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A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART XXVI
"I, Joseph, the official in charge of the grain distribution here in Egypt, got up at my usual time this morning... I then had my breakfast as usual... And as usual I went to the room to receive those who are in need of grain... I was in the midst of calculating the cost of a particular transaction when I noticed a group of men entering the room... I counted the number of them... There were ten of them...My heart began to beat faster.... For I recognised nine of them....They were my brothers.... But I did not recognise one of them... He seemed to be the youngest of them....I wondered if he could possibly be my brother Benjamin....It had to be him!!... Who else could it be?... I knew I had to find out who he was....And I knew just what to do!!... So I ordered my steward to take them to my home... They were going to have lunch with me!"...Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that Jacob's ten sons have arrived in Egypt and are about to have luch with the "Egytian" official...
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART XXVI
When Joseph, the "Egyptian" official in charge of the distribution of grain, gets up that morning, he has no idea that some special people are on their way to him, includiding one very special person as you can read in Genesis 43:16-17
When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of the house, "Take these men to my house, slaughter an animal and prepare dinner; they are to eat with me at noon." The man did as Joseph told him and took the men to Joseph's house.
While Joseph is in the middle of distributing grain to people that morning, he notices a group of ten men. He recognises nine of them; they are his brothers. However, he does not know one of them. Could that be his brother Benjamin? He needs to find out so he calls his steward and tells him to prepare lunch for all of them.
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