Joseph Goes to Egypt word puzzle

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Joseph, his brothers, and Egypt puppet skit

This puppet play is about Joseph in Genesis. There is so much to tell about Joseph that his life could be a study all by itself. I've written this play focusing on Joseph's relationship with his brothers and how God forgives us and loves us no matter what. Look for a word puzzle to go with it tomorrow.

Joseph

Genesis 42-45

You will need a coat of many colors for the Joseph puppet.
Background--country scene with some sheep to one side
Narrator or puppet 1: Joseph was the next to the youngest in a very big family. There were 12 brothers and their father, Jacob, loved Joseph the most. Jacob had a special coat made for Joseph, because he loved him so much. Every time Joseph wore that special coat of many colors, everyone who saw him knew that he was Jacob’s favorite.
Jacob: Joseph, I want you to go out to the fields to check on your brothers and make sure they are ok. They are out near Shecham with the sheep, letting them eat.
Joe: Ok, Dad. I’ll go right now.
Jacob: Be sure to wear your coat of many colors. I don’t want you to get cold.
(Three or more people puppets and some sheep puppets are on one side of the stage. Joseph is on the other side of the stage. Joe is moving like he is walking but not advancing yet.)
Brother 1: Oh look, here comes Joseph. (sarcastic) I’ll bet he’s going to tattle tale to Dad again if he doesn’t like what we’re doing.
Bro 2: You know that’s right.
Bro 3: And look. He’s got on that special coat of many colors. I think he just wears it to show off that he’s dad’s favorite.
Bro 1 & 2: Yeah…
Bro 1: Hey! I’ve got an idea. (excited) Let’s get rid of him. We can kill him and tell Dad that a wild animal ate him. We can smear some blood on his coat to show to Dad. Then we won’t have to worry about the tattle tale.
Bro 2: (pointing) Look, over there. There’s a caravan coming, a group of travelers. Let’s not kill him. Let’s make some money. We can sell him to those travelers and they will take him to Egypt.
Bro 3: He’ll never come back from Egypt. That sounds like a plan.
(Joe walks over to them. The brother puppets jump on him and wrap rope around him like they are tying him up. They pull Joe off the stage toward the caravan.)
The brother puppets come back with Joe’s coat of many colors.
Bro 1: We’ll take his coat to show to Dad.
Bro 2: Yes. We can still tell Dad that a wild animal ate him. He’ll never know the difference.
Bro 3 (carries some paper play money that they from the sell. The brothers walk off the stage. Puppet looks at the money and laughs.) Ha, ha, ha.
(Backdrop changes to show some pyramids in the background.)
(While the narrator is talking, put Joe’s small crown on him.)
Narrator or puppet 1: So the people who bought Joseph took him to Egypt which was a long, long way off. When they got there, Joseph became a slave to some of the people of Egypt. Well, Joseph was really smart and he worked really hard and he really loved God a lot. After a long, long, long time, Joseph wasn’t a slave anymore. He had worked so hard and had done everything that God told him to do. He became the vice president of all of Egypt. The only person who had more power than Joseph was President Pharaoh.
Joe talking to Pharaoh: Pharaoh, God told me that there’s going to be 7 years when everything is going to grow really well. We will have lots of food and things will be great.
Pharaoh: That’s fabulous!
Joe; Well…the problem is that after that there’s going to be 7 years when nothing will grow and things will be really bad.
Pharaoh: Oh no! that doesn’t sound good.
Joe: No, it’s not. It will be that way all over the world. Not just in Egypt.
Pharaoh: Well, then, we’d better make some plans. I’ll put you in charge of it all.
Joe: God has already told me what to do. We will store up and save grain and food during the 7 good years. Then we will have plenty for the bad years.
Joe & Pharaoh walk off the stage making their plans.
