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GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART XLIX
"I, the official in charge of the grain distribution here in Egypt, have been expecting eleven men to return to me.... They are all the sons of a man named Jacob... And they had come before me early yesterday morning.... At that time I had invited them to have lunch with me at my home.. This morning I had my steward fill their sacks with grain to be taken back to their home in Canaan... I had told my steward as well to put my special silver cup in the sack of the youngest of these men without their knowledge...He did so and we then said goodbye to them...They, no doubt, were very relieved that they could go home without any difficulty... They had come before me a year ago... At that time I had insisted that I keep one of them with me in prison... I had told them as well that whenever they returned they must bring their youngest brother with them... For only then would their brother who had stayed behind be released....No doubt, they were very grateful that I kept my word... For I had Simeon, the brother I had kept in prison here in Egypt, released...When they left earlier this morning they believed, of course, that everything would go well from that moment on... But they did not realise I had planned one more test for them...So I sent my steward after them... And he had them open their sacks... They then found my special silver cup in the sack of their youngest brother....All the eleven men have just now returned with my steward... They look very despondent... They know that the situation looks very bleak... It is now time to address them... They must be made to believe that I am extremely upset with them."... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that the brothers come before the "Egyptian" official who addresses them quite severely....
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART XLX
The official in charge of the grain distribution here in Egypt looks at the eleven men in front of him. They have just returned to him because his special silver cup was found in the sack of the youngest brother as you can read in Genesis 44:15
Joseph said to them, "What is that you have done? Dont't you know that a man like me can find things out by divination?"
The "Egyptian" official addressed the men in front of him sternly. After all, the loss of his silver cup is a serious matter.
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