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    God takes care of us in new places.

     

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    Today's Story:

    		Joseph's family moves to Egypt.
    Genesis 43-47
    Optional Memory verse: Don't say, "I'll pay you back for the 
    evil you did." Wait for the Lord.  He will make things right.  
    Proverbs 20:22
          (International Children's Bible, New Century Version)

    • Materials Needed:

    		Promised Land mat,
    Paper Egypt mat,
    masking tape,
    Joseph figure,
    Pharaoh figure,
    blocks or Lego's
    4 or 5 Fisher Price type men (or home made play dough men),
    2 pennies,
    small scrap of tin foil,
    A scrap of cloth, (about a 4" square), and a piece of string,
    (to make a sack of grain)
    2 or 3 small empty prescription bottles, (for silos),
    Some rice or dried beans,
    Blocks or Lego's,
    play dough,
    gingerbread people cookie cutters,
    Optional: farm animal cookie cutters

     

    • Introductory Craft: Children make Joseph's family from play dough  to be used during the lesson.

    From play dough have the kids make:

    		People from gingerbread boy and girl cookie cutters to represent Joseph's father, sister, brothers and their families,
    Optional: play dough farm animals from farm animal cookie cutters

     

    • Begin this week's lesson:

    • Telling the Story:

    Lay out the Promised Land and Egypt mats as illustrated:

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    Review last week's lesson:

    Joseph stored grain for Pharaoh,

    Add Pharaoh to Egypt

    Put 'medicine bottle' silos in Egypt

    Add Joseph next to silos

    Joseph's brothers came to Egypt to buy grain,

    Joseph kept it a secret that he was their brother,

    He made one of the brothers stay in jail in Egypt

    Make a square of blocks or Lego's to represent a jail

    Put a Fisher Price type (or home made play dough) figure in jail

    He insisted that if his other brothers  came back to buy food, they had to bring their youngest brother, Benjamin, with them.

    Then his other brothers returned home to the Promised Land to their father

    Put some Fisher Price or similar type figures in the Promised Land.

    Joseph's brothers had wives and many children. 

    Let's put the play dough people that you made in the Promised Land to be their families.

    Put gingerbread boy and girl figures in the Promised Land

    Add farm animals if the children made them.

    But the famine in the Promised land got worse and worse.  

    The food that Joseph gave to his family was almost gone.

    Joseph's brothers had to go back to Egypt to buy more food, 

    This time their youngest brother, Benjamin, went with them.

    Let children move figures along the road to Egypt

    Leave 1 figure for Joseph's father and the gingerbread people for the families in the Promised Land.

    When Joseph's brothers  arrived,  he let their brother out of jail and had a special meal for all of them.

    Place brothers in front of Joseph.

    Remove brother from jail and place with the others.

    But he still didn't tell them he was their brother Joseph.

    When his brothers got ready to return home, Joseph played a trick on them.   

    He took his own silver cup and put it in Benjamin's food sack. 

    He also put all their money back in their sacks.

    Put some rice or beans in the scrap of cloth, the 2 pennies, and a wadded up piece of tin foil to be Joseph's cup. Tie the sack closed with string.

    Move the brothers toward the road.

    Then Joseph sent his servant after them and told him to accuse them of stealing Joseph's silver cup. 

    The brothers insisted that they would never steal,

    But  the servant searched the food sacks and found Joseph's silver cup in Benjamin's bag.

    The brothers all had to return to Joseph's house.

    Return the brother figures to stand in front of Joseph