Through the fickle finger of fate, a baby's born to a woman, and she sets them adrift

in a little ark made out of reeds and pitch, and from that can the Exodus.

They say it's the devil that's in the details, no, no, no, no, no, it's God who is in the

details.

Now you remember the story of Joseph, who was most beloved of his father, Jacob.

He was the son of Jacob's old age, and there was a certain favoritism that Jacob bestowed

upon Joseph, which the rest of his brothers resented.

And it culminated when Jacob provided the technicolor coat, the multi-colored tunic that he

gave to his son Joseph, and that incensed the brothers in terms of their jealousy.

And then when Joseph would talk about his dreams, that he interpreted where in somehow

in the future his brothers would be bowing down before him, that was more than they could

take.

And so you remember the story, they plotted together to get rid of their aided and despised

brother.

What was the result of that multi-colored coat?

Joseph's supposed Jacob had been more sensitive to his sons, and decided not to give that

coat to Joseph.

And so their brothers' jealousy's not stirred up.

And because their jealousy was not stirred up, they didn't decide to do away with Joseph,

they didn't decide to do away with Joseph.

They never would have met this caravan group coming from many nights or the Ishmaelites.

No caravan to Egypt, Joseph never sent down to the slave block there.

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