Read Part One HERE
A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART X
"I, Joseph, am the ""Egyptian" official in charge of the distribution of grain here in Egypt... And I have here ten men standing in front of me...They just bowed down to me..I know who they are... They are my ten brothers... And they have just confirmed that to me by telling me details of their background... They told me that they are the ten sons of one men... They told me as well that they have a younger brother... That will be my brother Benjamin... How I miss him... For I have not seen him for twenty-one years.... They told me as well that their youngest brother is with his father... That can only mean that my father is still alive!!... I am so thankful that my father is still alive... I have thought of him every day since I arrived here in Egypt....Perhaps I will be able to see him one day soon...But for now I must play the role of the strict official...I must test these men in front of me... That way I will know if they have changed since they sold me to merchants all these years ago... I will put them in prison for a three-day period... But I will send one of them back home to fetch my youngest brother."... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that the "Egyptian" official puts the brothers in prison for a three-day period.
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART X
Joseph, who is in charge of the distribution of the grain in Egypt, recognises his brothers but they do not recognise him so he puts them through some tests to find out if they have changed. He demands as well that they return with their youngest brother as you can read in Genesis 42:14-17
Joseph said to them, "It is just as I have told you: You are spies. And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unles your youngest brother comes here. Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be kept in prison so that your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If you are not, then surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies." And he put them all in custody for three days.
Joseph allows his brothers a taste of what he has been through, having spent a number of years in prison The brothers, no doubt, are concerned about his demand that they return to Egypt with their youngest brother for they know their father Jacob will not let him leave his side.
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