Lecture: Biblical Series XV: Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors 

I've listened to so much Jordan Peterson that his voice has become my conscience.

"Maybe the only real misfortune is to become corrupted." That quote hit me hard, Dr. Peterson.

"If you're not willing to be a fool, you'll never be a master."

"..He is acting like a person who is not a prisoner even though he is in the prison just like he was acting like a person who wasn't a slave even though he was a slave... It makes you wonder who you could be, despite the fact that other people think that you are whatever you appear to be." 1:24:00

Jordan idk if you read your comments but you've already given me the greatest present a person could ever reason and that's a new lease on life..I was a ten year opiate addict and your speeches motivated meto better my life and then my family situation by renewing my relationship with my sister. I put her through hell because of my addiction but now we're closer than ever. After I mended those bridges I started trying to better my local community once I had my act together. I work at a homeless shelter once a week and also at a soup kitchen. So two days a week I donate my time to the less fortunate and it's all because of you. If it wasn't for you I could be dead. I quit heroin cold turkey and when I was at my darkest times and it was your speeches I would listen to that got me through the worst and darkest moments of my detox and recovery. You are literally my hero in a world where people call athletes and celebrities heros. However, you're a real hero and I hope you continue doing what you do. I love you Dr. Peterson. Thank you for everything.

I always loved the Sunday School moral of the story of Joseph: you are never too good for the situation you find yourself in. If you’re in Jail, make them glad you’re there. It mirrors the verse in Ecclesiastes: What ever you do, do it with all your might.

I have a friend who told me this amazing story, he was walking through calcutta and around him was a sea of beggers just begging and pleading for coin which naturally makes you feel pity, anyway he saw one man sitting on the floor, no arms and nothing but rags to his name, this man was not begging he was using his feet as you would hands to make arts and craft like trinkits to sell to tourists and people passing by, when he told me that I didn't feel pity I felt awe because inspite of having nothing with the prospect of having maybe just enough to survive a little longer his life was still worth his effort, it didn't matter matter that he couldn't amount to what we would consider a low status and standard of living yet alone a high status and standard of living his life was still worth it because he hadn't given up on putting in the effort and becoming a better even tho he had every reason to. Contrast that with upper middle class rich kids who are resentful and bitter just because someone who isn't them is doing better or is famouse or successful.....its like this guy has every reason to give up and be resentful or hopeless yet his self worth transcends a fate I don't know If I'd have the strength to accept half of.

This lecture reminded me of a quote by Robert Heinlein: _A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects._

So much for going to bed... God is not dead. I had to bury my grandmother who was basically my mother on the day of this lecture. I held her hand as she was dying from septic shock, alone with her in an awful hospital room. She couldn’t talk but was mouthing the word “help” and I never left her side to make sure I was there to get the nurses to relieve her pain. It was a huge responsibility to keep it together for the final hours of someone who lived 92 years. All I wanted was to crawl into a ball and sob and plead with God to not take her from me. I did the opposite, I made sure she knew I was there for her and I pleaded with God to take her for her suffering was too much. She didn’t deserve this. Why would God make her suffer so much? She obeyed him for 92 years and she died clawing at me in desperation. I try to be as good as a person she was. I’m not but I will always keep trying. I was the “useful” person at the funeral and made sure everything was perfect and according to her plans. Two weeks later and I’ve been feeling very lost without my 92 year old confidant who was my key to the past. I plead with my 3 year old to remember her since they just shared happy moments and hugs days prior while we visited her home before her sudden illness leading to sepsis. Also, thanks Dr. Peterson because I just wrote down everything I was thinking moments prior as I was trying to sleep. I usually listen to religious topics as I drift off to sleep but I couldn’t find anything that was interesting enough. Perhaps, because everything seems to irritate me these days. I got a notification of this video and I felt a bit of happiness for the first time in 2 weeks and something to look forward too if I don’t finish tonight.

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

Dr. Peterson reminds me of John The Baptist getting everyone ready before the Messiah was born. He's calling all us people back to the accounting of our souls, and is a voice in the wilderness of reason.

