15. a tale of woe (genesis 37: 1 – 38: 30)

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Genesis

Lesson #15

A Tale of Woe

(37: 1 38: 30)


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Review

In Lesson #14 Jacobs life of cunning, deceitand deception redounds upon him:

1 !s Jacob heads south from "aran toeersheba, $sau heads north to meethim%with 4&& armed men'

( In the dreadful night prior to meeting$sau, Jacob )wrestles* with am+sterious man who changes Jacobsname fromJacob )the deceiver*- toIsael he who )struggles with .od*-

/ Jacob and Leahs daughter, 0inah, is

raped, and Jacobs sons tae vengeanceb+ illing her rapist, his entire famil+,slaughtering ever+one in 2chechem andlooting the town

4 In a stunning act of deception, Jacob andLeahs eldest son, Ruben, has se3 with

ilhah, Rachels maidservant and fatherof Jacobs sons 0an and aphtali


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!s we loo bac at the stories weve studied so far aserious problem has taen root between husband andwife, parents and children:

1 !braham loved Ishmael, but 2arah loved Isaac6

( Isaac loved $sau, but Rebeah loved Jacob6

/ In Lesson #17, Jacob loves Joseph, son of Rachael,more than all his other sons

8rouble is brewing in the tent and the pot is about toboil over'


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!s we enter our stor+, Jacob sendsJoseph out to sp+ on his brothers whoare tending the sheep 8he brothers

see him coming6 the+ beat him6 striphim naed6 drop him in a cistern6 andhes sold into slaver+ in $g+pt!lthough a simple stor+ of siblingrivalr+, it is far more comple3 than it

seems, filled with hidden twists andturns, shame, guilt, regret andsimmering vengeance


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Joseph


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Joseph "eads to 0othan


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Inside a istern, Looing ;ut%


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Aho 2old JosephB

.enesis /C: (DE(?-

J./a% sai/ &o %is bo&%es: W%a& 'oo/ is &o be 'aine/b" illin' o. bo&%e an/ concealin' %is bloo/ 2o!ele&+s sell %i! &o &%ese Is%!aeli&es ins&ea/ of /oin' a4a"4i&% %i! o.sel-es Af&e all %e is o. bo&%e o. o4nfles% is bo&%es a'ee/

T%en &%ee asse/ b" i/iani&es !ec%an&!en6 an/&%e" /e4 an/ lif&e/ . Jose% o.& of &%e i& an/ &%e"sol/ Jose% &o &%e Is%!aeli&es fo &4en&" ieces ofsil-e6 an/ &%e" bo.'%& Jose% in&o 9'"&

Fliteral translation of v (?G


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If 18he Ishmaelites and the @idianites are two different

set of people, not one, and

(if the @idianites sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites, andthe Ishmaelites sell him as a slave in $g+pt


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8hen

1 8he brothers now nothing about what happened untilRuben discovers that Joseph is missing, and

( the brothers motives are not malignant, but a pran goneawr+

/ 8hen we also understand the brothers guilt in coveringup what happened6

4 we understand Josephs reactions when he meets hisbrothers in $g+pt6

7 we understand Josephs difficult+ in forgiving hisbrothers6

D we understand Judahs living awa+ from his famil+ for+ears in the parallel chapter /?6

H we understand Judah stepping in and taing responsibilit+for enamin in 44: 1?E/4 !nd

8 e%as we understand wh+ the @essianic line comesthrough Judah, son #4, as given in @atthew 1: /


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@eanwhile, what happensto JudahB


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5arallel hapter /?

37: 3;T%e i/iani&es !ean4%ile sol/ Jose%&o $o&i%a an official of $%aao% an/ %is c%iefs&e4a/

38: 1;W%en Jose% 4as &aen /o4n &o 9'"&

an 9'"&ian $o&i%a an official of $%aao% an/%is c%ief s&e4a/ bo.'%& %i! fo! &%eIs%!aeli&es 4%o %a/ bo.'%& %i! &%ee

T%e Lo/ 4as 4i&% Jose% an/ %e en


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uestions for discussion and thought

1 "ow would +ou describe Jacobsrelationship with his son, JosephB

( If a single word would spring to +our mindto describe Joseph at the opening chapter/C, what would it beB

/ Aho sold Joseph into slaver+B Ahatdifference does it maeB

4 Ah+ does Jacob conclude that Joseph wasdevoured b+ a wild beastB

7 "ow do +ou describe Judahs actions inchapter /?B


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