| Joseph
sees his brothers |
Genesis 43:29-46:6
Joseph's brothers had returned with their youngest brother Benjamin.
Joseph goes to his room to cry
When Joseph saw his brother
Benjamin he was deeply moved and hurried out and looked for a place to
cry. He went to his private room. He washed his face before
he came out.
Jospeh eats with his brothers
When Joseph came out he
controlled himself told them to serve the food. Joseph was served
by himself and so were the brothers. The Egyptians also had to
eat by themselves because they weren't allowed to eat with the
Hebrews. The brothers were seated according to their ages, from
the oldest to the youngest. The brothers looked at each other in
astonishment or surprise. Benjamin was also given five times more
food then anyone else. They ate and drank freely with him.
Joseph gives his servant instructions
on what to put in his brothers sacks.
Joseph
tells his servant to fill the brothers sacks with food and money and
put Joseph's silver cup in Benjamin's sack. The servant did as
Joseph told him. In the morning the brothers were sent on their
way with their donkeys back home to Jacob.
Joseph tells his steward to go after his brothers.
They had not gone far from
the city when Joseph told his steward to go after the men right
away. He was to ask them why they had repaid evil for good, to
tell them the silver cup was his master's cup which he drinks from and
uses
for divination! He was also to tell
them they have done a wicked thing.
When he caught up with them, he repeated the words that Joseph told him to say. But they told him that they wouldn't do such a thing. They had even brought back the silver they had found in their sacks before. The brothers went on to tell him that if his servants found the cup in any one of their possession that he would die and they would become their lord's slaves.
When he caught up with them, he repeated the words that Joseph told him to say. But they told him that they wouldn't do such a thing. They had even brought back the silver they had found in their sacks before. The brothers went on to tell him that if his servants found the cup in any one of their possession that he would die and they would become their lord's slaves.
The cup was
found in Benjamin's sack.
The steward told them that whoever was found to have the
cup would become his slave and the other brothers would not be blamed.
They each lowered his sack and opened it. The steward searched each of their sacks from the oldest son to the youngest. The cup that belonged to Joseph was found in Benjamin's sack. The brothers tore their clothes, which is a sign of mourning, and they returned to the city.
They each lowered his sack and opened it. The steward searched each of their sacks from the oldest son to the youngest. The cup that belonged to Joseph was found in Benjamin's sack. The brothers tore their clothes, which is a sign of mourning, and they returned to the city.
Joseph's brothers bow to him.
Joseph was still in the house
when Judah and his brothers came in, and they fell to the
ground before him. Joseph asked them what they had
done, and he told them why they didn't know that he could find things
out by
divination.
NOTE: The brothers have bowed down to Joseph just as Joseph had dreamed long before.
Judah speaks to Joseph and asks him to remain
there as his slave in place of Benjamin.
Judah him how they could prove their
innocence. God had uncovered their guilt, and they were now their
slaves.
But Joseph told him that he wouldn't do such a thing and that only the one found with the cup would be his slave. The rest of them could go back home.
Then Judah went up to him and asked to speak a word to him. Judah told Joseph about their aged father, and their youngest brother and the brother who was dead. He told him that if they didn't bring back their father's youngest son Benjamin, that their father would die.
Judah told him that he would remain there as his lord's slave in place of the boy. He was pleading to let the boy return with his brothers. He could not go back to his father if the boy was not with him. Judah asked him not to see the misery that would come upon my father."
But Joseph told him that he wouldn't do such a thing and that only the one found with the cup would be his slave. The rest of them could go back home.
Then Judah went up to him and asked to speak a word to him. Judah told Joseph about their aged father, and their youngest brother and the brother who was dead. He told him that if they didn't bring back their father's youngest son Benjamin, that their father would die.
Judah told him that he would remain there as his lord's slave in place of the boy. He was pleading to let the boy return with his brothers. He could not go back to his father if the boy was not with him. Judah asked him not to see the misery that would come upon my father."
Joseph tells his brothers who he is.
Then Joseph could no longer
control himself and cried out and told all his attendants to
leave. He was alone with his brothers now and he wept so loudly
that the Egyptians could hear him.
Then Joseph told his brothers that he was Joseph! He asked if his father was still living. But his brothers were not able to answer him, because they were terrified at his presence.
Then Joseph told his brothers that he was Joseph! He asked if his father was still living. But his brothers were not able to answer him, because they were terrified at his presence.
Joseph tells his brothers that God had a plan
Joseph
told his brothers to come closer and that he was their brother
Joseph, the one they sold into Egypt! Joseph told them not to be
anry with themselves for what they had done because God had sent him
ahead to save their lives. For two years there had
been a famine, and for the next five years there would be no
plowing or reaping. God had sent Joseph ahead of them to save
a remanant on earth and to save their
lives by a great deliverance. This was a part of God's plan to
save them all.
He went on to tell him that it was not them who had sent Joseph to Egypt, but God. The Pharoah had made him a lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.
Joseph told his brothers to hurry back to their father and tell him that Joseph was alive and that God had made him lord of all Egypt. They were to tell him to come right away with his children, and grandchildren to live in the region of Goshen near him, in the land of Egypt. They were to bring their flocks and herds with them.
He went on to tell him that it was not them who had sent Joseph to Egypt, but God. The Pharoah had made him a lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.
Joseph told his brothers to hurry back to their father and tell him that Joseph was alive and that God had made him lord of all Egypt. They were to tell him to come right away with his children, and grandchildren to live in the region of Goshen near him, in the land of Egypt. They were to bring their flocks and herds with them.
So they went out of Egypt
and went back to Canaan to their father Jacob. They told
him that Joseph was still alive, and he was ruler of all
Egypt. Jacob was shocked and he did not believe them. They
told him everything that happened to them and what Joseph had
said. Then he saw
the carts Joseph had sent with them. His spirit revived.
And Israel was now convinced that his son
Joseph was still alive. Israel (Jacob) was ready to go and see him.
| REMANANT...........................What is left or remains. |
| DIVINATION..........................The practice of foretelling future events. |
| SLAVE.................................... Someone who is owned by someone else and works for them and is not free to do what they want to. |
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