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1. The acquired flawed family• Gen 35:22 … Now the sons of
Jacob were twelve: • Gen 35:23 The sons of Leah;
Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
• Gen 35:24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
• Gen 35:25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
• Gen 35:26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
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2. The loss of a loved one
• Gen 35:18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
• Gen 35:19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
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3. The betrayal of loved ones
• Gen 37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors.
• Gen 37:4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
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4. The separation from loved ones
• Gen 37:27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
• Gen 37:28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
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5. The loss of freedom
• Gen 39:1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, which had brought him down thither.
• Gen 39:2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
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6. The reward for being faithful
• Gen 39:20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
• Gen 39:21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
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7. The long-lasting uncertainty
• Gen 40:21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
• Gen 40:22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
• Gen 40:23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgot him.
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