JOSEPH

MODULE 4: SESSION 14: Jacob’s Lost Sons

Reuven laments that their brother’s blood is required of them, activating a pattern of innocent blood crying out to God for justice that stretches all the way back to Cain and Abel in Genesis 4. Yoseph’s translator is called a “mediator,” the same word used to describe the prophets who stand in the gap and intercede between God and Israel. The Bible presents a realistic portrait of the human condition, and characters who seem simple at first.