📖 Unit 4: Joseph in Egypt
A 6-week Genesis curriculum on Joseph showing how God works through suffering and betrayal for his purposes.
Joseph's Coat and Dreams
Genesis 37
Jacob gives Joseph a special robe, making his brothers furious with jealousy, and Joseph's dreams make things worse. The brothers throw him in a pit and sell him to slave traders, but God is already at work behind the scenes.
View LessonJoseph Trusts God in Hard Times
Genesis 39-41
Joseph is falsely accused by Potiphar's wife and thrown in prison, but God is with him and causes him to prosper even there. Pharaoh's dream brings Joseph from the prison to the palace in a single day, showing that God's timing is always perfect.
View LessonJoseph Tests and Forgives His Brothers
Genesis 42-45
Joseph's brothers travel to Egypt for grain and bow before him without recognizing him, exactly as his dreams predicted. Joseph tests whether they have changed, setting up one of the most emotional reunions in the Bible.
View LessonJoseph Reunites with His Family
Genesis 46
Jacob is overwhelmed to learn that Joseph is alive, and the whole family travels to Egypt where Joseph weeps over his father's neck. God had told Jacob in a vision not to be afraid, and every detail of that promise comes true.
View LessonJoseph Brings His Family to Pharaoh
Genesis 47
Joseph presents his aged father Jacob to Pharaoh, and Jacob blesses Pharaoh, the most powerful man in the world. God settles the family in Goshen, the best land in Egypt, fulfilling his promise to keep them together.
View LessonJoseph's Family Inherits God's Promise
Genesis 48-50
Jacob crosses his hands to bless Joseph's younger son Ephraim over the firstborn Manasseh, and on his deathbed he speaks prophetic blessings over all twelve sons. Joseph's final declaration, 'God meant it for good,' ties the whole story together and points directly to the cross.
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