There are several parallels between the stories of Joseph and Esther. One of the main commonalities was that they had to make tough choices. Joseph’s story begins with him being favoured by his father which lead to his brothers disliking him. Throughout the book of Genesis, there is a history of fathers and mothers favouring some children more than others, so Joseph’s story does not differ from others in that sense. The difference here is that this imbalance of Jacob’s love resulted in Joseph being sold as a slave by his brothers: “When his brother realized that their father loved him more than them, they grew to hate him – they wouldn’t even speak to him” (Genesis 37:4). Joseph fed into this as he boasted, bragged, and showed off. Although Joseph made poor decisions in his youth, he ended up making much better decisions after becoming a slave. Being human is about making choices, and Joseph had to make some tough ones. When the wife of one of …show more content…
This resulted in Esther saving the Jews and having a long life. Proverbs 21:21 states, “Be kind and honest and you will live a long life; others will respect you and treat you fairly.” This sums up very well, she was honest with the King, who then treated her fairly, and she ended up keeping her life. This connects with the point of not being rash. Esther talked it through with Mordecai and asked for prayer first. This shows a great deal of wisdom. One thing humans can learn from this story is to take some time to think things through before making decisions or even talking to others. Our words are very powerful and have the opportunity to be very destructive. This is especially true about gossip: “A perverse person stirs up conflict, and gossip separates close friends” (Proverbs 16:28). Humans are too quick to gossip, and this is something we need to make ourselves more aware of and strive to be better