A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES: GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD P/32

 

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A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES 

             GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD

                         PART XXXII

"I, Joseph, the official in charge of the grain distribution here in Egypt..... Tried to finish my morning tasks as soon as I was able.... I then  excused myself.... My steward knew where I was going... I went to my home to have lunch... He knew too that I would not be having lunch on my own... I am having eleven guests waiting for me.... I am sure he will have recognised most of them from a previous visit.... Like me, he will not have recognised one of them... He seems to be the youngest one.... But he does not know that they are my brothers.... Neither do my brothers know who I really am... They still think that I am a very important "Egyptian" official... I will eventually reveal to them who I am.... But the time has not yet come to do so... I still need to take them through some tests to prove they have changed... I hope to soon learn from them if the one who seems to be the youngest is my brother Benjamin.... I have been waiting to see him ever since they came before me the first time... That is now a year ago.... But I must first find out if my father is still alive.".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that the "Egyptian" official meets with his eleven guests at his home....

                  ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

                                                GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD

                                                            PART XXII

The "Egyptian" official in charge of the grain distribution hurried to his home at noon. He has some very special guests waiting for him there; Jacob's sons, including their youngest brother Benjamin. They came before him earlier this morning to, once agan, buy grain from him to take back to their families in Canaan. However, it is not yet time to give them the grain. He needs to spend more time with them so he has invited them to his home for a meal. He has graciously received their gifts but there are things he wants to ask them as you can read in Genesis 43:27

He asked them how they were and then he said, "How is your aged father you told me about? Is he still living?"

The official has one thing on his mind: he wants to know if the father of the eleven men who have come to buy grain from him is still alive.

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