Genesis 41 - 45; Lesson 28

Chuck's study this week:

Lesson     28

Passage Genesis 41-45

 

Content (List of Topics or Events)

Pharaoh’s Dream and Joseph’s interpretation (Genesis 41:1-37) a. Pharaoh and cupbearer remembers (1-13) b. Joseph two dreams (14-24) c. Joseph interprets dreams (25-38)

Joseph childhood dream is reality (Genesis 41:39-56) a. Joseph selected by Pharaoh to manage land of Egypt (39-43) b. Joseph manages abundance and famine (46-50; 53-57) c. Joseph wife and sons (45,51-52)

Joseph’s childhood dream realized with brother coming Egypt for food (Genesis 42-44) a. Jacob’s 10 son’s to Egypt to buy grain (1-7) b. Spy accusation (8-24) c. Brothers return with report to Jacob (23-26) d. Second trip with Benjamin & assurances (27-29) e. Bags filled & Joseph’s cup for Benjamin (43-44

Joseph revealed in grace (Genesis 45) a. Joseph reveals himself (1-7) b. Joseph shares it is God who has sent him to Egypt to save (8) c. Joseph shares provision (9-11) d. Joseph plea to (12-13) e. Return with story of Joseph to Israel (14-28)

Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)

Division	Scripture
Pharaoh’s Dream and Joseph’s interpretation	Genesis 41:1-37
Joseph childhood dream is reality	Genesis 41:39-56
Joseph’s childhood dream realized with brothers coming Egypt for food	Genesis 42-44
Joseph revealed in grace	Genesis 45

Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than 10 words)

Dreams bring Joseph Egyptian leadership and reunion with brothers

Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)

To Learn that God empowers his own to graciously bless others

Specific Application Questions

	1.       How are you available to be a vehicle for God’s grace?
	2.       In what ways have you prepared yourself to bless others; be specific?
	3.       God gives more than we can ask or think; how are you generous?
	4.       How do you graciously forgive, and who do you need to forgive?

Principles to Remember

	Christians are vehicles for grace
	We need to be available for action
	Generosity is an attribute of God and should be our attribute as well
	God forgives us and we should forgive others.

 

Genesis 39 - 40; Lesson 27

Chuck's study this week:

Lesson     27

Passage Genesis 39-40

 Content (List of Topics or Events)

Joseph and Potipher – Good Servant bad wife go directly to jail (Genesis 39:1-20a) a. Joseph in charge brings Potiphar prosperity (1-6a) b. Potipher’s wife is continually rejected by Joseph (6b-10) c. Joseph flees Potipher’s wife leaving cloak (12) d. Potipher’s wife lie gets Joseph thrown in Jail (13-20a)

Pharaoh’s servants jailed  -- Dreams interpreted through Joseph (Genesis 39:20b-40:23) a. Joseph success in charge while in jail (20b-23) b. Cupbearer and Baker’s dreams; offer bring God’s interpretation (40:1-8) c. Joseph gives meaning to cupbearer dream (9-15) d. Joseph provides meaning to chief baker’s dream (16-22) e. Chief cupbearer forgets Joseph (23)

Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)

Division	Scripture
Joseph and Potipher – Good Servant bad wife go directly to jail	Genesis 39:1-20a
Pharaoh’s servants jailed  -- Dreams interpreted through Joseph	Genesis 39:20b-40:23

Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than 10 words)

Joseph successful with Potipher, unjustly jailed, blessed and interprets dreams

Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)

To Learn that we can be blessed and be a blessing through our faithfulness to God

Specific Application Questions

	1.       How are you a blessing to others and is our testimony reflective of our relationship with Him?
	2.       Who have you seen needing emotional support? What actions will you take to bring God’s love to them?
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Principles to Remember

	We are God’s ambassadors; representatives His faithfulness
	Christians needs to be in the world but not of the world

Genesis 37 - 38; Lesson 26

John's study this week:

Content

(In your own words, summarize passages into sentences. Goal of 12 – 15 sentences)

Genesis 37

1. Genesis 37:1 – 4 Israel’s beloved son, Joseph (age 17) brought a bad report to his father about his brothers and who, because Joseph was loved more by his father than the brothers, was hated by his brothers of Israel’s other wives and had not a kind word for him.

