Chapter 42 Please bear with me for a minute while I digress to tackle a strange subject: Egyptian public policy during the Josephean administration. Joseph is, of course, Pharaoh’s viceroy during the ...

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Joseph was the favored son in a family of 12 sons. He was on the path to power, influence and prominence in his family. Then, in a moment of time, everything was gone. Joseph was betrayed by his own ...

Our account of Joseph broke off with his ascension to power in Egypt. Following his interpretation of Pharoah’s dreams about years of plenty and years of famine, Joseph was put in charge of making ...

We must envision a kingdom that outlasts us. We all know the first words of Genesis: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” Far fewer of us can recall the last words of Genesis: ...

Genesis 12–50, one of the most familiar parts of the Old Testament, is also one of the least understood. These chapters center on the lives of Abraham and two of his descendants, Jacob and Joseph.