LIKE OUR FATHERS
Genesis 47:3 (NKJV) “Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, ‘What is your occupation?’ And they said to Pharaoh, ‘Your...
THE SCORNFUL
Genesis 46:34 (NKJV) “…for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.” The Egyptians scorned shepherds. They...
LIFE BENCHMARKS
Genesis 46:30 (NKJV) “And Israel said to Joseph, ‘Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are still...
ENTERING EGYPT
Genesis 46:4 (NKJV) “I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again, and Joseph will put...
UNIQUE APPEARANCE
Genesis 46:2 (NKJV) “Then God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob!’ And he said, ‘Here...
PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT
Genesis 45:22 (NKJV) “He gave to all of them, to each man, changes of garments; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred...
ACTIONS VS. WORDS
Genesis 45:15 (NKJV) “Moreover he kissed all his brothers and wept over them, and after that his brothers talked with...
A HIGHER PERSPECTIVE
Genesis 45:7-8 (NKJV) “And God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives...
A PRICELESS HEART
Genesis 45:4-5 (NKJV) “And Joseph said to his brothers, ‘Please come near to me.’ So they came near. Then he said: ‘I...
NEMESIS CATCHING UP
Genesis 45:3 (NKJV) “Then Joseph said to his brothers, ‘I am Joseph; does my father still live?’ But his brothers...
EXPRESSING EMOTIONS
Genesis 45:1 (NKJV) “Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, ‘Make...
THE SUBSTITUTE
Genesis 44:33 (NKJV) “Now therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the lad as a slave to my lord, and let...
INDISPENSABLE
Genesis 44:30 (NKJV) “Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us, since his life...
IMPLICIT TRUST
Genesis 44:9 (NKJV) “With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord’s slaves.”...
YOUR PLACE VS. YOUR PORTION
Genesis 43:33-34 (NKJV) “And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according...
A RIGHT PLACE AND TIME
Genesis 43:30 (NKJV) “Now his heart yearned for his brother; so Joseph made haste and sought somewhere to weep. And he...
FULFILLMENT OF DELAYED PROPHESY
Genesis 43:28 (NKJV) “And they answered, ‘Your servant our father is in good health; he is still alive.’ And they...
A CORRECT SIGN OF REPENTANCE
Genesis 43:12 (NKJV) “Take double money in your hand, and take back in your hand the money that was returned in the...
ANYTHING TO SURVIVE
Genesis 43:8 (NKJV) “Then Judah said to Israel his father, ‘Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go, that we...
PRECISE QUESTIONING
Genesis 43:7 (NKJV) “But they said, ‘The man asked us pointedly about ourselves and our family, saying, “Is your...
RISK
Genesis 43:2 (NKJV) “And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought from Egypt,...
KEEP THE VISION ALIVE
Genesis 42:9 (NKJV) “Then Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed about them…” Even when the vision...
COMBATING FORGETFULNESS
Genesis 42:8 (NKJV) “So Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.” What you set before you...
DON’T DELEGATE EVERYTHING
Genesis 42:6 (NKJV) “Now Joseph was governor over the land; and it was he who sold to all the people of the...
TRUST BEGETS TRUST
Genesis 42:3-4 (NKJV) “So Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt. But Jacob did not send Joseph’s...
BEYOND DESIRE
Genesis 42:2 (NKJV) “And he said, ‘Indeed I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down to that place and...
MOVE!
Genesis 42:1 (NKJV) “When Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, ‘Why do you look at...
ESSENTIAL TWINS
Genesis 41:51-52 (NKJV) “Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: ‘For God has made me forget all my...
TWIN SISTERS
Genesis 41:39-40 (NKJV) “Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one...
THE DISCIPLINE OF SAVING
Genesis 41:35-36 (NKJV) “And let them gather all the food of those good years that are coming, and store up...