intro: Last week, James went over Genesis 38 which covered Judah and Tamar, and as we will see later on, Christ actually comes from the lineage of Judah. Also looking at how we can ground our faith by being able to take it back and trace these lineages to modern…

Genesis 38 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. The phrase “at that time” is showing us that this is taking place around the same time as the selling of Joseph into slavery. Judah meets with Hirah, whose…

Genesis Chapter 37 (Joseph’s Vision) Intro: James ended us last Sunday in Genesis 35 which covered the death of Rachel, Jacob excepting his blessing and finally taking the name Israel from God, and ended around the death of Isaac. We are going to be skipping over chapter 36 this morning. Chapter 36 goes…

Genesis 35 : Jacob’s Return To Bethel And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. Bethel means “House of God”. This is the place where Jacob used the stone “pillow”,…

Genesis 34 : (The Defiling of Dinah) Intro: James ended us on chapter 33 with Jacob and Esau kind of reuniting after over 2 decades, and showing how there was forgiveness between the two from all the strife in their past, all in all that was one of the main factors that kicked off Jacob leaving his homeland…