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    INDIVIDUALS VS THE MAJORITY

    1) For those who may be interested ! - A discussion I had somewhere about Adam ! Hi JLGJLG might I make a suggestion. Hardly anyone will read twenty replies made by the one who starts a thread as there is just way to much stuff to sort out and reply to. It would be better to just make your...
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    INDIVIDUALS VS THE MAJORITY

    26) JOSEPH - Joseph has his father embalmed! - Then he asks Pharaoh for the permission to go to Canaan to bury his father! - So Jacob’s sons bury him in Canaan! - After that, they all return to Egypt! - But Joseph’s brothers are afraid of Joseph because of what they did to him when they...
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    INDIVIDUALS VS THE MAJORITY

    25) JOSEPH - Then Jacob blesses his sons! - Reuben the firstborn will not excel because he has gone up to Jacob’s bed! - Simeon and levi are instruments of violence and slaughter weapons! - Because of their anger they kill people! - Their anger is cursed! - Judah is a lion cub and the...
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    INDIVIDUALS VS THE MAJORITY

    24) JOSEPH - Before dying, Jacob tells Joseph that Joseph’s two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh will share Jacob’s inheritance like his sons! - Before dying, Jacob blesses Joseph’s sons! - But Jacob keeps putting Ephraim the younger before Manasseh the firstborn! - He does it against Joseph’s...
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    INDIVIDUALS VS THE MAJORITY

    23) JOSEPH - He introduces his family to Pharaoh! - And Pharaoh lets them settle in the land of Goshen with their livestock! - Joseph sells grain against money! - When people don’t have any more money, they give their livestock! - Then Joseph buys the land and the people of Egypt for...
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    INDIVIDUALS VS THE MAJORITY

    22) JOSEPH - All the family of Jacob goes to Egypt! - All the people were in total 70! - Joseph organized everything and presented his family to pharaoh! - Of course, he was used to organizing everything! - He was in charged of Egypt thanks to God! - He was the second most important...
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    INDIVIDUALS VS THE MAJORITY

    21) JOSEPH - But Joseph can’t control himself any longer! - He begins to weep loudly! - And he tells his brothers the truth! - And that what happened was according to God’s will! - And he tells them to go back to their father and tell him about Joseph! - But their father doesn’t believe...
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    INDIVIDUALS VS THE MAJORITY

    20) JOSEPH - He tells his man to put the food and the money in his brother’s bags! - He also tells him to put his silver cup in Benjamin’s bag! - His brothers leave in the morning! - Then he asks his man to chase after his brothers and Joseph’s silver cup is found in Benjamin’s bag! -...
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    INDIVIDUALS VS THE MAJORITY

    19) JOSEPH - Because of the famine, Jacob must send his sons to Egypt again to buy some food! - But Judah tells his father they must go with Benjamin! - Otherwise they will get into trouble! - Judah offers his life as a guarantee for his safety! - Jacob tells them to take double the money...
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    INDIVIDUALS VS THE MAJORITY

    18) JOSEPH - Jacob sends ten of his sons except Benjamin to Egypt to get some food! - He doesn’t want to lose him like Joseph! - In Egypt they meet Joseph because he is the man in charge of selling grain! - He recognizes them but they don’t! - And he remembers his dreams about his brothers...
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    INDIVIDUALS VS THE MAJORITY

    17) JOSEPH - After two years, Pharaoh has a dream! - It is about seven fat cows and seven thin ones! - And the seven thin ones eat the seven fat ones! - Then Pharaoh has a second dream with seven full ears of grain and seven thin ones! - And the seven thin ones swallow up the seven full...
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    INDIVIDUALS VS THE MAJORITY

    16) JOSEPH - Pharaoh sends two of his officers to prison! - Then both have a dream! - And Joseph tells them the interpretation! - Then he asks the first to remember him and speaks to Pharaoh about him! - The second will die! - But he forgets Joseph! - Does it remind you something? - And...
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    INDIVIDUALS VS THE MAJORITY

    15) JOSEPH - God is with Joseph! - We can add Joseph is with God! - Joseph is a faithful servant of God! - He is put over the house of his master! - He becomes his personal attendant! - Joseph is responsible for everything! - At the same time, Joseph grows to be well-built and handsome...
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    INDIVIDUALS VS THE MAJORITY

    14) JOSEPH - In Genesis 37, we are told about Joseph being 17 years old! - Jacob has a preference for him and he clearly shows his preference for him! - Thus Jacob is a bad example! - If parents want to bring troubles in their families, they just have to show preferences! - That’s really a...
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    INDIVIDUALS VS THE MAJORITY

    13) ABRAHAM - Abraham has a son Isaac who has two sons Esau and Jacob! - Jacob finds favor in the eyes of God! - He gets twelve sons and a daughter called Dinah! - She is raped and then offered a marriage! - Jacob’s sons accept the marriage but the men must get circumcised! - When the men...
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    INDIVIDUALS VS THE MAJORITY

    12) ABRAHAM Chapter 22 - God wants to put Abraham to the test! - So he asks Abraham for offering his son as a sacrifice! - Remember that God told Abraham that Isaac would become a great nation! - So Abraham does exactly as God tells him! - And Abraham takes the knife to kill his son! -...
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    INDIVIDUALS VS THE MAJORITY

    11) ABRAHAM Chapter 21 - And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, just as God had commanded him. - Here we have a faithful servant of God! - He does just as God commands him! - That is a big difference with the Israelites! - That is a big difference with those...
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    INDIVIDUALS VS THE MAJORITY

    10) ABRAHAM Chapter 20 - Once again Abraham doesn’t say that Sarah is his wife but just his sister! - He tries to survive! - We remember what did David! - And many others were or are ready to kill for a woman! - So king Abimelech sends for Sarah and takes her! - But God warns him! - And...
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    INDIVIDUALS VS THE MAJORITY

    9) ABRAHAM Chapter 18 - Abraham saw 3 men and he met them and invited them to eat something! - So he told his wife to prepare bread! - And he asked one of his attendant for preparing a young bull! - Finally, one of them told him that next year Sarah was to have a son! - And Sarah began to...
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    INDIVIDUALS VS THE MAJORITY

    8) ABRAHAM Chapter 17 - When Abraham was 99, God appeared to him and told him he would become a great nation! - And God changed his name from Abram to Abraham! - And he told him again that they would get the land of Canaan! - And he established a covenant with him: every male had to get...