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GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART LII
"I, Judah, waited to hear what the response of the official in charge of the grain distribution here in Egypt to my words would be.... We, all eleven sons of Jacob, have gathered before him... Because his special silver cup was found in the sack of our youngest brother Benjamin.... We know that he is innocent... But we cannot prove it... I felt I had no choice but to offer ourselves as slaves to this man.... God must be dealing with us... We must accept the payment for our sins... The official has told us he will only keep Benjamin as his slave... But Benjamin should be allowed to go free... He has not done anything wrong... Moreover, I have promised our father Jacob that Benjamin will return to him... I must keep my word... My father cannot live without Benjamin... He can live without me... But he cannot live without Benjamin.... I must speak with the official.... And plead with him for the life of Benjamin."... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that Judah once again speaks to the "Egyptian" official explaining to him that his father Jacob cannot live without his youngest son Benjamin...
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART LII
Jusah, one of the eleven sons of Jacob, once again speaks to the official in charge of the grain distribution in Egypt to remind the official that their youngest brother, who is in danger of being kept in Egypt as a slave, is very close to his father as you can read in Genesis 44:18-24
Then Judah went up to him and said, "Please, my lord, let your servant speak a word to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, though you are equal to Pharaoh himself. My lord asked his servants, "Do you have a father or a brother?" And we answered, "We have an aged father, and there is a son born to him in his old age. His brother is dead, and he is the only one of his mother's sons left, and his father loves him." Then you said to your servants, "Bring him down to me so I can see him for myself." And we said to my lord, "The boy cannot leave his father; if he leaves him, his father will die." But you told your servants, "Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again." When we went back to your servant, my father, we told him what my lord had said."
Judah knows that his father Jacob will not be able to cope with the loss of his son Benjamin.
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