With Simeon back with the rest of the brothers, Joseph’s steward began giving the brothers a royal welcome in today’s installment of Joseph: A Life With Many Colors. Genesis 43:24 The steward took the men into Joseph’s house, gave them water to wash their feet and provided fodder for their donkeys. 25 They prepared their […]
With Jacob’s permission to send his precious second son of Rachel, Joseph’s brothers departed Canaan. Continuing our series, Joseph: A Life With Many Colors, Genesis 43:15 So the men took the gifts and double the amount of silver, and Benjamin also. They hurried down to Egypt and presented themselves to Joseph. 16 When Joseph saw […]
Persisting in trust pays off and in the case of Joseph’s brothers pleading with their father, it seems the third time’s a charm in our series “Joseph: A Life with Many Colors”. First, all the brothers stated what must be done: bring Benjamin. No, Jacob doesn’t budge. Genesis 42:37 Then Reuben said to his father, […]
Genesis 42:29 When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them. They said, 30 “The man who is lord over the land spoke harshly to us and treated us as though we were spying on the land. 31 But we said to him, […]
Joseph’s brothers are about to reveal their true colors as we continue our look at “Joseph: A Life with Many Colors.” Joseph (the Governor over Egypt, to whom his 10 brothers have come for grain) says, Genesis 42:20 But you must bring your youngest brother to me, so that your words may be verified and […]
In our series “Joseph: A Life with Many Colors,” the brothers have paid a visit to Egypt to buy grain. They’re met with coldness from Joseph who began to test to see whether they are the same old brothers from Canaan or reformed men who had been worked over by God and time. The brothers […]
Genesis 42:7 As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them. “Where do you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied, “to buy food.” 8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him. Yup. They’re from […]
The ten brothers had worked their way from Canaan to Egypt and were probably tired and hungry from their journey. They followed the crowds to Egypt’s governor who sold grain to Egyptians and foreigners as appropriate. Joseph knew there were 7 years of famine for Egypt, and he would be a wise steward, not taking […]
Genesis 41:57 And all the world came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe everywhere. A worldwide famine has a way of catching everyone’s attention. Interestingly, before modern media, it was shared experiences like famine that drove the news beyond local to regional. The famine was everywhere. The grain was […]
Human nature being what it is, some people in Egypt probably hadn’t heard the plan outlined by dream interpretation in Joseph: A Life With Many Colors. Some would hear the plan, but not believe it…they simply rejected it. Some would hear and trust the plan, but as the corrosiveness of time beat relentlessly against their […]
