Esea 06 Joseph
Esea 06 Joseph
Esea 06 Joseph
Lesson 6 Joseph
GENESIS 37-50
JOSEPH
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a. The cup-bearer’s dream (40:9–15): Pharaoh will release and restore him in three days.
b. The baker’s dream (40:16–19): He will be executed in three days!
4. The conclusion (40:20–23): Both prophecies come true at the end of three days. The cup-bearer,
however, promptly forgets Joseph.
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b. Second trip of Jacob’s sons to Egypt (43:1–44:34)
(1) The promise (43:1–14): After Judah guarantees Benja-min’s safety, a reluctant Jacob
finally agrees to let Benjamin go.
(2) The preparation (43:15–17): Upon arriving, Joseph sends the brothers to his home, where
food is being prepared for them.
(3) The panic (43:18–25): The manager of Joseph’s household reassures the frightened
brothers that his master means them no harm. Simeon is now released and joins them.
(4) The presentation (43:26–30): Joseph enters and is “intro-duced” to Benjamin.
(5) The placing (43:31–34): To his brothers’ amazement, Joseph seats them at the banquet
table in the order of their ages.
(6) The plot (44:1–17): Joseph orders that his own silver cup be secretly placed in Benjamin’s
sack. Shortly after leaving the city, the brothers are stopped and searched. To the brothers’
horror, the cup is found in Benjamin’s sack, and he is arrested.
(7) The plea (44:18–34): Judah begs Joseph to release Benjamin, offering to be imprisoned in
his place.
2. The unveiled brother (45:1–28)
a. The climax (45:1–4): Unable to hold back any longer, a tearful Joseph reveals his true
identity to his astonished brothers!
b. The consolation (45:5–8): Joseph tells his brothers that God has allowed everything to happen
as it did so that he might save people from starvation during the famine.
c. The counsel (45:9–15): Joseph tells his brothers to go home and tell their father to pack up
and move to Egypt.
d. The command (45:16–24): Pharaoh says the same to the brothers.
e. The confirmation (45:25–28): Upon seeing the wealth brought back by his sons, Jacob
believes their report about Joseph.
B. Joseph and his father (46:1–47:31)
1. Jacob’s trip to Egypt (46:1–27)
a. The promise of God (46:1–7): God directs Jacob to move to Egypt, promising to care for him
there.
b. The people of God (46:8–27): Jacob and his entire family, seventy in all, move to Egypt.
2. Jacob’s time in Egypt (46:28–47:31)
a. The meetings (46:28–47:10)
(1) Between Jacob and Joseph (46:28–30): Father and son meet and embrace in Goshen.
(2) Between Jacob and Pharaoh (46:31–47:10): Pharaoh gives the best of the land to Jacob
and his family.
b. The ministry (47:11–31): Joseph carefully attends to the needs of his father, Jacob.
(1) The provision (47:11–12): Joseph personally sees to it that his family has all the food they
need.
(2) The promise (47:27–31): Joseph promises his father, Jacob, that he will bury him beside
his ancestors in the Promised Land, not in Egypt.
C. Joseph and the Egyptians (47:13–26): The continuing famine eventually forces all the Egyptians
(except for the priests) to sell their land to Pharaoh for food. Joseph then redistributes the land and
establishes a law requiring one-fifth of all crops to be given to Pharaoh.
D. Joseph and his sons (48:1–22)
1. Jacob adopts Joseph’s sons (48:1–7): Manasseh and Ephraim now enjoy the same status as
Jacob’s other twelve sons.
2. Jacob anoints Joseph’s sons (48:8–22): Ignoring Joseph’s initial objections, Jacob bestows the
greater blessing on Ephraim, the younger son, instead of on Manasseh, the firstborn.
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VI. JOSEPH, THE FRUITFUL TREE (49:1–50:26)
A. The blessing of Jacob (49:1–27): Each of the Jacob’s sons receives a blessing from him.
1. Reuben (49:3–4): He is as unruly as the stormy sea and is demoted because of his immorality.
2. Simeon and Levi (49:5–7): They are violent men given to anger and cruelty, so their descendants
will be scattered throughout Israel.
3. Judah (49:8–12): He will be praised by his brothers and will defeat his enemies. The scepter
(royal line) will not depart from him “until the coming of the one to whom it belongs.”
4. Zebulun (49:13): He will live by the seashore and become a harbor for ships.
5. Issachar (49:14–15): He will work with animals and till the land.
6. Dan (49:16–18): He will be like a snake beside the road.
7. Gad (49:19): He will defend himself against all enemies.
8. Asher (49:20): He will produce rich food fit for kings.
9. Naphtali (49:21): He will be as free as a deer.
10. Joseph (49:22–26): He will be like a fruitful tree beside a fountain, blessing others. He has been
persecuted, but he has been strengthened by God. He will be blessed by God and will be a prince
among his brothers.
10. Benjamin (49:27): He will devour his enemies like a hungry wolf.
B. The body of Jacob (49:28–50:26)
1. The request (49:28–33): Again Jacob requests to be buried with his ancestors in the cave of
Machpelah at Hebron. Then he dies.
2. The return (50:1–14): Following a 70-day period of mourning, the twelve brothers carry their
father’s embalmed body to Hebron.
3. The reassurance (50:15–21): After the brothers return to Egypt, Joseph tries to calm their fears
that he will seek revenge. He tells them, “God turned into good what you meant for evil.”
4. The remaining years (50:22–26): Joseph lives to see the third generation of Ephraim’s children
and dies at age 110.1
1 Willmington, H. L. (1999). The Outline Bible. Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers.
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