Today's Reading | July 19, 2025
Genesis 42:1–24
Introduction Genesis 42:1–24: The famine is widespread and extends to Canaan. Jacob sends his sons, except for Benjamin, to Egypt to buy grain. When they arrive, Joseph recognizes them but pretends not to know them. He accuses them of being spies and agrees to spare their lives if they will return with their youngest brother. Today’s Key Verse: Genesis 42:5…
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July 19, 2025
Genesis 42:1–24
Introduction Genesis 42:1–24: The famine is widespread and extends to Canaan. Jacob sends his sons, except for Benjamin, to Egypt to buy grain. When they arrive, Joseph recognizes them but pretends not to know them. He accuses them of being spies and agrees to spare their lives if they will return with their youngest brother. Today’s Key Verse: Genesis 42:5…
READ MOREJuly 18, 2025
Genesis 41:37–57
Introduction Genesis 41:37–57: The king puts Joseph in charge, and Joseph is made governor over Egypt, overseeing the collection and storage of grain before the famine occurs. The king gives Joseph symbols of royal authority and gives him an Egyptian name that may mean, “God speaks, he lives.” Joseph marries, and he and his wife have two sons. When the…
READ MOREJuly 17, 2025
Genesis 41:1–36
Introduction Genesis 41:1–36: The king of Egypt has disturbing dreams, and his magicians and wise men are unable to interpret them. The wine steward tells the king abut Joseph’s ability to interpret dreams, and the king sends for Joseph. Joseph informs the king of the meaning of the dreams—that the country will have seven years of abundant grain followed by…
READ MOREJuly 16, 2025
Genesis 40:1–23
Introduction Genesis 40:1–23: Two of the king’s officials—the wine steward and the chief baker—are imprisoned where Joseph is being kept. Each has a dream that Joseph interprets. Today’s Key Verse: Genesis 40:8b “It is God who gives the ability to interpret dreams,” Joseph said. “Tell me your dreams.” Read 40 Some time later the king of Egypt's wine steward and his…
READ MOREJuly 15, 2025
Genesis 39:1–23
Introduction Genesis 39:1–23: When Joseph is brought to Egypt, he is sold to Potiphar, one of the king’s officers, and he becomes Potiphar’s personal servant. Potiphar’s wife attempts to seduce him, and when Joseph refuses her advances, she brings false charges against him for which he is imprisoned. Today’s Key Verse: Genesis 39:23b The LORD was with Joseph and made…
READ MOREJuly 14, 2025
Genesis 37:12–36
Introduction Genesis 37:12–36: Joseph’s brothers plot to kill him, but Judah convinces them to sell Joseph to a caravan of traders who were on their way to Egypt. Today’s Key Verse: Genesis 37:36 In Egypt, the Midianites had sold Joseph to Potiphar, one of the king’s officers, who was the captain of the palace guard. Read 12 One day when Joseph's…
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