NOVEMBER 28, 2020 Genesis 43:26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house and bowed down before him to the earth. Upon their return to Egypt, the brothers are told to go to Joseph’s house for a noon meal. Initially they were fearful that this was because of […]
NOVEMBER 27, 2020 Genesis 43:8-9 Then Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live and not die, both we and you and also our little ones. I myself will be surety for him; from my hand you shall require him. If I do not bring him back to you […]
NOVEMBER 26, 2020 Genesis 43:2-3 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, “Go back, buy us a little food.” But Judah spoke to him, saying, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face unless your brother is with […]
NOVEMBER 25, 2020 Genesis 42:29-30 Then they went to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan and told him all that had happened to them, saying: “The man who is lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.” Upon their return to Canaan, the brothers related their experience in Egypt to […]
NOVEMBER 24, 2020 Genesis 42:21-22 Then they said to one another, “We are truly guilty concerning our brother, for we saw the anguish of his soul when he pleaded with us, and we would not hear; therefore this distress has come upon us.” And Reuben answered them, saying, “Did I not speak to you, saying, ‘Do not sin against the […]
NOVEMBER 23, 2020 Genesis 42:6 Now Joseph was governor over the land; and it was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the earth. Considering his insight and wisdom, it must have occurred to Joseph that, one day, members of his family would show up […]
NOVEMBER 22, 2020 Genesis 42:1-2 When Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?” And he said, “Indeed I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down to that place and buy for us there, that we may live and not die.” According […]
NOVEMBER 21, 2020 Genesis 41:53-54 Then the seven years of plenty which were in the land of Egypt ended, and the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph had said. The famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. More than the years of plenty, the years […]
NOVEMBER 20, 2020 Genesis 41:50-52 Before the years of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On. Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh and said, “It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.” The second son he named Ephraim and said, “It is because God […]
NOVEMBER 19, 2020 Genesis 41:45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-paneah. And he gave him in marriage Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On. So Joseph went out over the land of Egypt. For someone to receive a new name is not exclusively Egyptian in nature. There are several instances in Scripture where someone […]