Explanation by Premeditation Text: Gen 37:20 I. No Honor Among Thieves Logic- “We will say” II. The Blame Game Liability- “We will say, a wild beast” III. An Account Must Be Given Lordship- “We will”

1. Explanation by
Premeditation
Gen 37:20
20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him
into some pit,
and we will say,
Some evil beast hath devoured him:
and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
The problem here is not only is Joseph a favorite of his
father but now he is making claims he is favored by
God above all the family.
No one like attention drawn to their inferiorities.
This is a premeditated falsehood,
agreed to and told by Joseph’s brothers,
to account for his absence.
I. No Honor Among Thieves
Logic- “We will say”

2. Mark 13:11-13 11 But when they shall lead you, and
deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall
speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be
given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that
speak, but the Holy Ghost.
12 Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and
the father the son; and children shall rise up against their
parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.
13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake:
but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be
saved.
Gen 12:11-13 11 And it came to pass, when he was come
near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife,
Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look
upon:
12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians
shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they
will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well
with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of
thee.
Gen 20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my
sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

3. Gen 26:6-8 6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he
said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife;
lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for
Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long
time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a
window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with
Rebekah his wife.
Prov 29:25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso
putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
Col 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off
the old man with his deeds;
1Kgs 14:2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray
thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be
the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold,
there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be
king over this people.
II. The Blame Game
Liability- “We will say, a wild beast”

4. Gen 3:12-13 12 And the man said, The woman whom
thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I
did eat.
13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this
that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent
beguiled me, and I did eat.
Exod 32:21-24 21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did
this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a
sin upon them?
22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot:
thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go
before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us
up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of
him.
24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let
them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the
fire, and there came out this calf.
2Kgs 21:8-9 8 Neither will I make the feet of Israel move
any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if
they will observe to do according to all that I have
commanded them, and according to all the law that my
servant Moses commanded them.

5. 9 But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to
do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD
destroyed before the children of Israel.
III. An Account Must Be Given
Lordship- “We will”
Matt 12:36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that
men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day
of judgment.
Eccl 12:14 For God shall bring every work into judgment,
with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it
be evil.
Rom 2:15-16 15 Which shew the work of the law written
in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and
their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing
one another;) 16 In the day when God shall judge the
secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
Jude 1:14-15 14 And Enoch also, the seventh from
Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord
cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

6. 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that
are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which
they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard
speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Rev 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand
before God; and the books were opened: and another
book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead
were judged out of those things which were written in the
books, according to their works.
Hos 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:
because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject
thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast
forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
Hos 14:1-3 1 O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for
thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto
him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so
will we render the calves of our lips.
3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses:
neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye
are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

7. Job 34:31-32 31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I
have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
32 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done
iniquity, I will do no more.
Eph 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood,
the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his
grace;
Explanation by Premeditation
Gen 37:20
I. No Honor Among Thieves
Logic- “We will say”
II. The Blame Game
Liability- “We will say, a wild beast”
III. An Account Must Be Given
Lordship- “We will”