Family Week · Days 15–21
Week 3
The week in one sentence
In the pit, the prison, and the palace, God was with Joseph — and the same God is with us in Jesus, who invites the weary to rest.
Day 15 · January 15
Jacob secretly leaves Laban, faces pursuit, and then prepares to meet Esau with fear and prayer.
Day 16 · January 16
Jacob wrestles through the night, receives a new name, and then meets Esau in surprising peace.
Day 17 · January 17
God calls Jacob back to Bethel, where idols are buried and worship is renewed.
Day 18 · January 18
Joseph’s favored status breeds jealousy, and his brothers sell him into slavery while Judah descends into sexual compromise.
Day 19 · January 19
Joseph serves faithfully in Potiphar’s house and in prison, resists temptation, suffers unjustly, and is then summoned before Pharaoh because God has given him interpretation.
Day 20 · January 20
Joseph interprets Pharaoh’s dreams, is elevated to leadership, and begins storing grain for the famine.
Day 21 · January 21
Joseph’s brothers begin to change as famine presses them toward honesty, responsibility, and sorrow over old sin.
Talk about it together
What stands out in Jacob’s prayer before meeting Esau?