Friday September 4, 2026 - Audio

If you’ve seen Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory or read the book, there’s a character named Violet Beauregarde (Bo-re-gard) who balloons into a giant blueberry after greedily eating some untested gum she’d been warned against. That’s the image that comes to mind as Pastor Terry examines today’s passage. Joseph’s sons, Ephraim (Eff-ray-em) and Manasseh (Meh-nass-uh), allowed their selfish greed to push out their gratitude. Instead of seeing what God had already given them, they just wanted more.