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GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART LXVI
"I, Joseph, the so-called "Egyptian" official in charge of the grain distribution, am so thankful for the kindnes of the Pharaoh... He told me that my family should move to Egypt so they can live near me... This is, no doubt, because he knows that the famine will last for another five years... So they could run out of food in another year or so again... And die of starvation... Having my family near me will mean that I can take care of them... I am especially grateful that my father is still alive....So I will be able to take care of him in the last years of his life... Pharaoh told me as well that my brothers should bring some carts with them when going back home.... For that will make it easier for their families to travel to Egypt...How very thoughtful of him.... I have just seen my brothers off.... Before they went, I gave each brother a new set of clothing.... But to my youngest brother Benjamin I gave a gift of silver as well as five sets of clothing....He is the brother who is closest to me.... All the other brothers know... I believe they do not mind that I treated Benjamin in a special way... They have changed!!... I hope they will not quarrel on the way back home...They have to consider what to say to their father... And how to present the truth to him....I would not want one brother to accuse another brother about what has happened to me... For God has used it for good... If I had not been sold as a slave to Egypt then I would not be here today to save my family from starvation...That is all what matters to me."...Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that the so-called "Egyptian" official prepares everything for the return trip of his brothers back to Canaan...
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART LXVI
Joseph, who is in charge of the grain distribution in Egypt, gives carts to his brothers to travel in as you can read in Genesis 45:21-24
So the sons of Isreal did this. Joseph gave them carts, as Pharaoh had commanded and he also gave them provisions for their journey. To each of them he gave new clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothing. And this is what he sent to his father: ten donkeys loaded with the best things of Egypt and ten donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other provisions for his journey. Then he sent his brothers away, and as they were leaving he said to them, "Don't quarrel on the way!"
Apart from the carts, Joseph gave his brothers new clothing and special gifts for his father.
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