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Zonder kids presents
the Jesus storybook Bible where
every story whispers his name
written by Sally Lloyd Jones and
read by David Suchee
the forgiving
Prince Jacob had twelve sons
but of all his son's Joseph was his favorite
one day Jacob gave Joseph a splendid new robe
it because beautiful and rich
with all the colors of the rainbow but it made Joseph's brothers
jealous
they wanted rich rainbow robes too !
then to make matters worse Joseph kept on having these special dreams
I dreamed I was the greatest I was king
Joseph told his brothers and you all
bowed down to me now
I'm sure you know, even if Joseph didn't that telling your brothers things like
that isn't a very good idea
Joseph's brothers hated him even more they wanted to kill Joseph and his
dreams, and one day that's exactly what they tried to do
they tore Joseph's rainbow robe off him
and sold him to slave traders for 20 pieces of silver
the traders took Joseph to Egypt and made him into a slave
the brothers went home and lied to their father
telling him that Joseph was dead
that's the end of that dreamer they thought but they were wrong
God had a magnificent dream for Joseph's life
and even when it looked like everything had gone wrong God
would use it all to help make that dream come true
God would use everything that was happening to Joseph
to do something good meanwhile
things were not looking good for Joseph in Egypt
he was far from home and from his dad
then he got blamed for something he didn't do
and even though he had done nothing wrong he was punished
and thrown in jail but God
had not left Joseph one night
Pharaoh King of Egypt had a scary dream
about thin cows gobbling up fat cows
what on earth did it mean he didn't know
but joseph was a dream expert so Pharaoh sent for him
it means a famine is coming
Joseph explained there won't be enough food
Pharaoh was so pleased by Joseph's skill
that he immediately took Joseph out of jail
and made him a prince, now
back home Joseph's brothers had run out of food in
everyone was hungry, God special family
was in danger if they didn't get food soon they would starve to death
so Joseph's brothers travel to Egypt
to buy food they came and knelt before the new prince
his brothers didn't know that the prince
was Joseph but Joseph knew who they were
Joseph's dream, the one about his brother's bowing down to him,
was coming true its
ME Joseph cried
but when they saw it was Joseph his brothers were afraid
they had wronged Joseph they had sinned and they knew it
and now Joseph would certainly punish them
but Joseph look at his brother's and his
eyes filled with tears even though his brothers had hurt him
and hated him and wanted him dead in spite of everything
he couldn't stop Loving them his heart which they had broken
filled up with love and Joseph
forgave them Joseph
threw his arms around them don't
be afraid he said behind what you were doing
underneath everything that was happening
God was doing something good
God was making everything right again
Joseph didn't punish them he rescued them
he brought God's special family to live safely with him
in Egypt One day
got would send another Prince a young prince
whose heart would break like Joseph's
he would leave his home and his father his brothers would hate him and want him
dead
he would be sold for 20 pieces of silver he would be punished even though
he had done nothing wrong but God would use
everything that happened to this young prince
even the bad things to do something
good to forgive the Sins
of the whole world