Jordan peterson, I feel gratitude that cant be expressed in words. When the world falls away from under my feet. I lost my wife , it broke me, I was unable to care for myself ,let alone my 3 childeren. Now im alone and a knife is getting stabbed in my heart. I couldnt see the edges of this beast that had taken me out. But I heard you say the exact right thing that made something perk up inside me . Look around and make something better in my life. Just any little thing . Just start a with little thing I know I can do. Thank God I finally found a place to begin to repair my life. I would not be here if it wasn't for Jordan Peterson's youtube. The most heart felt appreciation that a human is capable of giving another.

I'm only 5 mins in but already this lecture is better than the new Star Wars movie, that's for damn sure. No joke aye.

Every single one of my 33 years on this earth, I have spent in deep spiritual and existential pain. I woke up in pain, I went to bed in pain. The most euphoric moments of my memory are simply memories that I hold that I remember without pain. Dr. Peterson has helped put that pain into perspective, he has helped make that pain make sense. He cannot, and does not intend to make my tortured and tormented childhood OK. What he does is give me a roadmap towards the future. His teachings give me an existence based on positivity, based on the creation of a positive tangible reality. Thank you. Tonight in particular, December 19, 2017, I spent the entire evening out in my garage, crying, as I remembered my immensely unhappy childhood life, all alone. I locked myself in my garage, away from the world, because even my pain causes me embarrassment. Feeling empty, and embarrassed for my own emotions, I came inside to go to bed at 1:15 in the morning, Without anything to live for, without a reason to wake up. But much to my pleasant surprise, here I see an upload by the good doctor, and I know that at least for tonight, the world will make sense.

When is Dr. Peterson resuming his biblical lectures? Sometime in 2019? I found his Bible lectures far more profound than any of his other stuff.

I am a Christian and I am so humbled and grateful to Dr. Peterson for approaching these sacred scriptures with such gravity. I have rarely encountered a teacher within my own faith that has treated these stories with as much care and respect as Dr. Peterson has in these lectures. His perspective and insight have breathed new life into my own understanding of Genesis. Many times listening to this series, my heart has swelled with joy as he expressed his respect and admiration for what he understands within these pages. I wish I could shake his hand and say thank you in person, but until that day, "THANK YOU DR. PETERSON! It has been a transformative journey, one that I will continue to consider as I grow in my own faith." Blessings on you, Dr. Peterson. May you find illumination and peace in all your endeavors.

47:00 Wandering in the desert 1:15:25 Corruption of character 1:17:55 Walking with God 1:20:30 Joseph and Potiphars wife 1:23:30 The Lord was with Joseph 1:36:00 Bookmark

I think the "coat of many colors" also refers to his ability to learn from his older brothers and extract the useful parts of their personalities. I'm the youngest in a huge family as well. I've learned a great deal of how not to act by simply watching my older siblings and cousins.

If you told me 5 years ago that I would not only listen to these lectures, but as a result purchase a bible (off honest eBay lol) and read it, I would have called you a liar. I’ve read 10 Rules for Life and bought a copy for each of my brothers last Christmas. Thank you for helping me restore my faith. As a result my life has greatly improved.

Like a voice calling out in the wilderness, Jordan B. Peterson is an End Times Saint and prophet. This man has been shouldering a burden that is much to heavy for any one man to carry. Christ says "you will be hated because of my name." This could not be any more true than in the case of Jordan B. Peterson. In a world where the systems of man have gone to war with the people God. Where His name embarrasses the wealthy and the powerful... Jordan you did not shy away. You did run in fright. God bless you! God bless you our family. You're the father I needed and never had. You're the uncle I needed and never had. You're the brother I needed and never had. Your message has allowed me to grow up and become useful. Useful to myself, useful to my family, useful to the world. Satan uses the decadence, the rat race, the world system, to crush people who may have been too eccentric or think to far outside of the box. Thank God for you, Eric Weinstein, and Joe Rogan. In a world it's bankrupt true masculinity some of us have had no other place but the internet to turn to for positive role models. Thank you so much. You helped me to help myself save my life. .. Edit: you once read a letter from a young man who you would helped who said you were sent by God to awaken up the divine Spirit of masculinity in this new age. The moment I heard that it's sent reverberations through me and I realized how true it was. That was around the time when I first began to believe in God again. Thank you.

Forgiveness is one of the biggest lessons in the story of Joseph. Almost nonexistent in today's society. Keep on preachin the message JBP. You gotta love how the Lord works.

