Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life in the time it takes to get to work.

I'm Keith Simon. Right now we're going through the first book of the Bible, Genesis.

Okay so today is the last day we're in Genesis here on Tim minute Bible Talks.

Tomorrow we're starting in the Book of Exodus. If you've enjoyed following God's story from creation to Egypt,

I hope you'll stay with us to find out how the Israelites get out of Egypt

and just as importantly what we can learn from it.

Genesis is a fantastic book but so is Exodus.

Today we're going to focus on one verse that is intellectually and

theologically deep but also ignore one verse that is intellectually and

theologically deep, but also enormously practical and helpful

in our day-to-day life.

I just want to read the verse and then put it in context

and then apply it to our lives. Okay? So here's the verse and by the way this is

Genesis chapter 50 verse 20 Joseph is talking to his brothers. He says you you intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good.

He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people.

That's a remarkable verse. It's got a lot to teach us, but in order to see what it has to say to us, we've got to briefly put it in context. Joseph's brothers hated him because he was his father's favorite and I'm sure it's the favorite he got

extra attention and privileges so for whatever reason they sold him into slavery.

Those slave traders eventually dumped Joseph in Egypt

where he starts to rise up through the Egyptian system. That's when Potipher's wife

lies and says that Joseph was trying to seduce her when the truth was very very different

but because she lied about him Joseph gets sent to an Egyptian prison which I

have to think was an incredibly horrifying experience.

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