Joseph's family comes to Egypt

We just learned about Joseph in Egypt.

Another part of the Bible is when Joseph's family comes to Egypt.

After Joseph's brothers were jealous of his coat and sold him to strangers, everyone thought he was probably dead.

After Joseph's dream of saving up food to help survive the famine, his family came to Egypt to get food.
They did not know that Joseph was alive and a very important person in Egypt.

When they asked for food, they didn't even recognize Joseph.
He tricked them and said they were stealing from him.

They were very scared and begged for forgiveness, and then he told them who he was.
He told them to go bring the whole family to Egypt and he would take care of them.

And he told them not to be upset with themselves because it was all part of God's plan for him to come to Egypt so he could save them all.


(from: wikipedia - joseph (genesis))


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Joseph in Egypt

We just learned about the Joseph's Coat of Many Colors.

When Joseph lived in Egypt he met the Pharaoh and helped him figure out what his dreams meant by asking God for help.

Pharaoh had a dream about seven good cows and seven good heads of grain, and then seven bad cows and seven bad heads of grain.

Joseph told him that the seven good things were for a time where the animals and farms would do great and be healthy for seven years.
But then the seven bad things were for seven years where the animals and plants would all die.

So he told the Pharaoh to save up food so that his people could survive during the seven bad years.


(from: wikipedia - joseph (genesis))


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Joseph's Coat of Many Colors

We just learned about the Rachel's Children.

Another part of the Bible is Joseph's Coat of Many Colors.

Joseph was one of Jacob's sons, and Jacob really loved him a lot.
He gave him a special coat that was very nice and had lots of colors.
Back in these old times clothes were not that fancy, so this was a very special coat.

Joseph's brothers were jealous of him, and they sold him to people to have him taken away.
They told Jacob that Joseph was killed, and he was very sad and said that he would never be happy again.


(from: wikipedia - joseph (genesis))


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Rachel's Children

We just learned about Leah's Children.

Another part of the Bible is Rachel's Children.

Rachel had two kids with Jacob, the boys Joseph and Benjamin.
In Genesis chapter 30 it talks about her first son Joseph, and then in Genesis 35 she had Benjamin.


(from: wikipedia - rachel)


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Leah's Children

We just learned about Jacob and Rachel.

Another part of the Bible is Leah's Children.

Leah had a bunch of kids with Jacob.

In Genesis 29 and 30, it says the she had sons Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun, and her daughter Dinah.


(from: wikipedia - leah)


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Jacob and Rachel

We just learned about the Jacob and Leah.

Another part of the Bible is about Jacob and Rachel.

In the old days of the Bible, a lot of times men would have more than one wife.
After Jacob married Leah, seven years later he married Leah's sister Rachel, in Genesis chapter 29.


(from: wikipedia - rachel)


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Jacob and Leah

We just learned about the Jacob and Esau.

Another part of the Bible is Jacob and Leah.

When Jacob left home, he went out to find a wife.
He first married a woman named Leah, in Genesis 29.


(from: wikipedia - leah)


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Jacob and Esau

We just learned about the Isaac and Rebekah.

Another part of the Bible is Jacob and Esau, from Genesis 25 to 33.

After Isaac and Rebekah got married, they had twin sons named Jacob and Esau.
Isaac really liked that Esau was a hunter and liked to go out into the country.
Rebekah really liked that Jacob stayed at home and work in the tents.

Jacob and Esau did not get along very well, after Jacob stole special blessings from their dad Isaac.
When they grew up, Jacob moved away from Esau because he was scared that Esau would hurt him.
Later on Esau met up with Jacob and they became friends again.


(from: wikipedia - jacob and esau)


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Isaac and Rebekah

We just learned about Abraham and Isaac.

Another part of the Bible is story of Isaac and Rebekah, from Genesis 24.

When Isaac grew up and wanted to get married, his father Abraham told him to get a wife from his old land, so he sent a servant there.
Abraham told the servant when he found a woman to ask her for a drink of water.
If the woman gave him water and also gave his camel water that she was a great wife.

When he went to the land, a woman named Rebekah came along and did just as Abraham said, so the servant brought Rebekah back home to Isaac and they got married.


(from: wikipedia - rebecca)


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Abraham and Isaac

We just learned about God's Promise to Abram.

Another part of the Bible is about Abraham and Isaac.

In Genesis chapter 21, the Bible says that Abraham's wife had a son Isaac, just like God promised.


(from: wikipedia - isaac)


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God's promise to Abram

We just learned about the Abram and Sarai.

Another God's promise to Abram.

When Abram was getting older, he asked God about if he would ever have kids.

God told him that he would have so many children and grandchildren like the stars in the sky that he wouldn't be able to count them all.

Genesis 15:2 - Sovereign Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless
Genesis 15:3 - Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them. So shall your offspring be.


(from: wikipedia - abraham)


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Abram and Sarai

We just learned about the Tower of Babel.

Let's learn about the story of Abram and Sarai.

We learned before about Noah, and one of the descendants of Noah was Abram.
In Genesis 12, Abram was told by God to go travel the world and he would take care of him.

Abram got married to a beautiful woman named Sarai.
When he was traveling he was going to Egypt, but was worried that people would see his wife Sarai, then attack him and steal her.
So he told everyone she was his sister.

The Pharaoh thought he was beautiful, and took Sarai for his wife, but then got sick because God wasn't happy about this.
Pharaoh let Sarai go and told everyone to leave Abram alone and then sent Abram on his way.


(from: wikipedia - sarah)


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Tower of Babel

We just learned about Noah's Ark.

In chapter 11 of Genesis, it tells the story of the Tower of Babel.

This story talks about a tall building called the Tower of Babel that people built.
God was not super happy because he had told people to go all over the world and believe in him.

So because they were just believing in themselves and not trusting in God, he made it so people couldn't talk to each other, and changed all their languages.


(from: wikipedia - tower of babel)


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Noah's Ark

We just learned about Cain and Abel in Genesis chapter 4.

In chapters 5 through 10 of Genesis, it tells the story of Noah's Ark.

Noah was the descendant of the family of Adam many years after Adam.
God felt that Noah was a good man, and told him to go on an ark with animals while the world was flooded.

Later Noah had many children, and many years later a descendant of Noah was Abram.


(from: wikipedia - noah)


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Cain and Abel

We just learned about the Bible story of The Fall.

Another story from the Bible is Cain and Abel.

In Genesis chapter 4, Adam and Eve had two sons named Cain and Abel.
Cain was jealous of how much God liked Abel so he killed Abel, and then God sent Cain away.
Adam and Eve had another son named Seth.


(from: wikipedia - cain and abel)


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The Fall

We just learned about Adam and Eve.

Another part of the Bible is The Fall when Adam and Eve got sent out of the Garden of Eden.

In Genesis chapter 3, the Bible says that God told Adam and Eve they could do anything but eat from a special tree in the garden.
They broke the rules and ate from that tree, and God made them leave the garden forever.


(from: wikipedia - garden of eden)


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Adam and Eve

We just learned about Genesis Chapter 1 in the Bible.

In Genesis Chapter 2, God creates the first people, Adam and Eve.


(from: wikipedia - adam and eve)


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Genesis, Chapter 1

We just learned about the last of the twelve tribes of Israel, Benjamin.

Let's learn a little about what is in the Bible, from the beginning to the end.

The Bible starts with the book of Genesis, Chapter 1 tells about how God made the world.
It tells how God made the stars and the earth and all the animals and plants.


(from: wikipedia - book of genesis)


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