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The Purpose of Detours
The Purpose of Detours
Genesis
Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan.
These are the records of the generations of Jacob.
Joseph, when seventeen years of age, was pasturing the flock with his brothers while he was still a youth, along with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a varicolored tunic.
His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers; and so they hated him and could not speak to him on friendly terms.
Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
He said to them, “Please listen to this dream which I have had;
for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf rose up and also stood erect; and behold, your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to my sheaf.”
Then his brothers said to him, “Are you actually going to reign over us? Or are you really going to rule over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.
Now he had still another dream, and related it to his brothers, and said, “Lo, I have had still another dream; and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
He related it to his father and to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have had? Shall I and your mother and your brothers actually come to bow ourselves down before you to the ground?”
His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.
the Purpose of Detours
the Purpose of Detours
the purpose of Detours
the Purpose of Detours
God design includes Detours.
God design includes Detours.
Moses is on a detour in the wilderness for forty years ()
Moses is on a detour in the wilderness for forty years ()
The Apostle Paul goes on a three-year detour in the Arabian Desert and Damascus waiting for his ministry to resume ()
The Apostle Paul goes on a three-year detour in the Arabian Desert and Damascus waiting for his ministry to resume ()
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“So the Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the entire generation of those who had done evil in the sight of the Lord was destroyed.
Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan.
These are the records of the generations of Jacob.
Joseph, when seventeen years of age, was pasturing the flock with his brothers while he was still a youth, along with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.
Genesis 37
Then Jared lived eight hundred years after he became the father of Enoch, and he had other sons and daughters.
So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died.
But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, was pleased
to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,
nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to Damascus.
Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and stayed with him fifteen days.
Galatians 1:
:19-20
Joseph spends thirteen years on a detour enduring slavery and prison before entering Pharaoh’s service (; )
Joseph spends thirteen years on a detour enduring slavery and prison before entering Pharaoh’s service (; )
Joseph does not blame his brothers for what they did to him because he sees God’s design in the detours ().
Joseph does not blame his brothers for what they did to him because he sees God’s design in the detours ().
Detour help prepare us for the future.
Detour help prepare us for the future.
God gives Joseph two dreams about his future telling him that he would rule over his brothers, father and mother when he was only seventeen years old (, , ).
God gives Joseph two dreams about his future telling him that he would rule over his brothers, father and mother when he was only seventeen years old (, , ).
Joseph unwisely tells his brothers and his parents about his dreams ().
Joseph unwisely tells his brothers and his parents about his dreams ().
Joseph’s journey into slavery allowed for him to become acquainted with the Egyptian culture, government, and language. ()
Joseph’s journey into slavery allowed for him to become acquainted with the Egyptian culture, government, and language. ()
God allows Joseph to be falsely accused and imprisoned in order to develop his character and fashion him into a better leader. ()
God allows Joseph to be falsely accused and imprisoned in order to develop his character and fashion him into a better leader. ()
Sometime things get worst with Detours
Sometime things get worst with Detours
() in order to develop his character and fashion him into a better leader.
() in order to develop his character and fashion him into a better leader.
Joseph’s brothers begin to hate him all the more for telling them about his dream ().
Joseph’s brothers begin to hate him all the more for telling them about his dream ().
Joseph’s brothers begin to hate him all the more for telling them about his dream ().
Joseph is stripped of his multi-colored tunic, an item of great personal value ().
Joseph is stripped of his multi-colored tunic, an item of great personal value ().
Joseph’s brothers pick him up and throw him into an empty pit with no water ()
Joseph’s brothers pick him up and throw him into an empty pit with no water ()
Joseph is falsely accused of raping his master’s wife ().
Joseph is falsely accused of raping his master’s wife ().
Joseph spends over two years in prison before interpreting Pharaoh’s dream ().
Joseph spends over two years in prison before interpreting Pharaoh’s dream ().