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This Congregation meets at Sunday Bible Class at
1000 am. Sunday Worship Service at 1100
am. Sunday Night Worship service at 600
pm. Wednesday Night Bible Class at 700 pm.
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Lets be reverent. We are worshipping God.
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The Reading
Genesis 37
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1 Corinthians 1124
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Getting to know the
Of the
October 23 /2006 Lesson 13.
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We already studied

• Adam 7. Isaac. 13. ?
• 2. Cain 8. Jacob.
• 3. Abel 9. Esau.
• 4. Enoch 10. Reuben.
• 5. Noah 11. Simeon.
• 6. Abraham 12. Judah

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Lets Talk about Joseph Jehovah Increases
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Do we have something to say about Jacobs
descendants? Ignoring the sons of Jacob means to
ignore the story of the nation of Israel.
Jacob. Leah------------Rachel--------Bilhah-------
---Zilpah. Reuben Joseph
Dan Gad
Simeon Benjamin
Naphtali Asher
Levi

Judah
Issachar

Zebulun

Dinah
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Genesis 372 2 This is the history of Jacob.
Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding
the flock with his brothers. And the lad was with
the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his
father's wives and Joseph brought a bad report
of them to his father.
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Genesis 3022-25 22 Then God remembered Rachel,
and God listened to her and opened her womb.
23 And she conceived and bore a son, and said,
"God has taken away my reproach." 24 So she
called his name Joseph, and said, "The Lord shall
add to me another son." 25 And it came to pass,
when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to
Laban, "Send me away, that I may go to my own
place and to my country.
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What really happened in that family?
Jacob. Leah---------------Rachel--------Bilhah----
-----------Zilpah. Reuben Joseph
Dan Gad
Simeon Benjamin
Naphtali Asher
Levi

