Living Room Study

Genesis 47

“Then Pharaoh asked his brothers, ‘What is your occupation?’  And they said to Pharaoh, ‘Your servants, both we and our fathers, are shepherds.’  Then they said to Pharaoh, ‘We have to live in the land for a while because there is no grazing land for your servants’ sheep, since the famine in the land [...]

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Genesis 46

“Israel set out with all he had and came to Beer-sheba, and he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.  That night God spoke to Israel in a vision: ‘Jacob! Jacob!’ He said.  And Jacob replied, ‘Here I am.’  God said, ‘I am God, the God of your father.  Do not be [...]

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Genesis 45

“God sent me ahead of you to establish you as a remnant within the land and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.  Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God.  He has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household, and ruler over the land of [...]

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Genesis 44

“Your servant became accountable to my father for the boy, saying, “If I do not return him to you, I will always bear the guilt for sinning against you, my father.”  Now please let your servant remain here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy.  Let him go back with his brothers.”  [...]

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Genesis 42

“Then they said to each other, ‘It is plain that we are being punished for what we did to our brother.  We saw his deep distress when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen.  That is why this trouble came to us.’  But Reuben replied: ‘Didn’t I tell you not to harm [...]

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Genesis 41

“Pharaoh said to Joseph, ’I have had a dream, and no one can interpret it.  But I have heard it said about you that you can hear a dream and interpret it.’  ‘I am not able to,’ Joseph answered Pharaoh.  ‘It is God who will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.’”  Genesis 41:15-16

I believe some [...]

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Genesis 40

“Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined.”  Genesis 40:2-3

The beginning of Genesis 39, Joseph rose to the head of Potiphar’s household. Potiphar was the captain of [...]

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Genesis 39

“Now Joseph was well-built and handsome.  After some time his master’s wife looked longingly at Joseph and said, ‘Sleep with me.’  But he refused and said to his master’s wife, ‘Look, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has put all that he owns under my authority.  No [...]

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Genesis 38

“About three months later Judah was told, ‘Your daughter-in-law has been acting like a prostitute, and now she is pregnant.’  ‘Bring her out!’ Judah said.  ‘Let her be burned to death!’  As she was brought out, she sent her father-in-law this message: ‘I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.’  And [...]

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Genesis 37

“Then they took him (Joseph) and threw him into the pit.  The pit was empty; there was no water in it.  Then they sat down to eat a meal.  They looked up and there was a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead.  Their camels were carrying aromatic gum, balm, and resin going down to [...]

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