Loving-Kaeness Bilong God Katem Daon Pain and Trabol and Givim Protection

11, 12. (a) Taem hem kasem wanem trabol nao Jehovah showimaot loving-kaeness long Joseph? (b) Hao nao loving-kaeness bilong God hem showaot long samting wea happen long Joseph?

¹¹ For next story iumi lukluk long Genesis chapter 39. Hem abaotem Joseph, great-granson bilong Abraham, wea olketa sellim olsem slave go long Egypt. Nomata olsem, “Jehovah stap witim Joseph.” (Verse 1, 2) Tru nao, Potiphar, nomata hem man bilong Egypt and masta ovarem Joseph, hem luksavve Jehovah stap witim Joseph. (Verse 3) Nomata olsem, Joseph feisim wanfala bigfala test. From waef bilong Potiphar sei Joseph trae forcem hem for duim sex witim hem, olketa putim Joseph long prison. (Verse 7-20) “Long prison hol” nao ‘olketa taemap leg bilong hem witim chain, soul bilong hem go insaed olketa iron chain.’—Genesis 40:15; Psalm 105:18.

¹² Wanem nao happen long datfala hardfala taem? “Jehovah go ahed for stap witim Joseph and showimaot loving-kaeness long hem.” (Verse 21a) Wanfala akson bilong loving-kaeness hem lead go for startim olketa samting for happen wea katem daon pain and trabol wea Joseph garem. Jehovah openem wei for “mekem bigman bilong prison haos hapi” long Joseph. (Verse 21b) From diswan, bigman hia givim hem position for lukaftarem olketa nara prisoner. (Verse 22) Then, Joseph meetim datfala man wea gogo story abaotem hem long Pharaoh, datfala ruler bilong Egypt. (Genesis 40:1-4, 9-15; 41:9-14) Gogo, king apim Joseph for kasem position bilong mek-tu ruler long Egypt, wea mekem hem duim wanfala waka for sevem laef bilong pipol long land bilong Egypt taem bigfala hangre kamap. (Genesis 41:37-55) Joseph start for safa from taem hem 17 year and diswan go ahed for winim 12-fala year! (Genesis 37:2, 4; 41:46) Bat insaed olketa year wea hem safa and kasem trabol, Jehovah God showimaot loving-kaeness long Joseph long wei wea hem protectim hem from bigfala trabol tumas and keepim hem sef for spesol waka long purpose bilong God.

16. Wanem gudfala samting nao Bible talem abaotem Abraham and Joseph?

¹⁶ Story long Genesis chapter 24 talemaot klia wei wea Abraham fren long klos wei witim Jehovah. Firstfala verse sei “Jehovah blessim Abraham long evri samting.” Servant bilong Abraham kolem Jehovah “God bilong masta bilong mi, Abraham.” (Verse 12, 27) And disaepol James sei Abraham hem “raeteous” and “olketa kolem hem ‘fren bilong Jehovah.’” (James 2:21-23) Joseph tu hem olsem. Klos wei for fren midolwan Jehovah and Joseph hem showaot klia long Genesis chapter 39. (Verse 2, 3, 21, 23) And tu, disaepol Stephen sei olsem abaotem Joseph: “God stap witim hem.”—Acts 7:9.