god god promised abraham that he would make him the father of many nations. isaac was the child of...

GodGod promised Abraham that

He would make him the father of many nations. Isaac was the child

of that promise.

IsaacPrayed for his wife Rebekah, because she

was childless. God answered his prayer and gave them two sons, Esau and

Jacob.

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GOD’S WILL – BOTH ROPES GOD’S WILL – BOTH ROPES

Jacob/EsauFought with each other in their mother’s

womb. God told Rebekah that

Jacob would rule over his older brother, Esau.

JacobName means,

“He deceives.” Tricked Esau into selling Jacob the

birthright of the firstborn

son.

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FREE WILL ROPE FREE WILL ROPE

RebekahAnd JacobTricked Isaac into giving

Esau’s blessings to

Jacob.

EsauThreatened to

kill his brother, Jacob.

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Rebekah

Tricked her husband, Isaac, into

sending Jacob away to find a

wife among her brother’s

people.

GodPromised land to Jacob in a dream and

told him that he would have

many descendants.

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FREE WILL ROPE GOD’S WILL – BOTH ROPES

JacobFell in love

with Rachel as soon as he saw her.

JacobWorked for Laban for

seven years in order to marry his daughter,

Rachel.

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LabanTricked Jacob into marrying Rachel’s older sister, Leah.

JacobWas angry

with Laban but agreed to

work for Laban for seven more years so that

he could marry Rachel, too.

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LabanTricked Jacob many times in order to make

him keep working for

him.

GodBlessed Jacob by giving him many herds and many

children (12 sons and 1 daughter).

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Rachel/LeahCompeted with

each other to see who could have the most sons for Jacob.

JacobRan away from Laban. Laban chased him,

but God warned Laban in a dream not to hurt Jacob.

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EsauForgave his

brother Jacob, because he

had been very blessed by

God over the years they were apart.

JacobWrestled with God until God gave Jacob a

blessing.

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Simeon/LeviTook revenge on people who

hurt their sister, Dinah, by killing all

the men in the town.

GodAllowed

Rachel to die giving birth to

Benjamin, Jacob’s

youngest child.

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JosephTold his father about the bad

things his brothers had been doing.

JacobLoved Joseph

more than any of his other

children.

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GOD’S WILL – BOTH ROPES FREE WILL ROPE

Joseph’s Brother

sHated Joseph because their father loved him more.

JosephHad two

prophetic dreams that showed he

would one day rule over his

family.

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JosephTold his

brothers about his dreams.

Joseph’s Brother

sHated Joseph because of his

dreams.

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JacobMade a special coat of many

colors for Joseph, because

Joseph was his favorite.

JacobSent Joseph to check on his brothers and

bring him back a report.

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Joseph’s Brother

sThrew Joseph in a well and then sold him to some slave

traders.

Joseph’s Brother

sTore his robe and dipped it in

blood. Then they let their father believe

Joseph was killed.

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MidianitesSold Joseph as

a slave to Potiphar, the Egyptian and captain of the

guard for Pharaoh.

JosephServed

Potiphar faithfully and honored God.

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GodWas with

Joseph and gave him success in everything that he did.

PotipharPut Joseph in

charge of everything in his household and trusted

him with everything he

owned.

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Potiphar’s Wife

Tried to get Joseph to kiss

her.

JosephRefused to sin

against Potiphar and

God and avoided

Potiphar’s wife whenever possible.

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Potiphar’s Wife

Lied about Joseph to her husband and

said that Joseph tried to

kiss her.

PotipharPut Joseph in

the prison where the

king’s prisoners were

kept.

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JosephServed the

prison warden faithfully and honored God while he was

in prison.

GodWas with

Joseph and gave him success in everything that he did.

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The Cupbearer &

the BakerOffended Pharaoh.

The Prison Warden

Put Joseph in charge of

everything and everyone in the prison.

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GOD’S WILL – BOTH ROPESFREE WILL ROPE

PharaohPut the

cupbearer and the baker into

prison.

PotipharAssigned the

cupbearer and the baker to

Joseph.

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The Cupbearer &

the BakerBoth had dreams on the

same night, but they were sad because they didn’t know

what the dreams meant.

JosephNoticed their

sadness, asked to hear their dreams

and then interpreted them.

He asked the cupbearer to

remember him when he returned

to Pharaoh.

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The Cupbearer

Forgot about Joseph for two

years.

PharaohRestored the

cupbearer and killed the

baker, just as Joseph had predicted.

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GOD’S WILL – BOTH ROPESFREE WILL ROPE

The Cupbearer

Remembered Joseph and

told Pharaoh about his ability to interpret dreams.

PharaohHad two

dreams that worried him.

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PharaohCalled all his

magicians and wise men, but no one could interpret the

dreams.

PharaohCalled for Joseph to come to

interpret his dreams.

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JosephInterpreted Pharaoh’s

dreams and gave him

advice about how to

prepare for the coming

famine.

PharaohPut Joseph in

charge of all of Egypt, gave

him his official ring, robes, chain and

chariot and gave him a

wife.

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JosephManaged the food in Egypt

well so that no one had to

starve during the famine.

JacobSent Joseph’s brothers to Egypt to get food for the

family.

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GodAllowed a

famine throughout all of the world.

JosephRecognized his brothers when they came to buy grain but didn’t reveal his identity.

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JosephTested his brothers to see if his younger brother,

Benjamin, was still alive.

Joseph’s Brothers

Returned home to get

Benjamin, but they had to

leave Simeon, who was put into prison.

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JacobDidn’t want to

let his sons take Benjamin, but he finally gave in when they got too

hungry.

Joseph’s Brothers

Returned to Egypt with

Benjamin and two times the money needed

to pay for food.

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JosephTested his

brothers one more time to see if their hearts had changed.

JudahOffered to be Joseph’s slave

if Joseph would just let Benjamin and the others go.

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JosephRevealed his

identity to his brothers and

sent them back to get their father

and bring him to Egypt.

PharaohApproved for

Joseph’s family to live in the best part of

Egypt.

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JacobBrought his whole family

to Egypt.

JosephReunited with his father and

family and received his

father’s blessing.

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JosephForgave his brothers for the terrible things they had done to

him.

MosesLed the

Hebrews out of Egypt and

into the Promised

Land.

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