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Joseph’s Inspired Dreams
A family’s struggle to love each other
Rachel and Jacob had prayed for many years to have a son. The Lord answered their prayers when Joseph was born. Joseph was Jacob’s favorite son, and he gave Joseph a special coat. Jacob’s 10 older sons were jealous. When Joseph was about 17 years old, he had an inspired dream that he was gathering grain in the fields with his brothers. Joseph’s bundle of grain stood tall. But his brothers’ bundles of grain bowed down to Joseph’s. When Joseph told his brothers about the dream, they were angry with him.
Later, Joseph had another inspired dream. In this dream, the sun, the moon, and 11 stars bowed down to him. Joseph told his family about the dream. This dream made it sound like Joseph would rule over the family. Joseph’s brothers became even angrier at him. They did not like his dreams.
One day Joseph’s brothers were away from home feeding the sheep. Jacob sent Joseph to check on them.
Some of Joseph’s brothers wanted to kill him. They took Joseph’s coat and threw him into a pit.
While Joseph was in the pit, his brothers saw travelers going to Egypt. The brothers decided to sell Joseph as a slave to the travelers for 20 pieces of silver.
Then Joseph’s brothers put goat’s blood on his coat. The brothers went to their father, Jacob, and showed him the coat. They lied to Jacob and told him that wild animals had killed Joseph.
Jacob cried because he thought Joseph was dead.
But Joseph was still alive. He was far away from home in Egypt, living as a slave.
Joseph in Egypt A slave becomes a leader
Joseph was sold as a slave to a man named Potiphar. Potiphar worked for Pharaoh, the ruler of Egypt. Potiphar could tell that the Lord helped Joseph. He trusted Joseph and put him in charge of his house and everything he owned.
Potiphar’s wife liked Joseph. She wanted Joseph to break the Lord’s commandments with her. Joseph told her no.
Potiphar’s wife would not listen, so Joseph ran away. She was angry at Joseph.
She showed Potiphar a piece of Joseph’s clothing. She lied to Potiphar about Joseph. Potiphar put Joseph in prison.
Joseph had been separated from his family. He had become a slave, and now he was a prisoner. But the Lord still helped Joseph. Joseph did not give up. The Lord blessed the prison guard to see the good in Joseph. The guard began to trust him, so he put Joseph in charge of the other prisoners.
Joseph met two prisoners, a baker and a butler, who had worked for Pharaoh. They both had strange dreams. Through the Lord’s power, Joseph explained what their dreams meant. The butler’s dream meant that the butler would be freed. Three days later, he was set free to work for Pharaoh again.
One day Pharaoh was upset by his dreams. No one could tell him what his dreams meant.
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A family’s struggle to love each other
Rachel and Jacob had prayed for many years to have a son. The Lord answered their prayers when Joseph was born. Joseph was Jacob’s favorite son, and he gave Joseph a special coat. Jacob’s 10 older sons were jealous. When Joseph was about 17 years old, he had an inspired dream that he was gathering grain in the fields with his brothers. Joseph’s bundle of grain stood tall. But his brothers’ bundles of grain bowed down to Joseph’s. When Joseph told his brothers about the dream, they were angry with him.
Later, Joseph had another inspired dream. In this dream, the sun, the moon, and 11 stars bowed down to him. Joseph told his family about the dream. This dream made it sound like Joseph would rule over the family. Joseph’s brothers became even angrier at him. They did not like his dreams.
One day Joseph’s brothers were away from home feeding the sheep. Jacob sent Joseph to check on them.
Some of Joseph’s brothers wanted to kill him. They took Joseph’s coat and threw him into a pit.
While Joseph was in the pit, his brothers saw travelers going to Egypt. The brothers decided to sell Joseph as a slave to the travelers for 20 pieces of silver.
Then Joseph’s brothers put goat’s blood on his coat. The brothers went to their father, Jacob, and showed him the coat. They lied to Jacob and told him that wild animals had killed Joseph.
Jacob cried because he thought Joseph was dead.
But Joseph was still alive. He was far away from home in Egypt, living as a slave.
Joseph in Egypt A slave becomes a leader
Joseph was sold as a slave to a man named Potiphar. Potiphar worked for Pharaoh, the ruler of Egypt. Potiphar could tell that the Lord helped Joseph. He trusted Joseph and put him in charge of his house and everything he owned.
Potiphar’s wife liked Joseph. She wanted Joseph to break the Lord’s commandments with her. Joseph told her no.
Potiphar’s wife would not listen, so Joseph ran away. She was angry at Joseph.
She showed Potiphar a piece of Joseph’s clothing. She lied to Potiphar about Joseph. Potiphar put Joseph in prison.
