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Hey there, Sprouds. Today is Monday, December 10th, 2018.

This week on the Catholic Sprouts podcast, we are going to continue talking about the Jesse Tree.

We are going to talk about the many ancestors of Jesus Christ and the way that God worked on the hearts of the Israelite people for centuries so that they

might be ready to receive their Savior and heal the wounds that were caused way back at the beginning

in the Garden of Eden. Last week, we talked about Adam and Eve.

We talked about Cain and Abel.

We also talked about Noah and the Flood, and we talked about Abraham and his son, Isaac.

This week, we are going to skip ahead and talk about Moses.

But before we do that, let's talk about a couple of the reasons why the Israelite nation

ended up in Egypt, where we meet Moses. Well, so here is a quick rundown. So God chose Abraham

and made his covenant with Abraham. Abraham had a miracle baby, Isaac. Isaac went on to have two

sons, Esau and Jacob. Jacob went on to have 12 sons, 12. And those 12 sons went on to be the fathers of the 12 tribes of Israel.

So they really had lots of babies and grew the nation quickly.

One of Jacob's sons was Joseph.

You might remember Joseph from the story of the multicolored coat. or if you see the musical, the amazing technicolor coat.

Joseph was not liked by his brother. He was very close to God and was able to interpret dreams, and his brothers resented him.

So his brothers were going to kill him, but at the last moment, they sold him to slave

owners in Egypt. Joseph was taken to Egypt. He worked as a slave. He was thrown in jail. But then through

God's providence, Joseph was taken out of jail and interpreted the dreams of the Pharaoh. Pharaoh liked him.

Joseph was put in charge and then famine struck the whole region. Joseph's brothers who thought

Joseph was dead, but the other 11 brothers came to Egypt looking for help because they were starving in the famine.

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