Yes, most definitely because I believe it is what God has for me to do! And I like Yr 7 kids very much.

And, answering questions is also something I can do quietly at home – and I reach the world!!

Because of the wheelchair and my age of 84 I do not now go out much but the PC is my window to the world, I can keep busy and help someone, somewhere 24/7, every day!

(The question refers to Joseph in Genesis Chapters 37 to 50)

No, but it nearly is. The Book of Job is my favourite book in the Bible. Why?

Well it shows up the true character of a good man named Job, the angels, Satan, God and the self-opinionated friends of Job: Bildad, Zophar and Eliphaz. These three men sat silently for seven days and nights on the ground beside Job, because they realised what terrible pain he was in (Job 2:13). Job, a millionaire, had lost everything, (ten children, thousands of sheep, camels and oxen) because of Satan’s work.

God gave Satan permission to persecute Job but not to kill him and Satan fully expected that Job would ‘curse God.’ But Job did not!

Job’s three friends spend the next 33 chapters trying to convince Job that ‘…you must have done something wrong by sinning.’  THEY WERE WRONG!

The three friends came to visit job but their advice and ‘counsel’ was all wrong. Well-meaning but wrong and God never did tell Job about Satan. However in the end God rewards him very handsomely. The rewards God gave Job are almost beyond belief.  Great story!! God can do ANYTHING!

This is from the story I told of Joseph in Genesis Chapters 37 to 50.
They sold their brother for several reasons. God wanted Joseph in Egypt for an important task later on. His brothers hated him because Joseph was now Dad’s favourite, after the gift of the ‘coat of many colours’. Also, Joseph had told them that in two separate dreams that people would bow down to him – including them! They really hated the idea of them bowing down to Joseph, but they did, 22 years later. The Bible puts in the good, the bad and the ugly – it's about real people.

That’s Leah, Jacob’s first wife, the one Jacob’s uncle Laban tricked him into marrying (see Genesis Chapter 29).

It got quite involved in Bible times because Jacob did not really love Leah – but that was not very important. If you have sex with a girl then she becomes your wife! Jacob did marry Rachel a week later but he loved Rachel very much and now had two wives (which was not uncommon).

Leah gave Jacob six sons and the Bible says that when Jacob was on his deathbed he told his sons to bury him in the cave at Machpelah, at the place where Abraham and Sarah were buried : “…and I buried Leah there too.” (Gen; 49:31).
So it was a fairly uneventful life for Leah.

Very good question thank you. It was a part of God’s plan for Joseph’s future. Sounds pretty rough but it is a genuine ‘Bible Soapie.’ With Joseph in Jail God could work out his plan. The jailor recognised that God was with Joseph and put him in charge of running the prison. Later, two prisoners from Pharaoh’s staff, were in the jail and both had dreams. Joseph told them the meaning of the dreams which came 100% true. Later the Pharaoh had two vivid dreams but nobody could interpret them. BUT the one who served the Pharaoh and had been in jail was able to tell Pharaoh that: “…there is a Hebrew slave in the dungeon who can interpret your two dreams.” Joseph was called up and told the Pharaoh the meaning of his dreams. Pharaoh was impressed with Joseph’s telling of the meaning (7 years of abundance then 7 years of famine). The Pharaoh promptly made Joseph ‘Second in Command,’ of all Egypt which fulfilled God’s long-range plans for Joseph. Joseph’s brothers later did come and ‘bow down’ to their little brother Joseph, as he had dreamed they would 22 years before (see Genesis Chapters 39 to 41). A most interesting story.

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