Sunday, Lord's Day - The International KJV Sunday school Lesson

 September 6

Lesson 1 (KJV)

Biased Love

Devotional Reading: Psalm 105:1–6, 16–22

Background Scripture: Genesis 25:28; 35:23–26

Genesis 37:2–11, 23–24a, 28

2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.

3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors.

4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

11 And his brethren envied him, but his father observed the saying.

23 And it came to pass when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colors that was on him;

24a And they took him and cast him into a pit.

28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

Key Verse

His brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.—Genesis 37:11

Love for One Another

Unit 1: Struggles with Love

Lessons 1–4

Lesson Aims

After participating in this lesson, each learner will be able to:

1. Identify the cause and effects of Jacob’s favoritism.

2. Explain how Joseph contributed to the effects of the problem.

3. Repent of having demonstrated biased love and seek to make amends for having done so.

Lesson Outline

Introduction

A. House vs. Home

B. Lesson Context

I. A Family’s Discord (Genesis 37:2–4)

A. Friction (v. 2)

B. Favoritism (v. 3)

C. Fury (v. 4)

II. A Brother’s Dreams (Genesis 37:5–11)

A. In the Fields (vv. 5–8)

B. In the Sky (vv. 9–11)

Dreaming of Grandeur

III. Brothers’ Disdain (Genesis 37:23–24a, 28)

A. Shaming Joseph (vv. 23–24a)

B. Selling Joseph (v. 28)

Who Suffers from Favoritism?

Conclusion

A. Imperfect Family, Perfect God

B. Prayer

C. Thought to Remember

HOW TO SAY IT

Bethel	Beth-ul.
Bilhah	Bill-ha.
Canaan	Kay-nun.
Dothan	Doe-thun (th as in thin).
Esau	Ee-saw.
Haran	Hair-un.
Ishmeelites	Ish-may-el-ites.
Israel	Iz-ray-el.
Laban	Lay-bun.
Midianites	Mid-ee-un-ites.
obeisance	oh-bee-sense.
Zilpah	Zil-pa.

 Redford, Douglas, Charles R. Boatman, et al. “Biased Love.” The KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2020–2021. Ed. Ronald L. Nickelson, Jane Ann Kenney, and Margaret K. Williams. Vol. 68. Colorado Springs, CO: Standard Publishing, 2020. 15. Print.