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Genesis, Volume 3: Living by Faith (Genesis 37–50): An Expositional Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

No man in Scripture lived more consistently and completely for God than did Joseph, a favorite son of Jacob. In times of adversity and in times of prosperity—both of which offered the temptation to deny God and his lordship—Joseph remained steadfast. Living by Faith is the third and final volume on Genesis. Volume 1 focused on God’s relationship to the cosmos and to all peoples of the earth....

What gave Joseph the grace to make this remarkable reply? There is only one answer: Joseph knew God. In particular, he knew two things about God. He knew that God is sovereign—that nothing ever comes into the life of any one of his children that he has not approved first; there are no accidents. And he knew that God is good—therefore, the things that come into our lives by God’s sovereignty are for our benefit (and for others’) and not for our harm. What Joseph saw and spoke of in
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