A PUROSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES: GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD P/25

 

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A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES 

              GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD

                          PART XXV

"We, Jacob's nine sons, who had gathered in his tent..... Could not believe our ears... Had we heard it right?... Had our father really said that Benjamin could go with us to Egypt?... We knew that without him there is no point in travelling to Egypt... For the "Egyptian" offcial would not see us without him... We looked at each other to make sure we had all heard the same thing... Our father had given us permission to take Benjamin with us!....We all realised how difficult it must have been for him to allow us to take Benjamin with us....Especially, since Benjamin has been able to bring a measure of comfort to him after the loss of his favourite son, Joseph... We all understood as well why Judah spoke up...After all, he was the one who suggested all these years ago that we sell Joseph to the merchants.... Perhaps Judah feels he has been able to make some amends for his past misdeeds...We believe his words influenced our father to let Benjamin go with us....We have now gone to Egypt to present ourselves once again to the "Egyptian" official....Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that after Jacob has given his nine sons permission to take Benjamin with them to Egypt they travelled to Egypt....

                   ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE, OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

                                                        GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD

                                                                 PART XXV

For a moment Jacob nine sons, who had gathered in their father's tent, looked stunned when they heard their father say that he will let his youngest son, Benjamin, go with them to Egypt. But not for long for they knew that they needed to get ready for their journey to Egypt as you can read in Genesis 43:15

So the men took the gifts and double the amount of silver, and Bemjamin also. They hurried down to Egypt and presented themselves to Joseph.

And so the nine sons of Jacob travelled with they youngest brother Benjamin to Egypt where they once again came before the "Egyptian" official in charge of the grain distribution in that country.

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