Genesis 37:12-36

JOSEPH SOLD BY HIS BROTHERS

Keywords 37:20

"Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we'll see what comes of his dreams."

 

1. Here comes that dreamer (12-20)

Jacob sent Joseph to see how his brothers were grazing their flocks. Joseph

was a very responsible person. He even went to Dothan (almost two days'

journey) until he could fi nd them. But his brothers saw the dreamer in the distance

and plotted to kill him. They wanted to see what would come of his dreams. Their

hatred inside fi nally led them to kill him (James 1:15). We should shun our inner

grudges and sins each time they arise in us through repentance before they

become too big to handle.

 

2. Joseph was sold to Egypt (21-36)

Reuben suggested throwing him into a well with no water. He planned to rescue

him later. But Joseph was sold to Egypt according to Judah’s suggestion. Here

God’s will shown to Joseph in his dream seems to be greatly endangered.

However, God even used their evil desires to achieve his exact plan. Man cannot

stop God’s will and his wisdom. Joseph is a shadow of Jesus who was rejected

by his own people and sold by Judas and was killed by them. But God even used

these injustice all fulfi ll his long plan to save all sinners on the cross. Praise God!

 

Prayer Lord, thank you for fulfilling your salvation plan even through the evil

peoples’ hindrances.

One Word God’s will outwit man’s sins!