2. Genesis 37:5 – 8 One day, Joseph had a dream which he told to his brothers, about grain sheaf’s  bowing to Joseph which his brothers rightly interpreted that they would be ruled over by Joseph some day and they hated him more because of the dream.
3. Genesis 37:9 – 11 Joseph had a similar dream, but with the sun, moon and eleven stars representing his family, bowing down to Joseph to which even his father was skeptical and his brothers hated and were jealous of him more, but his father kept this matter in mind.
4. Genesis 37:12 – 18 While Joseph’s brothers were grazing Israel’s sheep near Shechem, Israel sent Joseph to them to see if all was well with them and finding them found that they plotted to kill him.
5. Genesis 37:19 – 22 Joseph’s brothers said “Let’s kill him and throw him into a cistern telling that an animal killed him.” But Rueben heard this and tried to rescue him from them saying don’t kill him, but throw him into the cistern as he planned to rescue Joseph later.
6. Genesis 37:23 – 32 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, threw him in a cistern then sold him to Midianite merchants on their way to Egypt for 29 shekels of silver then slaughtered a goat and dipped Joseph’s robe in the blood then took the robe to their father Jacob and lied about what they did.
7. Genesis 37:33 – 35 Jacob recognized it declaring for himself that some animal must have devoured Joseph then tore his clothes and mourned for Joseph and would not be comforted by all his sons and daughters.
8. Genesis 37:36 – 36 Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.

Genesis 38

9. Genesis 38:1 – 5 Judah left his brothers and went down to Adullam where he meets a Canaanite girl, married her and made love to her who then became pregnant and gave birth to a son, who was named Er, then she conceived again and gave birth to a son and named him Onan and then for a 3^rd time gave birth to another son and named him Shelah.

10. Genesis 38:6 – 7 Judah then got a wife named Tamar for his firstborn son, Er, but who was wicked in the Lord’s site and so the Lord put him to death.
11. Genesis 38:8 – 10 Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to raise up offspring for your brother.” But Onan was also wicked in the Lord’s sight; so the Lord put him to death also.
12. Genesis 38:11 – 23 Judah then encouraged Tamar to live in his home and for some reason disguised herself as a shrine prostitute then enticed Judah to sleep with her, and became pregnant by him.
13. Genesis 38:24 – 26 Judah found out that Tamar was pregnant and accused her of prostitution, yet when confronted with the seal and cord he’d given her, hid his shame and actions and would not sleep with her again.
14. Genesis 38:27 – 30 When the time came for Tamar to give birth, she gave birth to twin boys, the first, Zerah, whose hand came out of the womb first had a red thread tied to his hand, but then the hand went back inside and the 2^nd boy, Perez was born, then Zerah.
 

Divisions

(Summarize main groupings of thoughts. Goal of 2, 3 or 4 divisions. ID passages covered)

1. Genesis 37 Joseph is sold into slavery, yet God protects him for his greater future plan.

Application: How has God protected you through some trial or persecution revealing His goodness, grace, protection and purpose to you?

2. Genesis 38 God shows grace, using Tamar and Judah’s sin resulting in offspring from whose lineage Christ and our redemption will come.

Application: How has God shown grace in your life through an un-Godlike situation and turned it to His glory?

Subject Sentence

(Summarizing the Divisions into one sentence – ten words or less):

God’s protects Joseph, and Tamar receives grace revealing His love.

Aim

(A main teaching point for the overall study of the passages):

TCTATS: To cause the audience to see that to accomplish His plan, God protects us and give grace turning un-Godlike situations into Godly outcomes.