Joseph had been separated from his family. He had become a slave, and now he was a prisoner. But the Lord still helped Joseph. Joseph did not give up. The Lord blessed the prison guard to see the good in Joseph. The guard began to trust him, so he put Joseph in charge of the other prisoners.
Joseph met two prisoners, a baker and a butler, who had worked for Pharaoh. They both had strange dreams. Through the Lord’s power, Joseph explained what their dreams meant. The butler’s dream meant that the butler would be freed. Three days later, he was set free to work for Pharaoh again.
One day Pharaoh was upset by his dreams. No one could tell him what his dreams meant.
thank you so much
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00:00Have you ever heard a story so incredible, it sounds like a Hollywood movie?
00:13A tale of betrayal, impossible odds, and a comeback so epic, it changes the course of history.
00:21Well, today we re-diving into one of the most powerful stories ever told.
00:27The story of Joseph. Imagine this, a young man, a dreamer, the favorite son of his father, Jacob.
00:36His name is Joseph, and he's got this amazing, colorful coat, a gift from his dad that basically screams I'm the special one.
00:46Naturally, his ten older brothers aren't his biggest fans.
00:50Their jealousy isn't just sibling rivalry. It's a simmering pot of resentment that's about to boil over.
00:58One day, Joseph shares a couple of dreams he had.
01:02In one, his brothers' bundles of grain bowed down to his...
01:06In another, the sun, moon, and eleven stars all bowed to him.
01:12To his brothers, this isn't just teenage arrogance. It's a prophecy they refuse to accept.
01:18They see it as a direct threat to their own status and honor.
01:23The breaking point comes when Jacob sends Joseph to check on his brothers, who are tending flocks far from home.
01:30Seeing him approach from a distance, they see their chance.
01:33Here comes the dreamer. They sneer.
01:36Their initial plan is dark.
01:39Truly horrific.
01:40They want to kill him and throw him into a pit.
01:43But Reuben, the eldest, has a sliver of conscience.
01:48He suggests just throwing him into an empty cistern, secretly planning to rescue him later.
01:55So, they stripped Joseph of his beautiful coat, the symbol of their father's favor, and cast him into the pit.
02:04But then, a caravan of traitors heading to Egypt appears on the horizon.
02:09Judah, another brother, has a chillingly practical idea.
02:15What do we gain if we kill our brother?
02:19Let's sell him instead.
02:21And just like that, for twenty pieces of silver, Joseph is sold into slavery.
02:28To cover their tracks, they dip his coat in goat's blood and present it to their heartbroken father, Jacob.
02:36Letting him believe a wild animal killed his beloved son.
02:40Now, picture Joseph, a teenager, torn from his home, betrayed by his own family, being carted off to a foreign land.
02:49He arrives in Egypt, and is sold to Potiphar, the captain of Pharaoh's guard.
02:54You might think this is the end of his story, but it's actually just the beginning of his incredible rise.
02:59Despite his circumstances, Joseph doesn't give in to despair.
03:04It works hard, and everything he touches seems to prosper.
03:07Potiphar notices this, and puts Joseph in charge of his entire household.
03:12For a while, things are looking up, but trouble finds him again.
03:18Potiphar's wife takes an inappropriate interest in Joseph.
03:21He, being a man of integrity, repeatedly rejects her advances.
03:27One day, she corners him, grabbing his cloak.
03:30He flees, leaving the garment in her hand.
03:34Scorned and furious, she clips the story, accusing Joseph of attacking her.
03:39Potiphar enraged.
03:40Throws Joseph into the royal prison.
03:43Bike in a peat.
03:44Only tease time.
03:45It's a dungeon.
03:47But!
03:48Ebonera Joseph's character shines!
03:50The prison warden seizes potential and soon puts him in charge of all the other prisoners.
03:55Joseph's gift for interpreting dreams resurfaces, when two of Pharaoh's former officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, are imprisoned with him.
04:05They both have perplexing dreams, and Joseph, with divine insight, correctly interprets them.
04:11The cupbearer will be restored to his position, and the baker will be executed.
04:16It happens exactly as he predicts.
04:19Joseph's only request to the cupbearer is, remember me when you get out.
04:24But, tragically, the cupbearer forgets.
04:29For two more long years, Joseph waits in that prison.
04:34His hope must have been dwindling.
04:36Then, one night, Pharaoh himself has two disturbing dreams that no one in his court can interpret.
04:43He dreams of seven fat, healthy cows being devoured by seven skinny, sickly cows.
04:49Then, he dreams of seven plump heads of grain being swallowed by seven thin, withered heads.
04:57He's deeply troubled.
04:59Suddenly, the cupbearer remembers.
05:02He remembers the young Hebrew man in prison, who interpreted his dream perfectly.
05:06Joseph is immediately summoned from the dungeon.
