170607 GENESIS - Lesson 22 - The Beginning of Joseph's Revelation of Himself to His Brothers

LESSON 22 June 7  Genesis 42-44 

The Beginning of Joseph's Revelation of Himself to His Brothers 

•!• Take a moment to think back: where did we last leave Joseph? Where did we last leave Jacob? 

•!• Why do ten of Joseph's brothers travel down to Egypt? 

•!• What happens when Joseph and his ten brothers first come face-to-face?  

•!• What do the ten brothers believe about what is happening in Genesis 42:21? And what about their terrified words in Genesis 42:28? 

•!• When Jacob references "Sheol" in Genesis 42:38, what does he mean? What can we learn from such an ancient reference? 

•!• In Genesis 43:14,Jacob refers to God as El Shaddai, "God Almighty." What has Jacob come to believe about the God of Abraham and Isaac? 

•!• What should we make of the way Joseph treats his brothers in Genesis 43? 

•!• What situation does Joseph engineer in Genesis 44? Why? 

•!• What should we make of Judah's plea to Joseph in Genesis 44? 

•!• Think about these events from a practical point-of-view. Is there anything we should learn, 

thousands of years later, as modern disciples of Jesus from these documented events?