The Story of Joseph: From Betrayal to Forgiveness

You knew the story of Joseph as a child. Now read it whole, as an adult, in large print and plain English.

The coat, the pit, the prison, the throne. Most of us carry the story of Joseph in fragments. If you have ever wanted to read it straight through, and found a standard Bible dense, small-printed, or broken up by verse numbers, this book was made for you.

In The Story of Joseph, you will follow one life from a favored boy of seventeen to his death in Egypt more than ninety years later. Richard French tells the story in fifteen parts, each short enough to finish in a single sitting, each opening by picking up the thread, so you always know where you are and what comes next.

The rule behind every page is strict, and it is the reason you can trust this retelling:

• Everything that happens comes from Genesis. No invented events, no invented thoughts, no invented motives.
• Only the setting is added: the heat of the road, the fire at night, the grain in the sacks.
• Every word in quotation marks is the Bible’s own.

By the last page you will:

• See how the familiar pieces fit into one continuous arc
• Watch the quiet refrain “the LORD was with Joseph” carry him through slavery and prison
• Understand what “God meant it for good” really means, and why it matters for forgiveness
• Follow the Afterword as Joseph’s bones travel through Exodus and Joshua to rest at Shechem, where his story began

Whether you are a new believer looking for a way into Scripture, an adult who last met Joseph in childhood, or a small-group leader wanting a faithful retelling to share one sitting at a time, this book was written to be read aloud to someone you love.

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