05:10Cleaned up and brought before the most powerful man in the world, Joseph is humble.
05:15He tells Pharaoh, I cannot do it, but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.
05:21Joseph explains that the two dreams are one message from God.
05:25The seven healthy cows and plump heads of grain represent seven years of incredible abundance and prosperity in Egypt.
05:33But they will be followed by seven years of devastating famine, so severe it will wipe out all memory of the good years.
05:41Joseph doesn't just interpret the dream.
05:43He offers a solution.
05:45He advises Pharaoh to appoint a wise and discerning man to oversee the collection of one-fifth.
05:50Of the harvester in the plentiful years, storing it up for the famine to come.
05:57Pharaoh is blown away.
05:59He looks at Joseph and says, can we find anyone like this man?
06:03One in whom is the Spirit of God?
06:05He doesn't just take Joseph's advice.
06:08He appoints Joseph himself to carry it out.
06:10He makes him the second most powerful man in Egypt, giving him his signet ring, fiend linen robes, and a gold chain.
06:19The slave boy, the prisoner, is now the prime minister of Egypt.
06:24For seven years, Joseph travels throughout Egypt, gathering and storing immense quantities of grain, as countless as the sand of the sea.
06:34Then, just as he predicted, the famine hits a...
06:37It's not just in Egypt.
06:40It grips the entire region.
06:42But Egypt has food, thanks to Joseph's foresight.
06:46People from all over the world come to Egypt to buy grain.
06:50And who do you think shows up one day, desperate for food?
06:54Joseph's ten brothers.
06:57They travel to Egypt, and they stand before this powerful Egyptian governor, bowing down low before him, completely unaware that they are bowing to the very brother they sold into slavery years ago.
07:12Joseph recognizes them instantly, but they have no idea who he is.
07:17Their childhood dream, the one they hated him for, has come true right before their eyes.
07:26Joseph's heart must have been pounding.
07:29He could have taken revenge.
07:31He could have had them executed on the spot.
07:33But instead, he decides to test them.
07:36He speaks to them harshly through an interpreter, accusing them of being spies.
07:40He puts them through a series of trials, testing to see if they have changed, if they feel any remorse for what they did.
07:47He demands they bring their youngest brother, Benjamin Joseph's only full brother, back to prove their story.
07:54This terrifies them, as they know their father, Jacob, would never want to part with his last son from his beloved wife, Rachel.
08:02The brothers return home, their sacks mysteriously filled, not only with grain, but also with the money they paid for it.
08:08This only adds to their fear.
08:11When the grain runs out, they have no choice but to return to Egypt, this time with Benjamin.
08:17The sight of his younger brother overwhelms Joseph with emotion, and he has to leave the room to weep in private.
08:23He sets one final test.
08:25He has his silver cup hidden in Benjamin's sack of grain.
08:29When the brothers are on their way home, he sends his guards after them.
08:33The cup is found, and Benjamin is declared a thief, destined to become Joseph's slave.
08:39This is the moment of truth.
08:41Will the brothers abandon Benjamin just as they abandoned Joseph?
08:45Joseph, but something has changed.
08:47Judah steps forward and gives a passionate, heart-wrenching speech.
08:53He tells Joseph about their elderly father, about the grief that almost killed him when he lost one son,
08:59and how losing Benjamin would surely kill him now.
09:03He offers himself as a slave in Benjamin's place.
09:05Let your servant remain instead of the boy as a slave to my lord, he pleads, and let the boy go back with his brothers.
09:14Seeing this incredible change, this selfless love, and willingness to sacrifice,
09:20Joseph can't hold back any longer.
09:22He sends all the Egyptians out of the room.
09:25And then, through loud sobs, he reveals himself.
09:29I am Joseph.
09:31Is my father still alive?
09:33His brothers are stunned into silence, terrified.
09:36This is the moment they've probably dreaded.
09:39The ghosts from their past come back to haunt them.
09:42But Joseph's next words are some of the most profound in all of literature.
09:46He tells them not to be distressed or angry with themselves.
09:50It was not you who sent me here.
09:53But God, he says, God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
10:04He saw the bigger picture.
10:06He understood that their evil act was used by a higher power for a greater good to save their entire family and countless others from starvation.
10:17The reunion is complete.
10:19Joseph forgives his brothers completely.
10:22And Pharaoh invites Joseph, his entire family, his father Jacob, and all his brothers and their households, to come and live in the best part of Egypt.
10:31The land of Gusheth.
10:33The story that began with a colorful coat and a jealous rage ends with a family saved, a nation preserved, and a powerful lesson in forgiveness.
10:43Redemption, and the belief that even in our darkest moments, there can be a purpose we can't yet see.
10:51Thank you so much for watching.
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11:01See you next time.