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Genesis chapter 37, verse 36.

Meanwhile, the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh,

the captain of the guard.

I read this verse because it is not the verse you would expect when you start reading this

chapter.

This whole chapter starts with a picture of Jacob and his children, specifically Joseph, 17 years old, the pride of his father.

And you see Joseph talking with his brothers about dreams he's having about him ruling over them.

Now, for obvious reasons, that didn't sit too well with his

brothers, but it eventually led them to sell Joseph into slavery. At first, they were talking about

killing him, but then they decided to sell him into slavery. And by the end of this chapter,

this boy with this bright-colored coat has been sold into slavery in Egypt to Potiphar and

officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard.

And as I'm reading this, there's so much we could talk about here,

but especially as we think about praying over recent days in Genesis through the realities of sin and evil in the world

and the effects of sin and evil in the world and the effects of sin and evil in the world.

To see the effects of that sin and evil in a family here, and specifically in Joseph,

Joseph has just been sold into slavery by his own family after they were thinking about

murdering him.

Like what a picture of sin and evil and the effects of it.

And Joseph is experiencing those effects. Just imagine what is going through

his mind right now is his whole life has just fallen apart. And he's been sold by his brothers

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