00:00Isaac had two sons, Esau and Jacob. The second, Jacob, is a man who likes to succeed.
00:15Very cunning. Through deception, he manages to impersonate his older brother and steal his father's blessing.
00:21intended for the firstborn, that blessing in which the ancients saw the sign of the
00:27Beatitude. Here we see again how different God's thoughts are from our own.
00:34She decides to use this man of dubious morals to carry out her plans. Thus, through this
00:42History tells us that God teaches us again. All it takes is a powerful encounter with Him for us to...
00:48Everything changes. Starting with ourselves. Jacob embarks on a journey. He heads to Mesopotamia,
00:56to find a wife. After being involved in various adventures, he returns to Canaan rich,
01:04but very little at peace with himself. Already on his way to Haran, he had been disconcerted by a
01:12dream. It is said that he saw a ladder raised between earth and sky and suddenly had the
01:19an intuition of an unsuspected presence of God in her heart. But it was upon her return at the moment
01:26where he was crossing the ford of Yavoc, when the story of the episode by which God upsets is set.
01:33definitely his destiny. This curious tale shows Jacob having a fight with a being
01:39strange. He emerges from this struggle transformed, marked for life. In a sense, he is a being
01:48The one who emerges from there is maladjusted to the world, because as a result of this struggle he is left lame, but from now on
01:56He is now a free man. He can finally establish a brotherly relationship with his brother Esau.
02:04He will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, meaning the one who wrestled with God and won. Israel is the name
02:13which will take its offspring, a lineage whose entire history will be a battle with God.
02:21Israel, that lame people whom God has chosen and who will be in the world the sign of true freedom.
02:43In Israel, during difficult times, they liked to tell the story of Joseph, the second to last of the
02:55Jacob's twelve sons. Jacob is blessed by God, but some time later, due to a great famine,
03:03He sees the need to go down to the lands of Egypt with his family, but his descent has been prepared.
03:10providentially by God. His beloved son Joseph had been sold into slavery in Egypt by his
03:17his own brothers, who, driven by envy, hand him over to some Midianite merchants.
03:23While under slavery, Joseph, who is an interpreter of dreams, is taken to the presence
03:29from the pharaoh to interpret dreams that were tormenting the Egyptian leader. By virtue of that
03:36Joseph's interpretation prevents Egypt from falling into misfortune, a result of the scarcity that
03:42This prevailed over the other nations. This is how Pharaoh made Joseph second in command.
03:49Egypt. It is in these circumstances that Joseph, being a powerful and respected man in Egypt,
03:58That same young man who years before was sold into slavery, has a reunion with his brothers and
04:04Renouncing revenge, he reveals himself to them, who were going to Egypt to buy provisions because of the
04:10a great famine was afflicting the entire region. Joseph not only forgave them, but also asked them to
04:18Go and get your father so that you can return and settle there with all your families and overcome hunger.
04:24that will continue to plague those lands. Joseph, the distant precursor of Jesus, he who, rejected by his
04:33Brothers, he will proclaim to the world the mercy of God. Our God is the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of
04:42Jacob. All Jewish tradition, which would later be adopted by Christian tradition, would repeat this definition of his
04:50God. Through the stories of Genesis, we must discover the God of the promises. That God will...
04:57bringing to light those he has rescued from the abyss. Joseph is known as the dreamer, but not
05:05He was a man who didn't use this gift for himself, but liked to share it with others, to be a blessing.
05:12for others, because of the gift given by God. Joseph teaches us to be men and women of faith, who do not
05:20Despite the bleak outlook ahead, it is always possible to emerge from that darkness.
05:25Doing one thing, looking upwards, to where the light comes from, from God himself. Joseph teaches us.
05:35not only to share their possessions with others, but also their sufferings. It shows us the value of
05:42Compassion. He is capable of suffering with his brothers. Will we be capable of feeling the suffering of
05:51Our brothers, to help them when all we have received from them is contempt. Because of his faith, Joseph is
05:59blessed and extends the blessing to his brothers. Joseph teaches us the value of patience and how
06:06God's plans always work out. You can spend a lot of time in the midst of dark situations and
06:14worrying, but God's blessing always comes. No matter how bad our situation looks in
06:23at a specific moment. As time goes by, we will be able to witness, just like Joseph, that God knows.
06:29Transform evils into good ones. You just have to wait.
