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GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART LXVII
"I, Jacob, am the father of twelve sons, one of whom is no more... I have not seen him for twenty-two years... I believe he was killed by an animal... His name is Joseph... He was my favourite son... I have mourned his loss daily... My youngest son does bring me a measure of comfort, though... That is why I never allowed him to leave me... I need him too much at my side.... However. I had to let him go to Egypt with his brothers... That was never my plan... As far as I was concerned, he would stay with me always... But the circumstances forced me to change my mind... Unfortunately, we suffer from a famine.... This has been going on for two years already.... A year ago ten of my sons went to Egypt to buy grain for our family.... They came back without my Simeon....They told me Simeon would only be released if Benjamin went with them the next time... I was determined that was never going to happen... But we have run out of grain again so I had no choice but to let my youngest son go with his brothers to Egypt....I have been anxiously waiting for their return... Today they finally came back... I am so relieved to see all of them, including my youngest son Benjamin....They all looked tired.... But otherwise they looked well....It seems that this time they have been treated well by the official in charge of the grain distribution...They told me a story that I simply cannot believe!!... They told me that my favourite son Joseph is, in fact, still alive!!.. And not only is he alive!!... He is the "Egyptian" official in charge of the grain distribution...Impossible!!... What has happened to them that they tell me such nonsense!!.... Have they forgotten that they brought me my son's many coloured coat with blood on it as evidence he had been killed by a wild animal?".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that Jacob's sons return home and tell their father that Joseph is still alive and is the "Egyptian" official in charge of the grain distribution...
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART LXVII
When the brothers arrive back in Canaan from their trip to Egypt, they have something important to tell their father Jacob as you can read in Genesis 45:25-26
So they went up out of Egyt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan. They told him, "Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is ruler of all Egypt."Jacob was stunned: he did not believe them.
Jacob, whose eleven sons, including Benjamin,have returned from Egypt, is so thankful that they have all safely returned. But the news that his long-lost son Joseph is well and living in Egypt is not something he can accept.
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