LESSON 14
One Slave Obey God
Among Jacob 12 sons, Joseph wor the second to the last born. His big brother dem knew that their pa use to like Joseph more than all of them. How you think they wor feeling? They wor jealous of Joseph and they use to hate him. Joseph have some kindna dream, and he tell his brother dem about it. They wor thinking the dream mean that one day they will bow down to Joseph. And that one make them to hate him even more!
One day, Joseph brother dem wor taking care of the sheep near the city they call Shechem. Jacob send Joseph to go see how his brother dem wor doing. When they see Joseph coming from far off, they start telling each other: ‘Joseph the dreamer coming. Let kill him!’ So they grab him and throw him in one deep hole. But one of his brother they call Judah say: ‘Yor must not kill him! Let just sell him so he can be slave.’ So they sell Joseph for 20 pieces of silver to the Midianite business people who wor going to Egypt.
Then Joseph brother dem kill one goat and put his clothes in the blood and send it to their pa, and they say: ‘That not your son clothes here?’ So Jacob wor thinking that one big animal na kill Joseph. He wor really feeling bad. And nobody wor able to comfort him.
They sell Joseph to one big man in Egypt name Potiphar. But Jehovah wor with Joseph. Potiphar see that Joseph really use to do his work good and he wor somebody people can trust. It not stay long, Potiphar make Joseph to control everything he wor having.
Potiphar wife notice that Joseph wor fine and strong. Every day she use to tell Joseph to lay down with her. Wetin Joseph do? He not agree and he say: ‘No! It not good. My master trust me, and you his wife. If I lay down with you, I will be sinning against God!’
One day, Potiphar wife wor trying to force Joseph to lay down with her. She grab his clothes, but he run away. When Potiphar come back home, she say Joseph wanted to rape her. But she wor lying. Potiphar got vex bad way, and he put Joseph in jail. But Jehovah not forget about Joseph.
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in due time.”—1 Peter 5:6