(Brother puppets & Jacob come on stage from the other side.)
Bro 1: Dad, we’re running out of food. What are we going to do. I’m hungry.
Bro 2: I heard that the people in Egypt have plenty. They are even selling it to other countries.
Jacob: Well, go to Egypt and buy some. We have the money. There’s just no groceries here to buy.
(Jacob leaves stage. Brother puppets begin walking without getting anywhere to Egypt. As the narrator talks, the backdrop changes to one with pyramids in the distance.)
Narrator: The brothers take their money to buy food from Egypt. When they get there, Joseph recognizes his brothers but they don’t recognize him.
(Brothers walk up to where Joe is standing in front of pyramids)
At first the brothers bow down to Joseph. (Puppets bow down in front of Joe.)
Joseph lets them tell him about how hungry they are and about their family back in Canaan. (Puppets look like they are talking to Joe but no one talking except narrator) Joseph pretends he doesn’t know who they are. Then he decides to tell them.
(The brothers start to walk away)
Joe: Wait guys. Look at me. Don’t you know who I am?
(Brothers look at Joe & each other & shake their heads.)
Bro 3: (slowly) No. it can’t be. He’s dead.
Joe: It’s me. Joseph. (pause) Is my father still alive?
Bro 1: But we sold you.
Bro 2: Aren’t you mad at us?
Joe: No. I was sad at first but then I learned that God sent me ahead of you so that our whole family could be saved. I know that God planned this for good and I forgive you for your evil plans.
`Go home now and get my father and the rest of the family. Bring all of your animals and I will give you the best of all the land in Egypt. You will all live here and we will all be happy together. God has taken of me and He will take care of you too.
(All the puppets come together in a group hug.)
Group leader comes forward:
Did you like the story of Joseph? Sometimes bad things happen that really turn out to be good for everyone.
1. Which one of the brothers was Jacob‘s, the dad’s, favorite? Joseph
2. What did Jacob give to Joseph that showed everyone that Joseph was the favorite? A coat of many colors
3. What did the other brothers think about Joseph? They didn’t like him. They thought he was a tattle tale.
4. What plan did the brothers come up with to get Joseph out of the way? They would sell him to travelers.
5. Even though Joseph was a slave when he first got to Egypt, what job did he get after he had worked hard for a long time? Vice president or first assistant to Pharaoh
6. Why did Egypt have food when none of the other countries did? God told Joseph ahead of time what was coming. They planned and saved food to have during the lean years.
7. Did Joseph pay back his brothers when they came to get food? No. Why not? Joseph knew that God had sent him ahead so that their whole family could be saved.
Joseph forgave his brothers of the bad that they had done to him. Joseph loved his brothers because he knew that God loved him and God loved his brothers too. Sometimes, it seems really hard to forgive someone when they are mean to you or do something that hurts you. But we do mean things to other people too. No on is perfect. We all do bad things sometimes. We might fight with our brother or sister or tell a lie to someone. Those things are called sin. God loves us but He doesn’t love our sin. Jesus died on the cross so that we don’t have to. Jesus paid the price for our sins. Jesus died on the cross so that we don’t have to be punished for our sins. He died and He was buried in a tomb or a kind of grave. On the third day, Jesus rose from the dead and walked on earth again. Jesus took the punishment for our sin so that we don’t have to. What we have to do is to believe that Jesus died for our sins and ask him to come live in our hearts. He will live with us forever and ever. If any one would like to talk about asking Jesus to come into your heart, tell your group leaders when we break into small groups. They will ask someone to talk with you.

