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GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART XLVII
"We, the eleven sons of Jacob, were on our way from Egypt to Canaan with the grain we had bought for our families... We were very relieved that everything had gone so smooth this time...But then we were stopped by the steward of the "Egyptian" official in charge of the grain distribution....He accused us of having taken the special silver cup of the official... We all know that none of us has done such a thing... We are honest men... We were so convinced that no one has the silver cup in his possesssion that we told the steward we are willing to become his slaves if he did find the silver cup in one of our sacks...The steward then looked through each of our sacks... He did not find the cup in any of our sacks as we expected...Until he came to the sack of our youngest brother Benjamin!!... We wanted to tell him not to bother going through the sack of Benjamin.... But we knew he would not listen to us... So we let him search through Benjamin's sack.... We did not have a choice in the matter, anyway... But we were completely relaxed....For Benjamin does not know about any wrong doing...He is as innocent as can possibly be... After all, he is always with our father... So he lives a very sheltered life...He does not know what it means to be out in the fields taking care of the sheep.... However, the steward then discovered something in Benjamin's sack: the silver cup of his master!!... We do not know how it got there... We only know that Benjamin did not take it.... And we know one thing: We must go back and present ourselves again to the "Egyptian" official.".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that the steward finds his master's special cup in Benjamin's sack....
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART XLVII
The brothers, including Benjamin, notice that the steward looks at each sack in order of their age. This means that the last sack he looks in is the sack of Benjamin as you can read in Genesis 44:12b -13
And the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. At this they tore their clothes. Then they all loaded their donkeys and returned to the city.
The brothers do not understand how the silver cup of the "Egyptian" official ended up in Benjamins's sack. All their confidence is gone. All they can do now is to return to the offical to plead Benjamin's case.
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