JOSEPH AS A LEADER

CONTENT

1. Joseph’s Early Life and Arrival in Egypt (Gen. 37:1-28)
2. Joseph the Governor of Egypt (Gen. 41:1-57)
3. Joseph Reconcile with His Brothers (Gen. 45:1-15)

Joseph’s Early Life and Arrival in Egypt (Gen. 37:1-28)

Joseph’s father was Jacob and his mother was Rachael living in Hebron in Canaan. He was seventeen years old when he was keeping his father’s flock with his brothers – the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wife. Joseph was hated by his brothers for five reasons:

1. His first dream of his brother’s sheaves bowing down to his sheaves;
2. The sun, moon and eleven stars bowing to him;
3. He was always telling his father about the bad things his brothers were doing;
4. Their father loved him more than any other of his sons; and
5. a long sleeve robe of many colours their father made for him.

These led to a plot to kill him. This opportunity came when Jacob told Joseph to check on the welfare of his brothers. He got to Shechem and discovered by the help of a man that they had moved to Dothan.