From Betrayal to Forgiveness
You knew the story of Joseph as a child. The coat, the pit, the prison, the throne. Now read it in full, as an adult, told straight through in large print and plain English, in fifteen parts you can finish in a single sitting or read aloud to someone you love. Nothing is added to Genesis except the setting, and every spoken word is the Bible’s own.
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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.
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.
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, and understand what “God meant it for good” really means, and why it matters for forgiveness. The Afterword follows Joseph’s bones 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.
The rule behind every page is strict, and it is the reason you can trust this retelling.
Everything that happens. No invented events, no invented thoughts, no invented motives.
Only the setting: the heat of the road, the fire at night, the grain in the sacks.
Every word in quotation marks.
“As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.”
“I am Joseph! Does my father still live?”
“Genesis ends with a coffin in Egypt. Joseph’s story goes a little further.”
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