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ILLUSTRATED BIBLE STORY
Joseph in the Land of EgyptGENESIS CHAPTERS 39-40
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AFTER A TRIP OF MANY DAYS, JOSEPH, SOLD BY HISBROTHERS AS A SLAVE, FINALLY ARRIVED IN EGYPT.
WELL,POTIPHAR, ARE
YOU GOING TO BUYHIM OR NOT? HE’S
YOUNG ANDSTRONG. SURE,
I’LL TAKE HIM.
IN TIME, JEHOVAH HELPED JOSEPH TO BECOMESUCCESSFUL AS A SLAVE IN POTIPHAR’S HOME . . .
ANOTHER JOBWELL DONE,
JOSEPH!
THANK YOU,MASTER. IT IS MYGOD, JEHOVAH,WHO IS HELPING
ME.
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HE’S SUCH AGOOD-LOOKING
MAN . . .
YOU ARE AGOOD SERVANT, JOSEPH.AND SINCE YOU CAME TO
WORK FOR ME, YOUR GODHAS BLESSED MY
HOUSEHOLD.
FROM NOW ON,I WANT YOU TO BE IN
CHARGE OF EVERYTHINGIN MY HOUSE AND
IN MY FIELD.
BUT POTIPHAR’S WIFE ALSO BEGAN TO NOTICE JOSEPH.
DAY AFTER DAY, POTIPHAR’S WIFE WOULDSAY THE SAME THING TO JOSEPH . . .
LIE DOWNWITH ME.
NO! MYMASTER—YOUR
HUSBAND—HAS PUTME IN CHARGE OF
EVERYTHING HE OWNS.BUT YOU’RE HIS WIFE,SO I CAN’T LIE DOWN
WITH YOU. IT WOULD BEA SIN AGAINST
GOD!
ONE DAY, WHEN JOSEPH WAS THEONLY MAN IN POTIPHAR’S HOUSE . . .
LIE DOWNWITH ME!
NO!LET GOOF ME!
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WHEN POTIPHAR RETURNED, HIS WIFE TOLD HIM A LIE.
. . . AND THENJOSEPH TRIED TO
LIE DOWN WITH ME. BUT ISCREAMED, SO HE LEFT
HIS ROBE BEHINDAND RAN AWAY.
JOSEPH MUSTBE PUNISHED!
POTIPHAR HAD JOSEPH THROWN INTOPRISON . . .
BUT JEHOVAH CONTINUEDTO LOOK AFTER JOSEPH.
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ONE DAY, JOSEPHSAW TWO PRISONERSWHO USED TO WORKFOR PHARAOH, THEKING OF EGYPT. WHY ARE YOU
MEN SO GLOOMYTODAY?
WE HAVE HADDREAMS. BUT NO
ONE CAN TELLUS WHAT OUR
DREAMSMEAN.
GOD CANHELP YOU TO
UNDERSTAND WHATTHEY MEAN. PLEASE
TELL ME YOURDREAMS.
I SAWTHREE TWIGS THAT
PRODUCED GRAPES. THEN ISQUEEZED THE GRAPES
INTO PHARAOH’S CUP ANDGAVE IT TO HIM.
YOUR DREAM MEANSTHAT IN THREE DAYS YOUWILL GO BACK TO WORK
FOR PHARAOH. WHEN YOUDO, PLEASE REMEMBERME AND TELL PHARAOH
ABOUT ME BECAUSE I WASKIDNAPPED AND SHOULD
NOT BE IN PRISON.
IN MY DREAM,THERE WERE THREE
BASKETS OF BREAD ONMY HEAD. BUT THEN
BIRDS BEGAN EATINGPHARAOH’S FOOD OUT OF
THE BASKET ON TOP.
YOUR DREAMMEANS THAT IN
THREE DAYSPHARAOH WILL
PUT YOU TODEATH!
THREE DAYS LATER, ONPHARAOH’S BIRTHDAY, HEINVITED THE FIRST PRISONERTO WORK FOR HIM AGAIN. BUTPHARAOH PUT THE SECONDPRISONER TO DEATH.
TIME WENT BY . . . AND THE SURVIVINGPRISONER KEPT FORGETTING TO MENTIONJOSEPH TO PHARAOH. BUT DID JEHOVAHFORGET JOSEPH? WOULD JOSEPH EVER GETOUT OF PRISON? IN THE NEXT ILLUSTRATEDBIBLE STORY, FIND OUT HOW JOSEPH WAS ABLETO HELP HIS FAMILY—AND AN ENTIRE NATION!
WHAT DO WE LEARN FROMJOSEPH IN THE LAND OF EGYPT?
WHY DID JOSEPH OBEY JEHOVAH EVENWHEN HE WAS FAR AWAY FROM HISFAMILY?
CLUE: PROVERBS 15:3.
WHY DID JOSEPH RUN AWAY WHENPOTIPHAR’S WIFE TRIED TO GETJOSEPH TO SIN?
CLUE: GENESIS 39:9.
WHEN WE ARE SUCCESSFUL OR HAVESPECIAL ABILITIES, WHAT SHOULD WEREMEMBER?
CLUE: GENESIS 39:3, 23;1 CORINTHIANS 4:7.
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