Genesis 37:12-36 Joseph Sold By His Brothers

I) Joseph is sent to check on his brothers.

A) Joseph is at ___________ while his brothers tend the flock.

B) Jacob has reason to be ______________. Shechem is the city Simeon and Levi plundered in Genesis 35.

C) A stranger tells Joseph they have moved on to ____________.


II) Joseph is attacked and sold.

A) The brothers see Joseph coming and plot to ________ him.

B) Reuben hatches a plan to ___________Joseph.

C) Joseph is striped and thrown in a _______________.

D) The brothers are _____________ to their sin.

E) Judah see potential for ____________.

F) Reuben is _________________ when he can’t find Joseph.



III) Jacob weeps.

A) The older brothers _____________ up their sin.

B) Jacob recognizes Joseph’s coat and _______________ an animal killed him because of the blood.


C) Jacob cannot be ________________.


IV) God is at work

A) God’s name is not written, but the series of timely encounters are his _________________.

1) The Man in ___________ who tells Joseph to go to Dothan.

2) Caravan of ___________ that came as brothers ate their meal.

3) Nothing in our lives happens by ______________.

B) ___________ deeds did stop God’s plan for Joseph.

C) Evil deeds did not stop Jesus’ ________________ work.

D) God uses________________ for our good as well.




Heidelberg Catechism Q & 27.
Q. What do you understandby the providence of God?

A. The almighty and ever present power of God1
by which God upholds, as with his hand,
heavenand earthand all creatures,2
and so rules them
thatleaf and blade,
rain and drought,
fruitful and lean years,
food and drink,
health and sickness,
prosperity and poverty—3
all things, in fact,
come to usnot by chance4
but by his fatherly hand.5
1 Jer. 23:23-24; Acts 17:24-282 Heb. 1:33 Jer. 5:24; Acts 14:15-17/a>; John 9:3; Prov. 22:24 Prov. 16:335 Matt. 10:29


Heidelberg Catechism Q & A 28
Q. How does the knowledgeof God’s creation and providence help us?

A. We can be patient when things go against us,1
thankful when things go well,2
and for the future we can have
good confidence in our faithful God and Father
that nothing in creation will separate us from his love.3
For all creatures are so completely in God’s hand
that without his willthey can neither move nor be moved.4
1 Job 1:21-22; James 1:32 Deut. 8:10; 1 Thess. 5:183 Ps. 55:22; Rom. 5:3-5; 8:38-394 Job 1:12; 2:6; Prov. 21:1; Acts 17:24-28