Fr. Mike continues reading through Genesis 39-40, Job 31-32 and Proverbs 3:33-35 and reflects on Joseph's righteousness as he walked with God. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.
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Hi, I'm Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a Year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of Scripture. The Bible in a Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. Using the Great Adventure Bible Timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today.
This is day 21. So let's get started. We will be reading today from Genesis chapter 39 and 40, from Job 31 and 32, and from Proverbs chapter 3, verses 33 through 35. As you know, we've been going at this for three full weeks by now. And we read every day from the Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition. I'm reading using The Great Adventure of Bible from Ascension.
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And you can also sign up for our email list by texting the word catholicbible to the number 33777. Once again, as I said, today we're reading from Genesis chapter 39 and 40, where we pick back up. Yesterday, we read chapter 38, where we heard this story of Judah and Tamar and all the craziness in that family. Of course, from that family came the Messiah, came our Lord Jesus.
And so we know that even in brokenness, the Lord can continue to work. Speaking of brokenness, last time we saw Joseph, he was sold into slavery. And now we begin or resume Joseph's story, beginning with chapter 39 and 40. Genesis chapter 39 and 40.
Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, brought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. The Lord was with Joseph and he became a successful man and he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian, and his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord caused all that he did to prosper in his hands.
So Joseph found favor in his sight and intended him and he made him the overseer of his house, and put him in charge of all that he had. From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake.
The blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had, in house and field, so he left all that he had in Joseph's charge, and having him, he had no concern for anything but the food which he ate. Now Joseph was handsome and good-looking, and after a time his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, "'Lie with me.'
But he refused and said to his master's wife, "'Behold, having me, my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has into my hand. He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife.' How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?
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