Genesis 37–39: On Being Like Joseph and Not Being Like Judah - At Least Not Yet (Bible Talk, Ep. 13)

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🗓️ 2 December 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Joseph’s story resolves every major plot-line of Genesis, proving that Moses is a “literary genius,” as Jim Hamilton puts it.

Alex Duke chats with Jim & Sam about Genesis 37–39. They cover Joseph’s brothers, Judah & Tamar, and Joseph & Potiphar’s wife.

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0:00.0	I think, I mean, the way that I would want to think about this is going back to what Sam was saying about how the story of Joseph resolves all the major plot lines of Genesis.
0:14.2	Moses is a literary genius. And the impact of the stories that Moses told, no doubt impressed itself upon a mind like Isaiah's.
0:35.2	Welcome to episode 13 of Bible talking. I knew. It's not new anymore, guys. It's not new. It's old. Welcome to episode 13 of Bible Talk and I knew. It's not new anymore, guys. It's not new. It's old.
0:41.2	Welcome to a old podcast, current podcast, a present day podcast. An ongoing podcast. Brought to you by Nine Marks. Nine Marks exists to equip church leaders with biblical vision and practical resources for building healthy churches. For more,
0:54.9	you can visit 9marks.org. My name is Alex Duke, and with me are my two friends. Jim Hamilton.
0:59.9	Sam Omati. Are we really friends off air? I feel like we're only friends in this context. Depends on the day.
1:06.2	So last week, we more or less wrapped up the Jacob episode of Genesis, and now we have entered
1:12.6	into the final act, which focuses on one of his sons, Joseph.
1:16.7	Today we're going to focus, in particular, on Genesis 37 to 39.
1:21.2	Unsurprisingly, if you've been paying attention to Genesis so far, these chapters are filled
1:26.5	with familial strife, like Kane and Abel, Isaac, and
1:30.6	Ishmael, Jacob, and Esau. We are about to see Brother Against Brothers. I think Genesis 37 to
1:37.1	19 introduces Joseph to us almost immediately by contrast, first with his brothers in general
1:43.5	in Genesis 37, or his brother, Judah,
1:46.0	in particular, in the tragic story of Judah and Tamar in Genesis 38. I think the contrast is highlighted
1:51.7	throughout these chapters, but Moses brings them out with absolute clarity by the time we get to
1:57.3	Genesis 39, with the well-known story of Joseph and Potipher's wife. And at the end of these
2:01.8	chapters, I think we are to realize that Joseph is not like these other men. He's a good man. He's a godly
2:08.6	man. He is a righteous man. I think that's skimming the rock across the pond, because underneath
2:13.8	these obvious moral lessons we can take from these chapters. I think there's also some
2:18.0	tectonic movement going on. All of it centered around kingship and the promised seed as the people of
2:24.8	God are on the move. But Jim, I want to start with the obvious question. Is Joseph just a tryhard who
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