IN T E RN A T IO N A L SU N D A Y SCHOOL LESSONS
EX PO SIT ION S
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J. H . Hunter
C O M M E N T
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KeitK L. Brooks
H E A R T oftke LESSON , T . C . Horton
“ M Y G IRLS” - Mrs. H . J. Baldwin E L EM E N T A R Y - Mabel L. Merrill
IL LU S T R A T IO N S
- W . H . Pike
T H E LESSO N P IC T U R E - C . A . Kilwinski
DECEMBER 1, 1918 JOSEPH SOLD BY HIS BROTHERS Golden Text.— “ Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.” Prov. 10 : 12 . Gen. 37:18-28. BESSON TEXT^ (Additional material, Gen. 37:1-36).
A n d t h e y t o o k h im , a n d c a s t h im in t o a p i t : a n d t h e p i t w a s e m p t y , th e r e w a s n o w a t e r i n i t . . ( 2 5 ) A n d t h e y s a t d o w n to e a t b r e a d : a n d t h e y l i f t e d u p t h e i r e y e s a n d lo o k e d , a n d b e h o ld , a c o m p a n y o f Is h m e e lit e s c a m e f r o m G ile a d w i t h , t h e i r c a m e ls b e a r in g s p ic e r y a n d b a lm a n d m y r r h g o in g to c a r r y i t d o w n to E g y p t . ( 2 6 ) a n d J u d a h s a id u n t o h is b r e t h r e n , W h a t p r o f it is i t i f w e s la y o u r b r o t h e r , a n d c o n c e a l h is b lo o d ? (2 7 ) C o m e , a n d l e t u s s e ll h im to th e Is h m e e lit e s , a n d l e t n o t o u r h a n d b e u p o n h im ; f o r h e is o u r b r o t h e r a n d o u r fle s h . A n d h is b r e t h r e n w e r e ' c o n te n t . (2 8 ) T h e n th e r e p a s s e d b y M id ia n it e s m e r c h a n tm e n ; a n d t h e y d r e w a n d l i f t e d u p J o s e p h o u t o f th e p it , a n d s o ld J o s e p h to th e Is h m e e l ite s f o r t w e n t y p ie c e s o f s ilv e r : a n d t h e y b r o u g h t J o s e p h in t o E g y p t . about 169 years old, Jacob was about 109 years old and Joseph about 17 years old. I. Why the Brethren Sold Joseph. Recall the kind of a home in which Joseph was brought up. Jacob had two wives, and each wife had a handmaid, and there were four different families in the household. That, itself, prepares the way for the trouble that followed. Joseph was the son of Rachel, the wife whom Jacob loved best. He had ten half brothers, all older than himself. Jacob had large flocks and herds, and it was the business of his sons to take care of them. When Joseph became old enough
( 1 8 ) A n d w h e n t h e y s a w h im a f a r o f f . e v e n b e fo r e h e c a m e n e a r u n t o th e m , t h e y c o n s p ir e d a g a in s t h im to s la y h im . ( 1 9 ) A n d th < -~ s a id o n e to a n o t h e r , B e h o ld t h is d r e a m e r c o m - e th . ( 2 0 ) C o m e n o w th e r e f o r e , a n d l e t u s s la y h im , a n d c a s t h im in t o s o m e p i t a n d w e w i l l s a y , S o m e e v il h e a s t h a t h d e v o u r e d h im : a n d w e s h a ll s e e w h a t w i l l b e c o m e o f h is d re a m s . (2 1 ) A n d R e u b e n h e a r d i t , a n d h e d e liv e r e d h im o u t o f t h e i r h a n d s ; a n d s a id , L e t u s n o t k i l l h im . ( 2 2 ) . A n d R e u b e n s a id u n t o th e m , S h e d n o b lo o d , b u t c a s t h im in t o t h is p i t t h a t is in th e w ild e r n e s s , a n d la y n o h a n d u p o n h im : t h a t h e m i g h t r id h im o u t o f t h e i r h a n d s , t o d e liv e r h im to h is f a t h e r a g a in . ( 2 3 ) A n d i t c a m e to p a s s , w h e n J o s e p h w a s c o m e u n t o h is b r e t h r e n , t h a t t h e y s t r ip p e d J o s e p h o u t o f h is c o a t, h is c o a t o f m a n y c o lo r s t h a t w a s o n h im : ( 2 4 ) Intervening Events. Several years have elapsed between our last lesson and this new one. It would be well for every teacher and, indeed, every scholar, too, to read the intervening chapters. BESSON Some of the principal EXPOSITION events a r e w o r t h knowing: The encamp ment of Jacob and his sons at Shechem; the buying of the land here and the trouble with the men at Shechem that followed; the renewal of God’s com mand to Jacob to go back to Bethel; and the deaths of Deborah and Rachel. Isaac was still living at Hebron and was
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