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Gen. 37:12-28
12 Now his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks nearShechem, 13 and Israel said to Joseph, “As you know, your brothers aregrazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I am going to send you to them.”“Very well,” he replied.14 So he said to him, “Go and see if all is well with yourbrothers and with the flocks, and bring word back to me.” Then he sent him offfrom the Valley of Hebron. When Joseph arrived at Shechem, 15 a man found himwandering around in the fields and asked him, “What are you looking for?”16 Hereplied, “I’m looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are grazingtheir flocks?” “They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard themsay, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them nearDothan. 18 But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, theyplotted to kill him.19 “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to eachother. 20 “Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns andsay that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what comes of hisdreams.”
21 When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. “Let’s nottake his life,” he said. 22 “Don’t shed any blood. Throw him into thiscistern here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this torescue him from them and take him back to his father. 23 So when Joseph cameto his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe he waswearing— 24 and they took him and threw him into the cistern. The cisternwas empty; there was no water in it.25 As they sat down to eat their meal, theylooked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camelswere loaded with spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to takethem down to Egypt. 26 Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we killour brother and cover up his blood? 27 Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelitesand not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh andblood.” His brothers agreed.28 So when the Midianite merchants came by, hisbrothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twentyshekels[a] of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt
Alternative Route
Vs 36 Meanwhile, the Midianites[a] soldJoseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’sofficials, the captain of the guard.
Gen 39 :2 The LORD was with Joseph so that heprospered, and he lived in the house of hisEgyptian master.
Lesson: don’t mistake God’s silence for God’s absence.
Just because God doesn’t show up inGenesis 37 doesn’t mean Godisn’t in Genesis 37.
We learn from Joseph alternativeroutes that they come unexpectedly.
How God uses alternative routes in your life
He uses detours to develop you.
God uses detours is to protect us from danger
Alternative routes sometimes end up becomingshortcuts
Genesis 50:20
“Joseph says, ‘God brought meto this position so I could savethe lives of many people.’”
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Gen. 37:12-28
12 Now his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks nearShechem, 13 and Israel said to Joseph, “As you know, your brothers aregrazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I am going to send you to them.”“Very well,” he replied.14 So he said to him, “Go and see if all is well with yourbrothers and with the flocks, and bring word back to me.” Then he sent him offfrom the Valley of Hebron. When Joseph arrived at Shechem, 15 a man found himwandering around in the fields and asked him, “What are you looking for?”16 Hereplied, “I’m looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are grazingtheir flocks?” “They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard themsay, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them nearDothan. 18 But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, theyplotted to kill him.19 “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to eachother. 20 “Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns andsay that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what comes of hisdreams.”
21 When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. “Let’s nottake his life,” he said. 22 “Don’t shed any blood. Throw him into thiscistern here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this torescue him from them and take him back to his father. 23 So when Joseph cameto his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe he waswearing— 24 and they took him and threw him into the cistern. The cisternwas empty; there was no water in it.25 As they sat down to eat their meal, theylooked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camelswere loaded with spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to takethem down to Egypt. 26 Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we killour brother and cover up his blood? 27 Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelitesand not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh andblood.” His brothers agreed.28 So when the Midianite merchants came by, hisbrothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twentyshekels[a] of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt
Alternative Route
Vs 36 Meanwhile, the Midianites[a] soldJoseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’sofficials, the captain of the guard.
Gen 39 :2 The LORD was with Joseph so that heprospered, and he lived in the house of hisEgyptian master.
Lesson: don’t mistake God’s silence for God’s absence.
Just because God doesn’t show up inGenesis 37 doesn’t mean Godisn’t in Genesis 37.
We learn from Joseph alternativeroutes that they come unexpectedly.
How God uses alternative routes in your life
He uses detours to develop you.
God uses detours is to protect us from danger
Alternative routes sometimes end up becomingshortcuts
Genesis 50:20
“Joseph says, ‘God brought meto this position so I could savethe lives of many people.’”
The post This is connected to that: Alternative Routes appeared first on Impact Christian Church.