As we have been studying Joseph we have seen this man go through a lot, we discussed last week how He loved God. That he never went anywhere without God, and was not ashamed of or afraid to tell others about God. He named his children names that’s praised God, Manasseh: “For God has made me forget all my toil and all my ufather’s house.” 52 And the name of the second he called 2Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be vfruitful in the land of my affliction.” Today we come to a part in Josephs life where we see what happens when some old faces from the past show up.
We see a new scene unfold in Joseph life, along with his brothers. The Last time we heard from Joe’s brothers they were ready to kill him, but instead they sold him into slavery. This was the last time they saw him and most likely never spoke of what they did that day. But because of the famine they are forced to go to Egypt and get Grain.
So here we are, the famine is getting bad for the whole world, Jacobs tells his sons stop sitting around here I have heard that there is food in Egypt go and get us some food. So off they go, they get to Egypt and are buying their food, Joseph is taking care of all the sales of grain and they bow before him not recognizing who he is, you must remember that they think he is a slave and he would have a Egyptian head dress on. But Joseph knows who they are right away. We read about this encounter in Genius 42, we are coming in the middle of a conversation; Joseph has excused His brothers of being spies.
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