SS2 First Term Christian Religious Studies (CRS) Lesson Note – Joseph As A Leader

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WEEK 3

CLASS: SS2

TOPIC: JOSEPH AS A LEADER

CONTENT:

• Joseph’s. early life and arrival in Egypt.
• Joseph the governor of Egypt.
• Joseph reconciles with his brothers.

Sub-Topic: 1. JOSEPH’S EARLY LIFE AND ARRIVAL IN EGYPT: GENESIS 37: 1-28

Joseph’s father was Jacob and his mother was Rachael living in Hebron in Canaan. He was seventeen years old when he was keeping his father’s flock with his brothers – the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wife. Joseph was hated by his brothers for five reasons:

1. His first dream of his brother’s sheaves bowing down to his sheaves;
2. The sun, moon and eleven stars bowing to him;

• He was always telling his father about the bad things his brothers were doing;

1. Their father loved him more than any other of his sons; and
2. A long sleeve robe of many colours their father made for him.

These led to a plot to kill him. This opportunity came when Jacob told Joseph to check on the welfare of his brothers. He got to Shechem and discovered by the help of a man that they had moved to Dothan.

As his brothers saw him at a distance, they conspired to kill him to forestall realisation of his dreams. Reuben advised he should not be killed, but kept in a dry well, but Joseph was sold in his absence as

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