St. Paul Lutheran Church, Matteson, Illinois & Pastor Troester

Joseph is placed in charge of all of Potiphar's house, only to be brought down by the accusation of Potiphar's wife, but then to rise again in favor with the master of the prison because God is with him.

The sexual sins of Judah, one of the sons of Jacob, after he and his brothers sell their brother Joseph, and the grace of God, Who continues His promise for a Savior.

Sons are born to Jacob, amidst much turmoil, yet God continues to bless them.

Jacob marries Leah and Rachel.

Jacob leaves home to find a wife where his Uncle Laban lives

Jacob gets Esau's blessing.

The life of Isaac, son of Abraham & Sarah, in the line of the Messiah.

The life and death of Abraham and the birth of his grandsons, Esau and Jacob.

Abraham makes sure that Isaac has a wife who believes in the true God, that the line of the Messiah might continue.

Abraham's faith in God's promises, even at Sarah's death, as he buries her in the Promised Land, and believes that God would give him and his family after him everything that God had promised.