Joseph and the the amazing technicolour coat

The story of Joseph in Genesis is one of my favourite Old testament biblical narratives!! It is so emotional and it tells of God's amazing grace to Joseph, Joseph's trust in God throughout and how he displayed such grace to his family in the end after what his brothers put him through.

Gen 50:20-21 "As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today, So do not fear, I will provide for you and your little ones." Thus he comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.

Anyway, i didn't realise that this story was quite famous in the world, and that musical productions have been made about Joseph! Not until my workmate told me about her favourite musical...and she was so kind and thoughtful. She brought me a DVD (different cast) on the musical to watch, which she had watched with her grand-daughter.

Anyway, I was watching it...but i was really disappointed by the storyline of the musical. It all centred around how we can be like Joseph - a dreamer....and in the end, achieving our dreams. He was so arrogant throughout, had no heartfelt empathy for his brothers and father, ....and most importantly, the musical was devoid of God. Joseph had no acknowledgement or dependence on God. Joseph interpreted dreams while in prison of 2 people and also of Pharaoh all on his own accord...like he had some kind of dream interpretation gift.

Andrew Llyodd Webber has produced a musical on Joseph as well (which is the same storyline):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_and_the_Amazing_Technicolor_Dreamcoat
http://www.josephthemusical.com/

anyway, it still is a wonderful narrative as told in Genesis 37-50 in the Bible.