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A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART XIV
"We, nine of the ten sons of Jacob, have left Egypt for Canaan... However, our brother Simeon is not with us... Our father Jacob does not know that as yet... We are quite worried how we are going to explain to him why we had to leave Simeon with the "Egyptian" official in charge of the distribution of grain....Perhaps we can say to him that it could have been much worse.... For we could all have ended up staying in prison in Egypt indefinitely....As it was, all of us spent three days in custody... Thankfully, on the third day the "Egyptian" offcial appeared... And he told us that he would let nine of us go home to our father... We were so relieved to hear him say that we could go back home to our father and our families...We did not dare say anything when he told us he would keep one of us with him in prison....We know too that we must bring our youngest brother Benjamin with us the next time we go back for grain....If we do not we will not see Simeon again....We will need a miracle for Benjamin to be able to go with us.... For our father is so fond of him... Especially after having lost one son already... The son he loved the most.... Having travelled for a number of hours, we decided to stop for the night... One of us opened his sack to feed his donkey...To his shock and horror he saw that the silver payment he had used to buy the grain with has been returned to him...It was on top of the grain...What are we to do?... We dare not return to Egypt....It seems we do not have a choice but to take the silver back with us...Hopefully, he is the only one who has had the silver returned to him....No doubt we will find out when we return home...."
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART XIV
Nine of the ten brothers leave Egypt for Canaan having left Simeon behind in prison. After having travelled for some time they stop for the night as you can read in Genesis 42:27-28
At the place where they stopped for the night one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of his sack."My silver has been returned to me," he said to his brothers. "Here it is in my sack."Their hearts sank and they turned to each other trembling and said, "What is this that God has done to us?"
One of the brothers opens his sack and to his shock realises that his silver has been returned to him. Fear enters their hearts that this may cause more trouble for them in the future.
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