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1 Maps Used with permission from Dr. Terry C. Hulbert How Firm a Foundation Lesson Six: Joseph, the Suffering Servant Chapters Herodian building marking Machpelah, the burial place Abraham purchased for Sarah Go to for audio and notes.

2 I am the Lord Your God I have dominion over the WHOLE EARTH. What I say IS SO. I spoke seven times to Abram and established my covenant with him. I gave those promises to Isaac. I chose Jacob to receive those promises. Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt Abram went to Egypt and came out with many possessions. Out of the house of slavery

3 Joseph His brothers went to pasture their flocks in Shechem. And Israel said to Joseph... Come, and I will send you to them.... So he sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.... I am looking for my brothers... Then the man said, They have gone from here, for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan.

4 To Mesopotamia and Damascus Dothan Shechem Bethel Jericho Salem Hebron E TransJordanian Highway Jacob sends Joseph to Shechem to report on his brothers welfare. Not finding them there, he was directed to the Plain of Dothan where they were said to be pasturing their flocks. (38:12-17) To Egypt Beersheba To Elat / Gulf of Aqaba

5 The Plain of Dothan where Joseph s brothers were tending their flocks

6 The Plain of Dothan where Joseph was sold into slavery to Egypt

7 Sold by his brothers Genesis 39:1-2

8 To Mesopotamia and Damascus Dothan Shechem Bethel Jericho Salem Hebron E TransJordanian Highway Joseph is sold by his brothers to Midianite traders from Gilead who take him to Egypt. (37:18-36) To Egypt Beersheba To Elat / Gulf of Aqaba

9 Sold by his brothers Slave to Potiphar Genesis 39:1-2 Genesis 39:3-5

10 Sold by his brothers Slave to Potiphar Slandered by Mrs. Potiphar Genesis 39:1-2 Genesis 39:3-5 Genesis 39:21-23 He molested me!!

11 Joseph s Suffering Sold by his brothers Slave to Potiphar Slandered by Mrs. Potiphar Forgotten by Cupbearer Genesis 39:1-2 GOD was WITH him. Genesis 39:3-5 Genesis 39:21-23 Genesis 40:23; 41:1

12 Remembered by Cupbearer Genesis 41:9

13 Remembered by Cupbearer Spoken well of to Pharaoh Genesis 41:9 Genesis 41:12-15

14 Remembered by Cupbearer Spoken well of to Pharaoh Second-in-Command to Pharaoh Genesis 41:9 Genesis 41:12-15 Genesis 41:42-44

15 Joseph s Exaltation Remembered by Cupbearer Spoken well of to Pharaoh Second-in-Command to Pharaoh Sets his brothers free Genesis 41:9 Genesis 41:12-15 Genesis 41:42-44 Genesis 42:17-21, 45:5 and 50:17-21

16 Suffering and Exaltation Sold by his brothers Slave to Potiphar Slandered by Mrs. Potiphar Forgotten by Cupbearer Sets his brothers free Second-in-Command to Pharaoh Spoken well of to Pharaoh Remembered by Cupbearer Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time. I Peter 5:6

17 Joseph s Historic Role Through Joseph God was moving Jacob's family, this baby nation, to Egypt under unfavorable circumstances. Abram traveled to Egypt during time of famine and back. Isaac was prevented from going to Egypt during famine. Jacob was told to go to Egypt. God is going to transplant his little seedling of a nation into the soil of Egypt so that they will not be influenced or assimilated into the Canaanite culture that is deteriorating around them.

18 Joseph s Historic Role Just as Joseph was imprisoned but had God s presence with him so that he was given favor, so also the Israelites are going to suffer hardship but God is going to watch over them throughout these four hundred years. This was not to punish them, but to prepare them for His work in the world among the other nations.

19 Joseph s Historic Role Just as Joseph was exalted after his time of humbling, so also the descendants of Jacob would be exalted in the eyes of the Egyptians even being given great amounts of wealth before they left and they would be given their position of governing, which was God s purpose in setting Abraham s family apart.

20 Joseph s Historic Role Just as Joseph knew God would fulfill every promise to Abraham by taking his bones back to the land of Canaan, the Israelites could be assured that God would fulfill every promise and on that basis move forward no matter how impossible it looked.

21 I am the Lord Your God I have dominion over the WHOLE EARTH. What I say IS SO. I spoke seven times to Abram and established my covenant with him. I gave those promises to Isaac. I chose Jacob to receive those promises. Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt Abram went to Egypt and came out with many possessions, and Joseph was in Egypt to provide for the family but knew his bones would one day be taken out of Egypt back to Canaan. Out of the house of slavery Joseph was sold into slavery in Egypt but he was exalted because GOD was WITH HIM. God has been WITH US, too and has taken care of us.

How Firm a Foundation

Maps Used with permission from Dr. Terry C. Hulbert How Firm a Foundation Lesson Five: The Jacobsons Chapters 29-30, 34-35, 37-38 Herodian building marking Machpelah, the burial place Abraham purchased