Joseph: A Profile in Overcoming Life’s
Greatest Challenges- 1-26-14
“You Can Survive the Bruising of Treachery”- Part 1 of 5
Genesis 37:12-27
JACOB PREPARED THE FUSE OF FAMILY ANGER JACOB’S FAMILY GREW UP IN THE SHADOW OF
HIS ________________ AND _____________________
WAYS.- V.2
 JACOB OPENED THE RIFT OF MISTRUST BY
ENCOURAGING ____________________ – V. 2
 JACOB SHOWED UNABASHED __________________
TO JOSEPH– V.3
JOSEPH LIT THE FUSE OF FAMILY ANGER:
 JOSEPH LACKED _______________________ OF
THE SEVERE JEALOUSY OF HIS BROTHERS.
 JOSEPH LACKED ____________________ ABOUT
THE IMPACT OF HIS ACTIONS ON HIS
BROTHERS.
 JOSEPH LACKED _____________________ TO STOP
& THINK OF THE HURT HE WAS CAUSING. (HE
WAS NAÏVE.)
THE WARNINGS OF TREACHERY’S IMPENDING
EXPLOSION:
 _______________ REPLACED LOVE- V. 18
(MURDER IS CONSIDERED.)
 _________________ REPLACED KIND SPEECH- V.
19
 THE BROTHERS TOOK JOSEPH’S COAT, THE
SYMBOL OF THEIR ______________________- V. 23
 THEY THREW HIM INTO A PIT- “OUT OF SIGHT,
OUT OF ____________”- V.24
 WITH _________________ OF STONE THEY ATE A
MEAL PLANNING JOSEPH’S SALE INTO
SLAVERY- V. 25
Joseph: A Profile in Overcoming Life’s
Greatest Challenges- 1-26-14
“You Can Survive the Bruising of Treachery”- Part 1 of 5
Genesis 37:12-27
JACOB PREPARED THE FUSE OF FAMILY ANGER JACOB’S FAMILY GREW UP IN THE SHADOW OF
HIS ________________ AND _____________________
WAYS.- V.2
 JACOB OPENED THE RIFT OF MISTRUST BY
ENCOURAGING ____________________ – V. 2
 JACOB SHOWED UNABASHED __________________
TO JOSEPH– V.3
JOSEPH LIT THE FUSE OF FAMILY ANGER:
 JOSEPH LACKED _______________________ OF
THE SEVERE JEALOUSY OF HIS BROTHERS.
 JOSEPH LACKED ____________________ ABOUT
THE IMPACT OF HIS ACTIONS ON HIS
BROTHERS.
 JOSEPH LACKED _____________________ TO STOP
& THINK OF THE HURT HE WAS CAUSING. (HE
WAS NAÏVE.)
THE WARNINGS OF TREACHERY’S IMPENDING
EXPLOSION:
 _______________ REPLACED LOVE- V. 18
(MURDER IS CONSIDERED.)
 _________________ REPLACED KIND SPEECH- V.
19
 THE BROTHERS TOOK JOSEPH’S COAT, THE
SYMBOL OF THEIR ______________________- V. 23
 THEY THREW HIM INTO A PIT- “OUT OF SIGHT,
OUT OF ____________”- V.24
 WITH _________________ OF STONE THEY ATE A
MEAL PLANNING JOSEPH’S SALE INTO
SLAVERY- V. 25
TRACE THE ROOT OF TREACHERY:
THE ROOT OF BITTERNESS IS ________________
Mat 5:21-22
THE SYMPTOM OF BITTERNESS IS _____________
Jas 3:8 NIV but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a
restless evil, full of deadly poison.
THE RESULT OF BITTERNESS IS _______________DISMISSING ANOTHER’S VALUE; USING THEM
INSTEAD OF LOVING THEM. Mat. 5:22 “You fool!” = “You
worthless person” Whatever attitude justifies using or abusing
another person
WHO PAID THE PRICE FOR THESE TREACHERIES?
FOR JACOB’S TREACHERY TOWARD ESAU:
 HIS DECEPTIVE, SELF-SERVING SIBLING
RIVALRY WAS PASSED ON TO HIS SONS
AS HE FAILED TO _____________________
THEIR RIVALRY AND SUPPRESS HIS OWN
EXPRESSIONS OF ____________________.
FOR TREACHERY TOWARD JOSEPH:
 HIS BROTHERS BORE _____________,
________________ & ____________ OF GOD’S
JUDGMENT- Gen 42:21-22
JOSEPH NEVER SHOWED ANY ILL EFFECTS FROM THIS
TREACHERY:
 HIS FORGIVENESS OF HIS BROTHERS
PREVENTED _____________________ OR
_______________. NEITHER WAS SHOWN ON
HIS LIPS OR IN HIS ACTIONS.

Gen 50:20 NIV You intended to harm me, but God intended it
for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of
many lives.
TRACE THE ROOT OF TREACHERY:
THE ROOT OF BITTERNESS IS ________________
Mat 5:21-22
THE SYMPTOM OF BITTERNESS IS _____________
Jas 3:8 NIV but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a
restless evil, full of deadly poison.
THE RESULT OF BITTERNESS IS _______________DISMISSING ANOTHER’S VALUE; USING THEM
INSTEAD OF LOVING THEM. Mat. 5:22 “You fool!” = “You
worthless person” Whatever attitude justifies using or abusing
another person
WHO PAID THE PRICE FOR THESE TREACHERIES?
FOR JACOB’S TREACHERY TOWARD ESAU:
 HIS DECEPTIVE, SELF-SERVING SIBLING
RIVALRY WAS PASSED ON TO HIS SONS
AS HE FAILED TO _____________________
THEIR RIVALRY AND SUPPRESS HIS OWN
EXPRESSIONS OF ____________________.
FOR TREACHERY TOWARD JOSEPH:
 HIS BROTHERS BORE _____________,
________________ & ____________ OF GOD’S
JUDGMENT- Gen 42:21-22
JOSEPH NEVER SHOWED ANY ILL EFFECTS FROM THIS
TREACHERY:
 HIS FORGIVENESS OF HIS BROTHERS
PREVENTED _____________________ OR
_______________. NEITHER WAS SHOWN ON
HIS LIPS OR IN HIS ACTIONS.

Gen 50:20 NIV You intended to harm me, but God intended it
for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of
many lives.