Genesis Day 5

After reading this story, I found a pattern of favoritism and the conflicts that arise from it. Jacob favors Joseph by giving him a special coat.Rachel, who is Joseph's mother, and I believe she is also favored over Jacob's other wives. Joseph is the eldest out of the sons Rachel had, which would make sense for Jacob to love them more. Once Joseph is abandoned by his brothers, he is then favored by the Pharaoh with the help of the Lord. Everything goes from bad to good , until it becomes too good when the Pharaoh's wife favors Joseph over her  own husband by continuously commanding Joseph to have sex with her. But even when Joseph is put into prison , he is still in a good position because the Lord is with him and makes Joseph to be favored by the one who runs the prison. The Lord basically made everyone like Joseph, which is kind of unfair. Then when Joseph is at the top of his game, feeding the world, the brothers finally favor him as well because they thought he was God. After all the brothers are reunited, Joseph favors his youngest brother Benjamin. Two reasons to believe this because Benjamin did not travel with the rest of the brothers when they sold him, and another reason is because they both were the offspring of Rachel. Favoritism both destroyed and rebuilt the relationships in this story. It was the conflict made to save.

A second theme is reconciliation. Joseph took care after his brothers, even when they sold him. Joseph did this because he believed it wasn't his brothers that sent him away, but that is was the Lord who did this. Having the power to interpret and being a likable man, Joseph really had nothing to lose, and to keep his family safe and secure to him made everything perfect. He knew he had control over them too since he was the provider and the savoir to them.