Acappella - Song for Joe

The beautiful song for the patriarch Joseph in the blessed voices of Acappella Company.
Song for Joseph - Joseph
Words and Music: Gary Moyers © 1995 Clifty Music (BMI)
Lead: Gary Moyers
Lyrics:
His mother was the favored one, eleventh born of Dad's twelve sons
He always seemed his father's favorite child
He was the son of Dad's old age and the center of his brother's rage
A jealousy they could not reconcile
His brothers felt it was unfair, the dreams of Joe they could not bear
Their father's love they would not understand
A precious coat would cinch the deal, but Reuben said they could not kill
So they sold young Joe into a foreign land
Chorus:
He walked the path that God had laid
Though he could not see the end of that long road
Through the years he kept the faith
And that is why I sing this song for Joe
He wound up in Egyptian land, the life of slaves he learned firsthand
As servant to the captain of the guard
All was good that he began so the captain made young Joe headman
He began to think this life was not that hard
But the captain's wife had other plans, thinking Joe a handsome man
Her propositions came to no avail
Incensed because he would not sin, she set him up and turned him in
So they threw him in the Pharaoh's darkest jail
Repeat Chorus
Once again the Lord was there, they put the jail in young Joe's care
And everything he touched seemed to gleam
He met two men from Pharaoh's court, they began a good rapport
And God helped him interpret all their dreams
This led to an opening and young Joe heard the dreams of kings
There would be a famine in the land
He gave the Pharaoh good advice, and Pharaoh saw that he was wise
So he made young Joe the second in command
Repeat Chorus
He wondered how his family was, and did his father live?
He prayed that God would watch over his home
He realized the trials he'd had were all within God's plan
When His brothers came and bowed before his throne
Repeat Chorus (x2)
Walk on, walk on brother
Walk on, walk on and on
Scriptural Reference:
"Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made a richly ornamented robe for him. When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him. Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more." Genesis 37:3-5
"When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. 'Let's not take his life,' he said." Genesis 37:21
"So when the Midianite merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt." Genesis 37:28
"Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's officials, the captain of the guard." Genesis 37:36
"And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her." Genesis 39:10
" Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined. But while Joseph was there in the prison, the LORD was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there." Genesis 39:20-22
"Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one so discerning and wise as you. You shall be in charge of my palace, and all my people are to submit to your orders. Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you.'" Genesis 41:39-40
"Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the one who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph's brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground." Genesis 42:6

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What a story. I love the Joseph movie.

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Background vocals simply amazing.

[@janinecalder4227]

I wish I could find this whole album online. Even -- especially -- the one about John the Baptist

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Amen.

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Uma das minhas favoritas.!!

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Touching song

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simplesmente... maravilhoso.

[@jokay21]

is it possible for you to upload enoch and sarah sarai? For the life of me, I can't find this album anywhere in Jamaica. A beautiful album - heroes of faith!

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You live in Jamaica?

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WHO IS JOE

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@@jasonss8302 JOE MAMA

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Joseph from the Bible, who was sold into slavery by his brothers and later became a king in Egypt.