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Joseph’s Rise to Power

Joseph rose to power from obscurity, not based on his own accord, merits, or desire but because God was with him. Surely with natural eyes it would seem that everything was against him: jealously despised from birth by his siblings, sold into slavery by said family members, falsely accused, and placed in jail, yet despite everything against him God was with him, and he succeeded in everything he put his hand to. “The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian master.” ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭39:2‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/59/gen.39.2.esv “From the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had, in house and field.” ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭39:5‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/59/gen.39.5.esv “The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph's charge, because the Lord was with him. And wha