Genesis 40:1-23 (HCSB)Joseph Interprets Two Prisoners’ Dreams40 After this, the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt. 2 Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, 3 and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard in the prison where Joseph was confined. 4 The captain of the guard assigned Joseph to them...  Read More

Genesis 39:1-23 (HCSB)Joseph in Potiphar’s House39 Now Joseph had been taken to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there. 2 The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master. 3 When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lor...  Read More

Genesis 37:12-36 (HCSB)Joseph Sold into Slavery12 His brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks at Shechem. 13 Israel said to Joseph, “Your brothers, you know, are pasturing the flocks at Shechem. Get ready. I’m sending you to them.” “I’m ready,” Joseph replied. 14 Then Israel said to him, “Go and see how your brothers and the flocks are doing, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him f...  Read More

Genesis 37:1-11 (HCSB)Joseph’s Dreams37 Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan. 2 These are the family records of Jacob. At 17 years of age, Joseph tended sheep with his brothers. The young man was working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives,and he brought a bad report about them to their father. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons...  Read More

JACOBAbraham’s son was Isaac.  Isaac’s son was Jacob.  Jacob’s descendants became known as the children of Israel.Key Truth: Jacob Had Conflict With His Brother (Genesis 25:19-34; 27:1-46)Key Truth:  Jacob Had Conflict With His Uncle (Genesis 29-31)Key Truth: Jacob Had Conflict With God (Genesis 28:10-22; 32)Family Connection: Continue the discussion after church! If you were Esau and you could ha...  Read More

QUESTIONS FOR THE WEEK1.  What does the expression “what goes around comes around” mean in terms of Jacob’s experience?2.  Many people needed forgiveness throughout these scriptures and in each instance, it was given.  Who in your life needs forgiveness from you?  Who can you share the gift of God’s forgiveness with?3. How has growing up in our own particular family affected us?  How has it helped...  Read More

Genesis 32 & 33 (HCSB)Preparing to Meet Esau32 Jacob went on his way, and God’s angels met him. 2 When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s camp.” So he called that place Mahanaim. 3 Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom. 4 He commanded them, “You are to say to my lord Esau, ‘This is what your servant Jacob says. I have been staying with...  Read More

Genesis 29:1-35 (HCSB)Jacob Meets Rachel29 Jacob resumed his journey and went to the eastern country. 2 He looked and saw a well in a field. Three flocks of sheep were lying there beside it because the sheep were watered from this well. A large stone covered the opening of the well. 3 When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone from the opening of the well and water...  Read More

Genesis 28:1-22 (HCSB)Jacob’s Departure28 Isaac summoned Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him: “Don’t take a wife from the Canaanite women. 2 Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father. Marry one of the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother. 3 May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you so that you become an assembly of peoples. 4 May God gi...  Read More

Genesis 27:1-46 (HCSB)The Stolen Blessing27 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could not see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” And he answered, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “Look, I am old and do not know the day of my death. 3 Take your hunting gear, your quiver and bow, and go out in the field to hunt some game for me. 4 Then make me a delicious meal that I lo...  Read More

Genesis 25:19-34 (HCSB)The Birth of Jacob and Esau19 These are the family records of Isaac son of Abraham. Abraham fathered Isaac. 20 Isaac was 40 years old when he took as his wife Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and sister of Laban the Aramean. 21 Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The Lord heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah con...  Read More

God made a covenant with Abraham, promising to bless the world through one of Abraham’s descendants, Jesus Christ.Key Truth:  Believers’ Faith Will Be Tested (Genesis 22:1-10).Key Truth:  God Provides What We Need When We Trust and Obey Him (Genesis 22:11-19)Family Connection: Continue the discussion after church! What name for Jesus is in both John 1:35-36 and Revelation 5:12? What were some of t...  Read More