Abraham and Isaac maze

This is a simple maze that can be use with the story of Abraham and Isaac as they go to Mount Moriah. This is designed for young children in kindergarten or first grade.
Use it in whatever way you find beneficial in your children's ministry.

Abraham and Isaac

This is the puppet skit that I wrote for Abraham for our Galveston mission trip. As with any of my original works, you may use them free for work with your children's ministry. Please give credit where credit is due by printing my name of web site with the materials. Use them for God's glory and for our Lord Jesus Christ.

Abraham and Isaac

Genesis 21-22

　

(Backdrop of a desert with a mountain in the distance)
Narrator puppet: Abraham had listened to God years earlier when God told him to move to a new land. He and his wife, Sarah, had followed God’s plan. Now they lived in this new land and had a son named Isaac. They tried to do all that God told them. They tried to obey God.
(Abraham stands looking around at the audience when God talks from above.)
God: Abraham.
Abe: Yes? Here I am. (looks up)
God: Abraham
Abe: Is that You God? Are you talking to me?
God: Yes, Abraham. I have something for you to do. Take your son, Isaac, and go to the mountain called Moriah. There you will offer your son Isaac as a burnt offering.
Abe: Are you sure that’s what you want me to do, God?
God: Yes. Now go.
Abe: Ok. If you’re really sure.
(Change backdrop to one with the mountain close.
Abraham, Isaac, donkey and 2 male puppets walk across the stage; then back again. Stop at the mountain.)
Puppet man 1: Abraham, how much longer are we going to walk?
Puppet man 2: Yes. I’m tried. We’ve been walking for 3 days.
Abe: Well, sit down and rest now. We are here.
Isaac and I will go over there to worship God. (2 puppets & donkey drop down)
(Abe & Isaac walk to the other side of the stage where an altar is drawn on the backdrop. Abraham carries a torch, and a knife. Isaac carries wood.)
Isaac: Father, look. Here we have the wood and the fire but where is the lamb for the offering. (Isaac lays the wood by the picture of the altar.)
Abe: Isaac, here, lay down on the wood.
Isaac: What? (pause) Well Ok, Dad. Whatever you say. Where is the lamb?
Abe: The Lord will provide a lamb for the sacrifice.
(Abe raises his knife above Isaac.)
Angel of the Lord puppet: Abraham. Stop. Don’ hurt your son, who you love.
(Abe puts the knife down.)
Angel: God know that you will obey Him now since you were willing to give your son to Him.
Laamb in bushes: Baa, baa.
(Abraham walks t the lamb and brings it back to the altar.
Isaac gets up and stands beside Abraham. Abraham lays the lam on top of the wood.)
Abe: We will call this place “the Lord will Provide” because God provides the lamb for sacrifice.
(Other puppets and donkey pop back up where they were before.
Abraham and Isaac walk back to the other puppets & donkey. They all leave together.)
Group leader:
Review questions:
1. Who talked to Abraham? God
2. What did God want Abraham to do for him? Take Isaac to Mt. Moriah to be sacrificed. The children probably won’t get this just right but anything along that line & leader can add to it as necessary.
3. How long did it take them to get to the mountain? 3 days
4. What things did Abraham and Isaac take to the altar? Torch/fire, wood, and knife
5. What animal did God give them to sacrifice? A lamb or sheep
6. Who provided a lamb for the sacrifice? God
7. Did God really want Abraham to kill Isaac? No. God wanted to see if Abraham would obey Him.
God provided a lamb for Abraham to use for the burnt offering. Did you know that God always provides for us? Does any of you know of a way that God has provided for you or your family? (Allow children time to tell about something. If no responses, then you tell about a time God provided for you & your family.)
How many of you have ever done something wrong? Maybe you didn’t do what your mama or daddy told you to do or maybe you didn’t tell the truth about something. Have you ever had a fight with someone? Those things are wrong to do. When we do wrong things, that’s called a sin. God loves all of us. He loves each one of you but God doesn’t love sin. When you do something wrong and your mama or daddy finds out, you get in trouble, don’t you? You get punished. Just like God provided a lamb for Abraham to sacrifice instead of Isaac, God has provided someone to take our punishment for us. God’s son, Jesus, came to earth and died on a cross to pay the price for our sin. Jesus died. He was buried in a tomb, a kind of grave, and after 3 days, Jesus rose from the dead and walked on earth. Jesus took the punishment for sin so that we don’t have to. All we have to do is to tell Jesus that we believe that he died for our sins. We ask him to come live in our hearts. When we ask him, he will live with us forever and ever. God will always provide for the things that we need. (Ask if anyone has any questions or if anyone would like to talk to someone about asking Jesus into his or her heart.)

Noah and the Flood puppet skit

I went to Galveston with our area Baptist association in June on our annual mission trip. Our street camps were lots of fun. We had a group this year who wanted to do puppet shows, so I wrote up the puppet skits to go with the scriptures we were using. This one is the story of Noah and the flood.