There is a Jewish tradition to bless: "חזק חזק ונתחזק" (strong, strong, and growing stronger), every time you finish reading one of the books of the Torah. And so I extend this blessing to Prof. Peterson on behalf of all of us.

“Ill start on Exodus depending on what happens next year” Perceptive, I hope he gets the chance to finish the whole Pentateuch

1:17:25 “Maybe the only real misfortune is to become corrupted." 👊✋🎤

Greatest Sunday school teacher EVER🌞

There are few things I look forward to more than the release of a new biblical lecture by Jordan Peterson.

The Holy Spirit has entered Dr Peterson’s soul 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

When there is too much chaos in my life I listen one of it's lecture and it bring's back balance.

This lecture was incredible and hilarious. So happy I was there in-person. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

JP has grown 15000 subs since November 2017. Keep spreading knowledge

"You're probably right, it is a stupid idea." I love this man.

This is sooooo good, I'm an atheist by heart but this biblical lecture is eye opening. The messages behind these stories are so deep and meaningful.

"the willingness to demolish your intellect in the face of superstition." Wow. That rang.

Was I the only one that was so happy when he said "If you've asked a question in the past 3 lectures please do not tonight"? I was honestly getting sick of that one kid who would talk in a funny voice, saying, "Hello Mr. Peterson". Brown nose of the year award if I ever seen a candidate. Lol.

Hard to imagine I've spent over 30 hours devouring every bit of content in this lecture series and more. God bless, and from a Jew to you, Merry Christmas, Dr. Peterson.

"Sheerly because of his character and competence" Who blessed Joesph with such gifts and wisdom/discernment? God.

Better to spend two and a half hours becoming a more educated person by listening to Dr. Peterson, than spend two and a half hours listening to the Young Turks where the opposite happens.

"My good intentions without works, my good promises without performance, have ruined me. I have said to God, tomorrow and tomorrow, till i am fallen into the night of death." - Henry Suso

While you're in quarantine, clean your room. Then watch another Jordan Peterson video.

5 million people have watched these videos so far! I would like to congratulate you all! I've read plenty of comments on here and seems like most are either agnostic or atheists. And a vast majority of you have commented in a very mature manner! I'm a Christian and this has most definitely open my mind to a more parable mentality that I've thought of the early stories for a long time. From what I've read from a lot of you, this has also done the same. So I hope this has given you a thought that has shown you relevance to the Bible

I made it. All 15 lectures in 27 days. I already watched the 2017 Personality Course and read 12 Rules for Life. The Maps of Meaning lectures come next.

Never could I have ever thought that one of the Bible parables could hit home so close that it made me tear up. God bless Dr. Jordan B Peterson. God bless

“Because maybe the only real misfortune is to become corrupted.” What a man!

At 44 years of age I finally know that the purpose of life is to defer gratification and to make sacrifices each and every day in order to transcend suffering, chaos and hell if you were, by diving in to becoming my full potential being.

Annnnnd there goes my night.

I can see the pain in JBP's face during the initial applause and his silent _man, this is a slippery slope._

Maybe the reason all along I started to feel attracted to Jordan B Peterson's videos and books was the calling to get closer to the word of God. And the christ.

This guy s becoming a strong light in my life ...

My archetypal father and his good advice

I've heard this phrase recently and I feel its VERY applicable to this. Worry less about those who you may offend and care more for those whom you may inspire! And I truly believe this has done that very thing for the vast majority of us who have watched these lectures from the beginning

GOD BLESS you Dr patterson You are so loved and respected 🙏♥️♥️♥️🙏

It's been more than two months of me watching your whole lectures of Bible. It's a wake up call in my life. It has turned my life around from having the proclivity of going down the pithole. My appreciation and gratitude for your value is beyond words to describe. It's been a great journey to walk through this biblical series, and to be honest that your lectures never bore me a little bit and it's been a huge pleasure to learn a tons of wisdom from you in this series. My hat's off to you, you've changed my life forever. I will never thank you enough, I have an ideal, ideal that one day I can be talking with you. I am now 19, I set it goal for 10 years, I hope that I can meet you at the time you are a 70 years old, handsome and wise man!!! Thank you so much, bow down to you, Dr Jordan Peterson!!!!

thank you so much for doing this series Dr Peterson. Educating enlightening and inspiring this 45 yr old to be better person, husband, and father. Cant wait to get the new book.

