Oh let the Son of God and found you with his spirit and his life,

let him fill your heart and will satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you

home.

Welcome to the word for today,

featuring the Bible Teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calbury Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire

Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today,

Pastor Chuck continues with Joseph and his brothers

we pick up in Genesis chapter 37 verse one and now with today's message here's pastor Chuck

Genesis chapter 37 and Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger in the land of Canaan.

And these are the generations of Jacob.

Joseph being 17 years old was feeding the flock with his brothers.

And the lad was with the sons of Bilha and the sons of Zilpa, his father's wives, and Joseph

brought unto his father their evil report.

So there is now developing a strained relationship between Joseph and his

brothers because of Because of Jacob and his love for Rachel, when Joseph was born he almost became immediately a favored son kind of a status.

And no doubt Jacob indicated his favoritism towards Joseph all the way along.

And now Joseph is 17 years old, and he's out as all of the boys were engaged in the industry of shepherding.

But his brothers have been goofing off and Joseph is the tattletale.

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