DECEMBER 9, 2020 Genesis 45:12-13 “And behold, your eyes and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see that it is my mouth that speaks to you. So you shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen; and you shall hurry and bring my father down here.” It bears reminding that, […]
DECEMBER 8, 2020 Genesis 45:9-10 Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, “Thus says your son Joseph: ‘God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not tarry. You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me, you and your children, your children’s […]
DECEMBER 7, 2020 Genesis 45:7-8 “And God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So now it was not you who sent me here, but God.” Perhaps up until this time Joseph had blamed them for his affliction. If so, the famine and their descent into Egypt made […]
DECEMBER 6, 2020 Genesis 45:5 “But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life.” In this verse it becomes clear that Joseph understands why all that happened to him was meant to be. It is one thing for the brothers […]
DECEMBER 5, 2020 Genesis 45:1-2 Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, “Make everyone go out from me!” So no one stood with him while Joseph made himself known to his brothers. After seeing that his brothers were remorseful about how they mistreated him, how they […]
DECEMBER 2, 2020 Genesis 44:18 Then Judah came near to him and said: “O my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s hearing, and do not let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even like Pharaoh.” The Hebrew root term translated as “came near” simply means “to approach” which implies “close […]
December 1, 2020 Genesis 44:18 Then Judah came near to him and said: “O my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s hearing, and do not let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even like Pharaoh.” Despite the fact that Judah’s history is checkered with unwise decisions, at this crucial time […]
NOVEMBER 30, 2020 Genesis 44:15-16 And Joseph said to them, “What deed is this you have done? Did you not know that such a man as I can certainly practice divination?” Then Judah said, “What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how shall we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity […]
NOVEMBER 29, 2020 Genesis 44:1-2 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack. Also put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his grain money.” […]