The story of Joseph is found in the book of Genesis (Genesis 37 - 50). Genesis is a book of beginnings - the beginning of the universe and how people spoiled it, and the beginning of God's plan to restore it through the beginning of a nation. It tells us about God, who was before time, and is the creator of everything there is. He created people, and he made us in his image, to have an eternal loving relationship with him. God's creation was good. Yet man spoiled this creation, by wilfully separating himself from his creator through disobedience, and bringing death upon himself. However, God has not abandoned us as we have abandoned him. He began his redeeming of the world, firstly through one man, Abraham, from whom one nation, Israel, arose. Joseph is a key figure in the early history of