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1 God s Hand in Our LivesOld TestamentJoseph sold into slavery - Level 1 6/26/06 joseph sold into SlaveryGenesis 37 Old Testament 2 joseph sold into slavery - Level 1 The StoryJacob and his family lived inCanaan. Jacob had twelve sons andloved them all, but he loved Josephmore than his other sons. Jacob gaveJoseph a special present - a beautifulcoat! This made joseph s brothersjealous of him and angry with night joseph had a dream. In his dream he and his brothers weretying the grain together into sheaves. joseph s sheaf stood tall and thesheaves his brothers had made boweddown to his. joseph s brothers wereeven more angry with joseph when hetold them his had another dream andagain he told it to his brothers. He haddreamt that the sun, moon, and elevenstars bowed down to him.

2 His familywas upset by this dream. Jacob, hisfather, asked joseph if he thought evenhis father and mother would have tobow down to him? Jacob wasconfused by joseph s dreams, butremembered s brothers watched overthe flocks of animals that belonged totheir family. Sometimes they had totravel a long way to find enough foodand water for them. One of the timesthey were away Jacob sent joseph tocheck on them. joseph traveled tofind his joseph s brothers saw himcoming they remembered how angrythey were with him and wanted to killhim. Reuben was the oldest brotherand did not want joseph to be killed;he told his brothers to throwJoseph into a pit. Later on hewould come back to the pit andhelp joseph get joseph reached theflocks, his brothers took off hiscoat and threw him into the pit.

3 His brothers saw some traderscoming and, knowing that thetraders also bought and soldslaves, Judah suggested that theysell joseph for was very upsetwhen he returned to the pit andJoseph was gone. He asked hisbrothers how he could explain itto his father? So they tookJoseph s coat and dipped it in theblood of one of their the brothers returnedhome to Jacob they showed himJoseph s coat. Jacob thoughtthat a wild animal had killedJoseph. Jacob was very sadabout losing joseph and cried traders that had boughtJoseph took him to Egypt and soldhim to Potiphar, who worked is envied by hisbrothers and sold into slaveryin Testament 3 joseph sold into slavery - Level 1 Activity One - Draw a picture to complete the gave his son, joseph , a had two dreams. In one of them the , moon andstars bowed down to went to check on his brothers who were watching angry brothers sold and he was taken to begins His plan to rescue the family of Israel and keep Hispromise to send the Savior through their 27:14 Wait on the LORD; be of good courage, and He shallstrengthen your Testament 4 joseph sold into slavery - Level 1 Activity Two - Connect the (*)and color the heart that reminds us how much Jesusloves must have felt very scared to be taken from his family.

4 Do you ever feel afraid? Jesus tells us we never need to be afraid because He is always near andHe loves us.* * * * * * Wait on the LORD *Be of good courage* and He shall *strengthen* your heart. *Psalm 27:14* **Hymn - TLH #424, v. 1My God, my Father, make me strong,When tasks of life seem hard and long,To greet them with this triumph song:Thy will be Jesus,Thank You for watching over me. Amen.