Joseph As A Youth - NIV

Joseph Didn't Realize That His Troubles Would Eventually Lead Him to Be the Salvation of His Family. When a Famine Came to the World Joseph Would Bring His Father's Family down to Egypt Where They Would Remain for Many Years Before Being Rescued from Egypt's Oppressive Rule. a Time Would Come When the Pharaoh Would Not Remember Joseph. it was All Part of God's Plan to Help His People to See Him as Their Divine Deliverer.

1. Joseph Might Have Been a Little Spoiled.

Genesis 37:1-4 Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan. [2] This is the account of Jacob. Joseph, a young man of ________________, was ____________ the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his ______________ wives, and he ____________ their father a bad report about them. [3] Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, ____________ he had been born to him in his old age; and he made a __________ __________________ robe for him. [4] When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.

Genesis 37:5-8 Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more. [6] He said to them, "Listen to this dream I had: [7] We were ____________ sheaves of grain out in the field when ______________ my sheaf rose and stood ____________, while your sheaves ______________ around mine and bowed down to it." [8] His brothers said to him, "Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?" And they hated him all the more ____________ of his dream and what he had said.

Genesis 37:9-11 Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. "Listen," he said, "I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me." [10] When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father ____________ him and said, "What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the __________ __________ you?" [11] His brothers were ____________ of him, but his father kept the __________ in mind.

1. Did Joseph's dreams come from God? _________________

2. Do all dreams come from God? ________________

3. Do you think Joseph's father showed favoritism toward him? _________

4. Was there some other way for Jacob to find out about the misbehavior of his other sons rather than Joseph telling on them? ___________________________________________________.

2. Joseph's Brothers Called Him the Dreamer.

Genesis 37:12-13 Now his brothers had gone to graze their ______________ flocks near Shechem, [13] and Israel said to Joseph, "As you know, your brothers are ____________ the flocks near Shechem. Come, I am going to send you to them." "Very well," he ____________.

Genesis 37:18-24 But they saw him in the ______________, and before he ____________ them, they ____________ to kill him. [19] "Here comes that ____________!" they said to each other. [20] "Come now, let's kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ________________ animal ______________ him. Then we'll see what comes of his dreams." [21] When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. "Let's not take his life," he said. [22] "Don't shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the desert, but don't lay a hand on him." Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father. [23] So when Joseph came to his ______________, they ______________ him of his robe--the richly __________________ robe he was wearing-- [24] and they took him and threw him into the cistern. Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it.

3. Joseph was about to Suffer Really Hard Times.

Genesis 37:25-28 As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a ____________ of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt. [26] Judah said to his brothers, "What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? [27] Come, let's sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood." His brothers agreed. [28] So when the ________________ ________________ came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the ____________ and sold him for __________ ____________ of __________ to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

Genesis 37:29-33 When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes. [30] He went back to his brothers and said, "The boy isn't there! Where can I turn now?" [31] Then they got ______________ robe, ___________________ a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. [32] They took the __________________ robe back to their father and said, "We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son's robe." [33] He __________________ it and said, "It is my son's robe! Some ________________ animal has ______________ him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces."

Genesis 37:36 Meanwhile, the __________________ sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of ________________ officials, the captain of the guard.

Could any good come out of this difficult situation for Joseph? ________________.

4. Joseph was Blessed by God and His Master Eventually Trusted Him with Everything. Then His Integrity was Tested and He was Falsely Accused.

Genesis 39:1-4 Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. Potiphar, an Egyptian who was one of ________________ officials, the captain of the guard, bought him from the ___________________ who had taken him there. [2] The LORD was with Joseph and he ________________, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. [3] When his master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD gave him success in everything he did, [4] Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his ________________. Potiphar put him in charge of his ________________, and he ________________ to his care everything he owned.

Genesis 39:7-9 And after a while his master's wife took notice of Joseph and said, "Come to bed with me!" [8] But he refused. "With me in charge," he told her, "my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; __________________ he owns he has ________________ to my care. [9] No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has ______________ ____________ from me except you, ____________ you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?"

Genesis 39:11-12 One day he went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the ________________ ______________ was inside. [12] She __________ him by his cloak and said, "Come to bed with me!" But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house.

Genesis 39:16-18 She kept his cloak beside her until his __________ came home. [17] Then she told him this story: "That Hebrew slave you ____________ us came to me to make sport of me. [18] But as soon as I ______________ for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house."

What is more important than success? _______________________.

5. Even While Joseph was in Prison God was Training Him for a Greater Work.

Genesis 39:19-20 When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, "This is how your slave ____________ me," he burned with anger. [20] Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king's ________________ were ______________. But while Joseph was there in the prison,

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