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A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART XX
"I, Jacob, father of twelve son one of whom is presumed dead and one is in prison in Egypt, looked at my nine sons in front of me.... They had gathered in my tent here in Canaan... We were still suffering the effects of a famine.... I did not understand why God had not yet blessed us with a good harvest....Are we not his people who are to be in this land since God had given it to my grandfather Abraham?...Why then am I going through so much hardship?...First of all, the loss of my favourite son Joseph.... Then the imprisonment of my son Simeon... And now I have to send my nine sons back to Egypt... For it seems there is plenty of grain in Egypt.... It looks like Egypt is the land of plenty rather than Canaan.... I would nearly think that God wants all of us to live in Egypt, al least for a season.... But, of course, I must be wrong... For that can never be the case... However, I do have to send my nine sons to Egypt to buy more food for us....The problem is that Judah, one of my sons, has just told me they will not go to Egyt without my youngest son, Benjamin....I am very frustrated with my sons for having told the "Egyptian" official about their youngest brother when they stood before him on their previous trip to Egypt....These sons cause me nothing but trouble... Will they ever grow up to become wise men?"... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that Jacob is very frustrated with his sons because they have told the "Egyptian" official about their youngest brother...
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFEL OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART XX
Jacob's nine sons stand before him in his tent in Canaan. He has just told them that they need to return to Egypt to buy grain for the families for they are running out of food. But his one son, Judah, makes it very clear that they cannot go to Egypt without their youngest brother Benjamin. However Jacob or Israel as he is known, is very upset with his sons for having revealed to the "Egyptian" official that they have a younger brother back home as you can read in Genesis 43:6
Israel replied, "Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had another brother?"
Jacob is very frustrated that his sons lack wisdom in knowing what they should share with others, including this "Egyptian" offical, about their family.
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