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Noah & the Flood

From Genesis 6-8

Narrator or puppet 1: Yesterday we saw how God created the earth and people. The first people were named Adam and Eve. Adam and Eve had children and then they had children and on and on. There started being more and more people on the earth.
(3 or 4 puppets walk around)
The people started doing bad things, taking things others, fighting over things and doing other bad and evil things. God looked at the way the people were acting and He was sorry that He had made man on earth. Then God saw Noah. (Noah puppet comes on scene.)
Two puppets start talking:
Puppet 2: Look over there. There’s Noah. He thinks he’s so good!
Puppet 3: Yeah, he goes around praying to God and helping other people all the time. What’s with that?
Puppet 2(sarcastic) : Hey, Noah. What you doing? Talking to God again?
(Noah ignores them and prays to God. Puppets 2 & 3 leave. Noah’s wife puppet comes up to Noah.)
Noah: Wife, God has told me He’s going to get rid of all the creatures He made on earth. No one is listening to Him or doing what He wants them to.
Wife: Oh no. We try to do what God says. What will we do?
Noah: Don’t worry, wife. God told me He would take care of us because we have followed Him. He told me to build an ark.
Wife: An ark? What’s an ark?
Noah: It’s a great big boat. God has told me exactly how to make it. I will need you and our sons to help me.
(Noah starts building the ark. Need picture/backdrop of a partially finished boat.)
Shem (Noah’s son) carries wood/sticks on stage: Hey dad. Where do you want me to put this lumber?
Noah: Lay it down on the other side of the boat. (Shem goes off stage with wood, comes back with other family members to work on boat, at least one more puppet to work on ark.)
Puppets 2 & 3 come on stage laughing and pointing at Noah and the boat.
Puppet 2:(laughing) Ha, ha, ha. Would you look at Noah. He’s got his whole family building a boat.
Puppet 3: Well, that’s just plain crazy since we’re a long way from any river! (both laugh) Ha, ha, ha.
Puppet 2: Hey, Noah, how are you going to get that boat to the river? You don’t have any wheels! Ha, ha, ha. (both laugh as they walk away)
(Noah shakes his head and keeps working.
Change backdrop to show a finished boat.)
Noah talks to his family (wife & 2 or 3 other puppets):
Noah: Ok, now that the ark is finished, we’ve got to start filling it with hay, feed and other food for animals. God is going to send 2 of every kind of animal to get on the boat with us. We’ve got a big job to do.
(Family puppets shake heads in agreement)
Shem: Ok, Dad.
Wife: Let’s all get busy now. There’s lots of work for everyone.
(puppets look like they are bringing hay, feed sacks, etc to boat.)
(Animal puppets start coming. Start them walking from one side of stage towards the boat and then off stage, like they are getting on ark.)
Noah: We’re all here now. Let’s get on the ark and close it up now. It’s going to start raining soon.
(Change backdrop to rainy background. Water prop starts rising like it’s beginning to flood)
Puppets 2 & 3(frantic): Hey Noah, Let us in! We can’t swim.
Noah(from above or top of boat or behind backdrop): I’m sorry. You should have listened when God tried to talk to you.
(Puppets 2 & 3 slowly sink down but don’t make this too dramatic. This is for children. Water continues to rise.)
(From off stage/on the boat we hear Noah, wife & Shem talking. Have the water prop moving back and forth to show the boat is moving with the water.)
Shem: Dad, how much longer is it going to rain?
Wife: Yes, Noah. Did God tell you how long?
Noah: It shouldn’t be much longer It’s been almost 40 days and 40 nights now.
(Backdrop changes from rain to sunshine. Water sinks back below stage level. A rainbow shows across the entire stage above the ark.
Animals and Noah & family leave the boat. Animal puppets walk across stage looking around as they go and then off stage.)
Noah talks to wife and family:
Noah: Look at the rainbow. That is the sign of God’s promise that He will never again destroy the whole earth by a flood. (All puppets leave stage.)
Group leader now talks to children and asks questions. Allow children a chance to answer.
1.Why did God want to destroy all of the people and animals that He had created? (they had become evil/ did bad things)
2. Why was God not going to destroy Noah & his family? (Noah was a good man who honored God. He was righteous. Children may not know what righteous means.)
3. How did the people treat Noah and his family as they were building the ark/boat? (They laughed at them and made fun of them.)
4. Who did Noah take on the ark? (his family and 2 of every animal. Actually, he took 7 of the clean animals but you probably won’t have time to explain the difference in clean and unclean animals)
5. How long did it rain? (40 days and 40 nights)
6. What did God send as a sign that He would not destroy the earth by flood again? (a rainbow)
God does not like evil or bad things that people do but He does love people. Because He loves people, God sent His son, Jesus Christ, to earth to save us. Jesus never sinned or did any bad things but some of the people were afraid. Because they were afraid, they had Jesus killed by hanging Him on a cross until He died. They buried him in a tomb, a kind of grave, but on the third day Jesus was raised from the dead and he walked on earth again. Later he rose into heaven where he lives to this day. Even though Jesus never did anything bad, he let them hang him on the cross because he love all of us. He loves you and he love me. He died on the cross to pay the price for our sin. Just like the people of Noah’s time sinned and did bad things, we all sin. Jesus loved us enough that he paid the price of death on the cross so that we don’t have to die. When we accept Jesus into our hearts, then we can live in heaven with him forever when it is our time.

As with any of my original Bible stories, plays, etc., you are free to use this in your children's ministry. Just please give credit where credit is due. Do not use or print my items without my name or web site. Thank you.