CHAPTER 45

Genesis 37:4  But his brothers hated Joseph because their father loved him more than the rest of them. They couldn’t say a kind word to him.

“I guess I understand the competition between twelve brothers,” I said to the LORD as I observed Joseph in his glorious robes approaching his four half-brothers.

YOU UNDERSTAND COMPETITION BETWEEN STEP-CHILDREN FROM YOUR OWN LIFE.

“That I do,” I either thought or said in response to the LORD.

YOU HAVE SEEN AND UNDERSTAND COMPETITION BETWEEN BROTHERS AND FAMILY LEADERS.

YOU HAVE SEEN COMPETITION BETWEEN FATHER-IN-LAW AND SON-IN-LAW.

I remembered the competition between Laban and Jacob, which seemed to be ongoing until Jacob and his wives and family departed to return to Canaan.

YOU HAVE NOT UNDERSTOOD HOW THE RESULT OF THE COMPETITION BETWEEN SISTERS AND WIVES IS SEED OF THE SCENE BEFORE US.

JOSEPH HAS NOT ONLY ELEVEN BROTHERS, HE HAS THREE COMPETING STEP-MOTHERS.

To be continued…

A Temporary Throne is an original work of Roger Harned,

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