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A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART XVI
"We, Jacob's sons, explained to our father why Simeon is not with us but is in prison in Egypt...We then began to empty our sacks with grain... We knew that our father was very upset that his son Simeon had been left behind... And we are not sure if he is willing to let us take his youngest son Benjamin with us when we need to buy grain again.... It seemed seeing all the grain that we have brought back with us made him a little happier... For it means there is food for all of us for quite some time.... But his improved mood did not last long... For as we were pouring out grain from our sacks something else came out as well... Our pouches of silver.... It was first of all, Judah, who noticed something coming from his sack that he did not want to see... Then each one of us noticed his pouch, apart from the one brother who on the way from Egypt had already discovered that his pouch was in his sack... And it was not just the pouches that have been returned to us.... No, the silver was still in each one of them... We were horrified to discover that somehow we had brought our pouches with the silver back with us... Had we forgotten to pay?...No, impossible... We know that we had paid....Then how have our pouches been returned to us with the silver still in them?... We have no answer to these questions...Neither does our father Jacob... He only looked more miserable... And we could not blame him... We had so hoped to give him some happiness today with our return... It seems we have made life more bleak for him instead.... Will we ever be able to give him some joy?"... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that Jacob's sons find their pouches with silver are in their sacks when they return from Egypt.
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART XVI
After the nine sons of Jacob have explained to their father why their brother Simeon is not with them, they begin to empty their sacks with grain. As they pour out the grain from the sacks, something appears that they recognise: their pouches with silver that they had brought with them to Egypt to pay for the grain. They do not understand how their pouches with the silver can be in their sacks. Fear bgins to fill their hears as you can read in Genesis 42:35-36
As they were emptying their sacks, there in each man's sack was his pouch of silver! When they and their father saw the money pouches, they were frightened. Their father Jacob said to them, You have deprived me of my children. Joseph is no more and Simeon is no more, and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is against me!"
Initially this day seemed to be such a good day for Jacob with the return of his sons. But then things went from bad to worse when he learned that Simeone has been imprisoned in Egypt and can only be released if Benjamin goes to Egypt. And to make matters worse, all the silver has been returned to his sons. It looks like everything and everyone is against him.
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