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A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART XIX
"I, Judah, one of the nine remaining sons of my father Jacob, besides my youngest brother Benjamin, looked at my father... He has just told us that we must return to Egypt to buy more grain... We all understand the need to do so for our stock of grain is dangerously low... However, our father Jacob needs to understand as well that we will not go without our youngest brother Benjamin...We all know that it will be useless to go to Egypt without him...The "Egyptian" official will not allow us to come before him if Benjamin is not with us.... It would, therefore, be a complete waste of time if just the nine of us went to see him..And all my other brothers know that... But our father needs to be made to see that as well.... We all know that his youngest son is most precious to him.... Especially after the loss of his son Joseph... Nevertheless, Benjamin will have to come with us this time....So I spoke up and told him so... I am now waiting to hear what my father's response will be.".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that Judah, one of Jacob's sons, speaks up to tell his father that Benjamin has to come with them to Egypt...
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART XIX
The famine is Canaan continues to be very severe and Jacob and his family are affected by it as well. Though for a season there is enough food for them to eat thanks to the grain the brothers had bought in Egypt, the day arrives that their supplies begin to run out so Jacob tells his sons to return to Egypt to buy more food. However, the brothers remember that they cannot come before the "Egyptian" official without their youngest brother as you can read in Genesis 43:3-4
But Judah said to him, "The man warned us solemnly, "You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you." If you will send our brother along with us, we will go down and buy food for you. But if you will not send him, we will not go down, because the man said to us, "You will not see my face again unles your brother is with you."
Judah speaks on behalf of all the nine brothers when he tells their father Jacob that, unless Bejamin goes with them, they will not go to Egypt.
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