Sunday 23rd, January, 2022
Read: John 7:1-19; Genesis 37:1-36
Introduction:
Genesis 1 – 36 Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and the nations
Genesis 37: 2 – 11 Joseph and the family of Jacob / Israel
37: 2 -4 Joseph the favourite and dobber?
37:5-11 Joseph the dreamer
Genesis 37: 12 – 36 The father sends his son to the brothers
12 – 17 The father sends his son
18 – 30 Conspiring to kill the son
31 – 36 Deception (again!) and the torn robe of the son
“Joseph is at this stage passive in his actions, private in his thoughts, overshadowed by the dream which will determine his destiny.” – (Wilson, 77)
John 7: 1 – 19 The world hates the Son because its works are evil!
Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil. (John 7:6–7 ESV)