Teano, Khara Allyn R.

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overview of the story and your conclusion about their consequences, if it is right or wrong.

1. Genesis 37 deals with Israel’s favor for his young son and the conspiracy of Joseph’s brothers to
rid themselves of him. Because Israel loved him best, He gave Joseph a beautiful multicolored
coat that caused jealousy among his other sons. As a result, Joseph’s brothers sold him into
slavery and told their father that he had been killed by an animal.
 Famine came to the land of Egypt and all around, just as Joseph had described. During the good
years he put away food. When famine hit, the people of Egypt and the surrounding countries
came to him to buy food. Jacob sent ten of his sons down to Egypt to buy food, also. This is how
Joseph’s brothers, other than Benjamin, came to stand before him in Egypt. Joseph recognized
his brothers, but they did not recognize him. Joseph called them spies and put them in jail. It was
in jail that Joseph’s brothers talked about how they believed that what was happening to them
was a consequence of how they had treated Joseph.
 Envy will divide families, friends and even churches. Perhaps they thought with Joseph out of the
way that their father would then show them the attention they were so envious of with Joseph,
but that didn't happen. It led them down the road of deception. It disturbed their consciences for
over twenty years. The point is that the envy of his brothers manifested itself in doing harm.

2. Cain, the firstborn, was a farmer, and his brother Abel was a shepherd. The brothers made
sacrifices to God, each of his own produce, but God favored Abel's sacrifice instead
of Cain's. Cain then murdered Abel, whereupon Yahweh punished Cain by condemning him to
a life of wandering.

 We all have received unpleasant news about ourselves. Cain responds this unpleasant news the
way that many of us do. He becomes angry and downcast. He became discouraged to the point
that he killed his own brother. What he did was wrong. Cain could have used this as an
opportunity for self-reflection and self-evaluation.

3. Genesis 39 begins with Joseph being sold by the Ishmaelites as a slave to Potiphar, Pharaoh’s officer and
commander of the guard. He sees that Joseph is successful at whatever he undertakes and appoints him as
his personal attendant, putting him in charge of his whole household and entrusting him with all his
possessions. As time passed, Potiphar’s wife became attracted to Joseph and invited him to sleep with her.
Though he rejected her advances, Potiphar’s wife continued trying to tempt Joseph even as he continued to
refuse. However, Potiphar’s wife claims that Joseph tried to rape her, so he is imprisoned.

 The story of Potiphar’s wife is about loyalty as much as it is about resisting temptation. Potiphar’s
wife was disloyal to her husband, but Joseph was loyal both to Potiphar and to God. God shows us
amazing loyalty and faithfulness. Though he had been arrested, Joseph continued to be blessed by
God and found favor with the chief jailer. He gave Joseph charge of all the prisoners and made
him responsible for all that happened in the jail.
 And, what became of Potiphar's wife? There is no recording in Scripture of what happened to this
nameless woman after Joseph's imprisonment. Even though she had been surrounded by luxury in
her life, her heart and soul were empty of God.