finishing up Jacob (finally) and starting Joseph

We're just going right down to the next generation. Joseph is one of Jacob's kids that he had with Rachel. Before we get to him though, we went through the last pivotal scene where Jacob finally meets up with Esau again after 20+ years, starting in Genesis 33.

Now Jacob, understandably so, thinks Esau is still angry with him. So he "butters him up" so to speak by sending his workers with some of his flock ahead of him to give as gifts to Esau. When he approaches Esau, he bows to the ground seven times before meeting him as a sign of respect and asking for forgiveness. And what does Esau do? He embraces Jacob! It's reunion. A time of redemption for the relationship between the two brothers. Time has a way of healing hurts. It certainly does for me. For the average hurt, all I need is a good night sleep to calm me down and forgive the other person. How does time work for you?

After eating and spending the night together, Jacob's family and Esau's family parted ways, and that's the last we hear of them together. So it's on to Joseph. We started this off by watching the first half of the VeggieTales episode "The Ballad of Little Joe," which is based on Joseph's life. Despite changing details around to gear it more towards kids, it follows the biblical account very well, as do the other VeggieTales videos. Jacob loves Joseph more than his other children and gives him a richly ornamented robe. His brothers get jealous and sell him into slavery and trick their father, Jacob, into thinking Joseph is dead.

Horrible. It seems like none of the siblings can get along. But as we shall see, God will use this for good...