Joseph: Dreams, Favor, and Family Tension

Joseph -The Family God Began With Genesis 30 & 37 Joseph’s story begins in a family shaped

by promise, struggle, and God’s steady hand. His father was Jacob,

also called Israel, a man who had walked closely with God through years of hardship.

Jacob had twelve sons, and each one would later become the foundation of the

twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph was not the firstborn, but from the beginning,

his life stood out. Joseph’s mother, Rachel, had waited many years to have a

child. The Scriptures say that “God remembered Rachel; He listened to her and opened

her womb” (Genesis 30:22). When Joseph was born, she named him with