Judah

Issachar
Zebulun

Dinah
Genesis 3024 24 So she called his name Joseph,
and said, "The Lord shall add to me another son."
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1. Who was Joseph? a. The eleventh son, but
the first of Jacob and Rachel. 2. What is the
meaning of his name? a. Jehovah Increases.
3. Where was he born? a. Mesopotamia? People
of the East 4. Key word in his life. a. By
Faith.
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Hebrews 1122 22 By faith Joseph, when he was
dying, made mention of the departure of the
children of Israel, and gave instructions
concerning his bones.
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THE MAN WHOSE DREAM CAME TRUE. Joseph was a
youthful dreamer and his dream came true
Genesis 375-9 5 Now Joseph had a dream, and he
told it to his brothers and they hated him even
more. 6 So he said to them, "Please hear this
dream which I have dreamed 7 There we were,
binding sheaves in the field. Then behold, my
sheaf arose and also stood upright and indeed
your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to
my sheaf." 8 And his brothers said to him, "Shall
you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed
have dominion over us?" So they hated him even
more for his dreams and for his words. 9 Then he
dreamed still another dream and told it to his
brothers, and said, "Look, I have dreamed another
dream. And this time, the sun, the moon, and the
eleven stars bowed down to me."
Genesis 4142-44 42 Then Pharaoh took his
signet ring off his hand and put it on Joseph's
hand and he clothed him in garments of fine
linen and put a gold chain around his neck.
43 And he had him ride in the second chariot
which he had and they cried out before him, "Bow
the knee!" So he set him over all the land of
Egypt. 44 Pharaoh also said to Joseph, "I am
Pharaoh, and without your consent no man may lift
his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt."
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Joseph labored as Slave, but was faithful in hard
places.
Genesis 391-3 1 Now Joseph had been taken down
to Egypt. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh,
captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him
from the Ishmaelites who had taken him down
there. 2 The Lord was with Joseph, and he was a
successful man and he was in the house of his
master the Egyptian. 3 And his master saw that
the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all
he did to prosper in his hand.
Genesis 3920-23 20 Then Joseph's master took
him and put him into the prison, a place where
the king's prisoners were confined. And he was
there in the prison. 21 But the Lord was with
Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him
favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
22 And the keeper of the prison committed to
Joseph's hand all the prisoners who were in the
prison whatever they did there, it was his
doing. 23 The keeper of the prison did not look
into anything that was under Joseph's authority,
because the Lord was with him and whatever he
did, the Lord made it prosper.
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Joseph enjoyed the presence of God and won the
confidence of his master.
Genesis 392, 4 2 The Lord was with Joseph, and
he was a successful man and he was in the house
of his master the Egyptian. 3 And his master saw
that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made
all he did to prosper in his hand. 4 So Joseph
found favor in his sight, and served him. Then he
made him overseer of his house, and all that he
had he put under his authority.
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Joseph had physical beauty, but it was never a
snare to him.
Genesis 396 6 Thus he left all that he had in
Joseph's hand, and he did not know what he had
except for the bread which he ate. Now Joseph was
handsome in form and appearance.
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Joseph Resisted temptation.
Genesis. 397-13 7 And it came to pass after
these things that his master's wife cast longing
eyes on Joseph, and she said, "Lie with me."
8 But he refused and said to his master's wife,
"Look, my master does not know what is with me in
the house, and he has committed all that he has
to my hand. 9 There is no one greater in this
house than I, nor has he kept back anything from
me but you, because you are his wife. How then
can I do this great wickedness, and sin against
God?" 10 So it was, as she spoke to Joseph day by
day, that he did not heed her, to lie with her or
to be with her. 11 But it happened about this
time, when Joseph went into the house to do his
work, and none of the men of the house was
inside, 12 that she caught him by his garment,
saying, "Lie with me." But he left his garment in
her hand, and fled and ran outside. 13 And so it
was, when she saw that he had left his garment in
her hand and fled outside,
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Joseph was silent amid foul accusationsGenesis
3914-20 14 that she called to the men of her
house and spoke to them, saying, "See, he has
brought in to us a Hebrew to mock us. He came in
to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud
voice. 15 And it happened, when he heard that I
lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his
garment with me, and fled and went outside."
16 So she kept his garment with her until his
master came home. 17 Then she spoke to him with
words like these, saying, "The Hebrew servant
whom you brought to us came in to me to mock me
18 so it happened, as I lifted my voice and cried
out, that he left his garment with me and fled
outside." 19 So it was, when his master heard the
words which his wife spoke to him, saying, "Your
servant did to me after this manner," that his
anger was aroused. 20 Then Joseph's master took
him and put him into the prison, a place where
the king's prisoners were confined. And he was
there in the prison.
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Joseph was unspoiled by sudden prosperity.
Genesis 4114-16 14 Then Pharaoh sent and
called Joseph, and they brought him quickly out
of the dungeon and he shaved, changed his
clothing, and came to Pharaoh. 15 And Pharaoh
said to Joseph, "I have had a dream, and there is
no one who can interpret it. But I have heard it
said of you that you can understand a dream, to
interpret it." 16 So Joseph answered Pharaoh,
saying, "It is not in me God will give Pharaoh
an answer of peace."
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Joseph manifested great wisdom, brotherly love,
filial devotion, and utter submission to God.
Genesis 4323 23 But he said, "Peace be with
you, do not be afraid. Your God and the God of
your father has given you treasure in your sacks
I had your money." Then he brought Simeon out to
them. Genesis 458 8 So now it was not you who
sent me here, but God and He has made me a
father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and
a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
Genesis 477  Then Joseph brought in his father
Jacob and set him before Pharaoh and Jacob
blessed Pharaoh.
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Joseph really did know how to pay good for evil.
Genesis 5016-21 16 So they sent messengers to
Joseph, saying, "Before your father died he
commanded, saying, 17 'Thus you shall say to
Joseph "I beg you, please forgive the trespass
of your brothers and their sin for they did evil
to you." ' Now, please, forgive the trespass of
the servants of the God of your father." And
Joseph wept when they spoke to him. 18 Then his
brothers also went and fell down before his face,
and they said, "Behold, we are your servants."
19 Joseph said to them, "Do not be afraid, for am
I in the place of God? 20 But as for you, you
meant evil against me but God meant it for good,
in order to bring it about as it is this day, to
save many people alive. 21 Now therefore, do not
be afraid I will provide for you and your little
ones." And he comforted them and spoke kindly to
them. If we cannot have all the gifts that
Joseph, who is a perfect type of Jesus we can
certainly covet all his graces. If we cannot have
his greatness, we can certainly emulate his
goodness.
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Did Joseph have a Tribe?
This is what many ask If Joseph was a part of
the twelve sons of Jacob, but why dont hear
about the Tribe of Joseph?
1 Chronicles 21-2 These were the sons of
Israel Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar,
Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad,
and Asher.
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But have you heard about the tribes of Manasseh
and Ephraim?
Genesis 4813 13 And Joseph took them both,
Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel's left
hand, and Manasseh with his left hand toward
Israel's right hand, and brought them near him.
Genesis 4150-52 50 And to Joseph were born two
sons before the years of famine came, whom
Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of
On, bore to him. 51 Joseph called the name of the
firstborn Manasseh "For God has made me forget
all my toil and all my father's house." 52 And
the name of the second he called Ephraim "For
God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of
my affliction."
Who are these two names, where did they come
from? Manasseh and his brother Ephraim were
always the ones representing his father.
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Numbers 1311 11 from the tribe of Joseph, that
is, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of
Susi 1 Chronicles 51 1 Now the sons of
Reuben the firstborn of Israel he was indeed the
firstborn, but because he defiled his father's
bed, his birthright was given to the sons of
Joseph, the son of Israel, so that the genealogy
is not listed according to the birthright Hebrew
s 1221 21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying,
blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and
worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.
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Joseph Did everything that Pleases the Lord and
because of his Obedience to God he was blessed in
many ways Do we obey God in Faithfulness,
Loyalty, Fidelity and Honesty as Joseph
did? Make The Lord Help us this evening so that
we can learn from this Great Character