Instructions:
Print this page. Read the Bible text.
Fill in the blanks with words from the top of the page.
Notice that each blank is for a noun .
cistern Justice forgiveness people circumstances
humility baby jealousy dungeons sons
nuisance women kings Joseph innocence
righteousness Pharaoh miseries God faithfulness
"...his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the _______________ and sold
him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to
Egypt." (Genesis 37: 28)
I. ___________________ and ___________________ are important to God.
A. The children of Israel had to learn this, before they could
become God's _______________.
B. God uses unlikely _______________________ to accomplish His Will.
II. Joseph needed to learn __________________, in order to serve God.
A. Jacob favored him, as Rachel's first _______________.
B. When Jacob was not looking, his brothers acted on their rage
and ____________________.
C. Slavery and ____________________ teach humility quickly.
III. Jacob's ____________ did as they pleased, with whom they pleased.
A. Joseph was a _________________________, but an innocent one.
B. Judah understood justice and fairness better than he understood
_______________.
C. Judah's descendants will become _______________ of Israel.
IV. ____________________ was righteous, as well as innocent.
A. His ___________________ protected him from death at his brothers'
hands.
B. His ____________________ gained favor for him with the Egyptians.
C. God will make ____________________ favor Joseph too.
V. Joseph probably did not understand all the _________________
that happened to him.
A. Somehow, he seemed to understand that __________ was in control.
B. God blessed Joseph for his steadfast __________________________.
Now, write an answer for each question below.
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1. What did the children of Israel need to learn, to become God's people?
_________________________________________________________________________answer
2. Does God accomplish His Will in ways that we might plan?
_________________________________________________________________________answer
3. What did Joseph need to learn, in order to serve God?
_________________________________________________________________________answer
4. How did God teach Joseph to be humble?
_________________________________________________________________________answer
5. Which four of Jacob's sons make us think that he was not a good parent?
_________________________________________________________________________answer
6. What did Judah understand well?
_________________________________________________________________________answer
7. Will God punish Judah and his descendants for his tryst with Tamar?
_________________________________________________________________________answer
8. What two characteristics can we see in Joseph?
_________________________________________________________________________answer
9. Did Joseph understand all the misery that he endured?
_________________________________________________________________________answer
10. Why did God bless Joseph?
_________________________________________________________________________answer
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