That’s Not Fair!
The Jesus Story
Chapter 3:The Life of Joseph
2 This is the account of Jacob and his family. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he often tended his father’s flocks. He worked for his half brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah. But Joseph reported to his father some of the bad things his brothers were doing. —Genesis 37:2 (NLT)
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3 Jacob loved Joseph more than any of his other children because Joseph had been born to him in his old age. So one day Jacob had a special gift made for Joseph—a beautiful robe. —Genesis 37:3 (NLT)
4 But his brothers hated Joseph because their father loved him more than the rest of them. They couldn’t say a kind word to him. —Genesis 37:4 (NLT)
8 His brothers responded, “So you think you will be our king, do you? Do you actually think you will reign over us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dreams and the way he talked about them. —Genesis 37:8 (NLT)
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15 For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. 16 For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind. —James: 3:15-16 (NLT)
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2 Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God. —Ephesians 5:2 (NLT)
8 But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. —Romans 5:8 (NLT)
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9 And since we have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God’s condemnation. —Romans 5:9 (NLT)