Jordan, I'm just crossing the line of the years, watching this masterpiece, drinking some Champagne and feeling thankful, having met you in the 2017. Thank you for your contribution to mankind. Your humbleness does probably not realise your importance. Thanks and cheers!

Mr Peterson... just thank you. I don’t know how to express the gratitude I have in mere words for your availability to be used by the Most High!

Dear Sir Dr. Jordan Peterson. Thank you very much for this unbelievable series of lectures. Making education available to hungry minds of any age and backgrounds. As for intellectual desire and practical utility for life. You are the force of making order out of chaos, making sense out of the insane world and total confusion. The dragon seems much more tamable. My hunger for knowledge has not yet satisficed. Looking forward for your full recovery from the flood that came to you. Wishing you all the health and prosperity potentially possible from the bottom of my clean rooms of my heart :)

I was in synagogue as a young child and my cousin was reading his portion for his bar mitzvah. When he got read out "Seven fat cows came up out of the Nile", I sung out very loud "Uh huh huh" Elvis style like the song in Joseph and his Technicolour Dreamcoat. And the whole bus got up and clapped.

Thank you Jordan. Your work means the world to me

Always the best use of my time! Becoming more educated and understanding the reality in which we live in is an obligation of our existence. Keep up the amazing work JP!

" We do a very bad job in the modern world, for testing to see if our systems can go wrong" - JPB Thank you, Professor, the world needs your wisdom in this current crisis. Prayers and strength to you and your family.

You should build a Cathedral, and move your lecture series to Sunday.

I cried at the end of this. In 30 years from now, we may look back at this series and name it the refounding of western civilization. The deeper meaning and knownledge in this is so necessary for people's lives that even after hundreds of millions of dollars in anti biblical propaganda, millions of people decided to take the leap of faith to look into this. This is the adapting, actualizing and renewal of an entire civilization. Jordan Peterson will go down in the Pantheon of history with Alexander the Great, George Washington and Napoleon Bonaparte.

It's a privilege to be part of this.... What Jordan is doing will let a good mark on the world and I was there to see!!

My boy Jordy's wicked smart!!

I'm too dumb to understand a word he says, but I watch anyway.

"Successive approximation of the ideal person." What a profound summary of the entire story. Like Tolstoy, saying more in one sentence than others take an entire book to say. JP is an absolute genius! Get well Professor we need you back in these times more than ever.

This series was insanely helpful for me. I didn't just view it, I studied it. I had to watch some of them again and again to extract the full understanding out of it. JBP deepened my love and understanding of God/the Bible. Helped bring so much more clarity of how to live well. How to bring out the best you that resides within you and with the help of the biblical teachings. I'm insanely grateful for this 🙏 . Please do more of these.

I know he has challenges with his faith but his interpretation and deep understanding of some of these biblical texts are invaluable

I could fill a pool with the tears I have cried the last three years. I owe you my life. Thank you Dr. Peterson and family for the effort of making your work public to everyone.

Another important lecture. Miss it at your own peril...astonishing, riveting, impactful.

I dont think you realize how important this work is this series has help me understand the bible soooooo much more and that has created a living relationship with the word bless you

Huh! That point about Ego Death and how people will fight like mad to avoid it (preserve their group ideological structures) reminds me very much of the Terror Management Theorists discussing that same process, only in their case they make it about death anxiety too.

Hey gang, after I began listening to JBP last spring, I got my ass in gear and recorded a 2-disc album. It's been pretty well received so far and it's all thanks to you, Jordan, for lighting the appropriate fire under my ass

*IT'S OK TO SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS.*

I send you my prayers Dr. Peterson.

Jordan Peterson instantly changed my life! And I introduced my mother to Jordan Peterson's videos, and it instantly changed her life as well! If you know somebody who wants to improve their life, I would suggest you recommend them Jordan Peterson!

