Pastor Stuart McAlpine shares a sermon on Joseph who was one of Jacob's 12 sons. His father loved him more than any of the others and gave him a coloured cloak. His brothers were jealous of him and sold him into slavery. He was taken to Egypt and eventually became steward to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's officials. Genesis 37–50 (ESV)
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