Genesis 39:1–6
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We live in a time when many Christians have a profoundly distorted view of God's blessing. We expect promotions, comfort, and the respect of our peers. When we encounter betrayal, humiliation, or a sudden reversal of fortune, our first instinct is often to question God's goodness or His presence. We think we have been sidelined, that we have somehow fallen off the map of God's purposes. The story of Joseph in Potiphar's house is a direct and potent corrective to this flimsy theology. Here we have a young man, the favored son, who has been thrown in a pit, sold by his own brothers, and trafficked into a foreign, pagan land. He has gone from a prince in his father's house to a piece of property in Egypt. This is not a step up the ladder; it is a catastrophic fall.