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| LESSON 1 | SEPTEMBER 6, 2020 |
| ISSUES OF LOVE | |
| TOPIC:WHEN LOVE IS LOST | BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE:GENESIS 37 |
GENESIS 37:2–11, 23–24, 28
| King James Version | New Revised Standard Version |
| THESE are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. | THIS is the story of the family of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was shepherding the flock with his brothers; he was a helper to the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father. |
| 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. | 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he had made him a long robe with sleeves. |
| 4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. | 4 But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him. |
| 5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. | 5 Once Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more. |
| 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: | 6 He said to them, “Listen to this dream that I dreamed. |
| 7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. |
7 There we were, binding sheaves in the field. Suddenly my sheaf |