Brothers: "You're in a pit" Joseph: "Hold my cape" 🏳️‍🌈 Slave master: "You're a slave" Joseph: "Hold my cape" 🏳️‍🌈 Prison Guard: "You're a prisoner" Joseph: "Hold my cape" 🏳️‍🌈

Thank you very much Dr. JP. PLEASE keep up with the biblical lectures.. Lord bless you

Jordan Peterson has done more good in the past 4 years then the Congress and Senate has done in the past hundred years

It saddened me to see you go as hard on yourself as you have when the internet flipped on you. But listening to you here makes it make sense as a part of your journey in life. I am thankful for the pandemic because it brought you to our lives.

Every single lecture has been brilliant... a masterpiece of human knowledge for the future. But some how this one felt like leaps above the others....just outstanding and life changing!

Well...I guess it`s time again to clean my dragons and sort my lobsters!

the world needs more JP Bible study

I am awed at how he expands a familiar story and abstracts the truth of it as it applies to us now.

Perfect. Got my bedtime story.

"the only real tragedy in life is to become corrupted.."

Love and respect from Czechia! Those lectures have changed my life!

What Peteeaon talks about 8 minutes in, that its easier to see what you shouldn't do, than you should do, is the best advice I've taken from his lectures. I have been actively thinking about not doing things I know I shouldn't do for a year now and nothing has improved me more. Now I can see way more clearly the path to the good, becasue so much bad is out of my way.

I don’t care you undoubtedly my favourite public speaker in the year 2019.

Had an interesting thought on Joseph's coat and his brothers selling him into slavery. The "multiple colors" of the coat (the Hebrew, I believe, actually could mean "seamless") could represent the multiple possibilities that Jospeh has in front of him. Multiple possibilities brought about by his being Israel's "favorite" son, and Israel's pouring into him all the attention. This makes the coat an embodiment of the myriad potentialities of Israel future via Joseph. Joseph's brothers sell him into slavery and cover the coat in goat's blood an indication of the death of those possibilities. The goat, as sacrificial animal, represented sin, but not the atonement thereof. Could it be that the coat of "infinite possibility" was "killed" as Joesph's brothers relegated Josephs to a single, actualized, outcome. But an outcome that God used to redeem the remainder of the family, leading to the birth of the nation?

I learned from a spiritual Master long ago: "Make no comparison with your fellow man." This has helped me tremendously and has been a commandment I have lived up to. Instead of resentment, jealousy, competition, and all negative reactions, I live grateful with every gift given. Imagine if Cain would have considered how to make himself better, instead of what he did chose.

My cat listens to Dr. Peterson. She is angelic, and wise, playful, and content. A dog, in cat coat. She is a true companion, looking out for me. She enjoys me and is not at all embarrassed to show it.

I love how these are nearly 3 hours long. I was at so many of these in person and my ability to concentrate and stay focussed for so long shot way up. Also helped having triple Americanos at the coffee place that was across from ROM before standing in line, but anyway, these lectures are so amazing. I cannot watch an hour usually again. Someone should make more of these. Maybe ....

I started to get very emotional with the Fathers reunion and all the brothers together after all the atrocity that Jacob had experienced....It has been said by a few traditions that the greatest love is experienced where an old hatred has been transformed/healed/forgiven - a return to original wholeness - but how incredibly firm in ones conviction one must be in order to extend this type of genuine, non-manipulative and wise love.....This helps me reconcile my own experiences of the receiving end of betrayal, and gives hope into becoming the embodiment of a worthy ideal; devotion to the higher principles, in faith that enacting those principles are what will heal those old hatreds. No matter what. "Have you got anything else better to do?"

Just because something bad happens to you does not give you the right to get off the path and make it worse. . ..that is the best lesson I am learning.

A psychologist giving a bible talk effectively and discernible.Am I in the real world? Love this so much.He really brings the word to life and gives it breath and meaning.

Thumbs up if u want JBP to start the lectures about Exodus

this is my favorite Peterson’s lecture

Jordan Peterson's interpretation is full of interesting and thought provoking ideas. And his references to the human condition are in my opinion truthful and well considered. This video deserves to be seen more than once to grasp the wisdom of its contents properly.

Whats interesting is jordan peterson when he explained his lectures, he is also exploring ideas and concepts and finding better explanations while speaking. It feels like we are on the journey with him and brought by him to venture into the unknown. Thats unlike a dry speaker that narrates solely from notes or a book which theres nothing wrong at all but the key difference is the pique in curiosity when we are brought on the journey of discovery together by jordan peterson.