Genesis 42:1-28 - Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt. It’s Payback! Gen 42:1-2 - When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you just keep looking at each other?” 2 He continued, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.” Jacob’s Hangry! He’s hungry, he’s angry, he’s out of patience. They’ve all got families, kids, grandkids and they’re all Hangry… starving to death! Why are you all just sitting around looking at each other! Do something! I’ve heard there’s grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some before we lose everything we have and die! Gen. 42:3-9A - 3 Then ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt. 4 But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with the others, because he was afraid that harm might come to him. 5 So Israel’s sons were among those who went to buy grain, for there was famine in the land of Canaan also. 6 Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the person who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground. 7 As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them. “Where do you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied, “to buy food.” 8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him. With all these people in the surrounding countries coming to Egypt to buy grain you have to wonder if Joseph ever thought he would see his Father and family? Joseph’s brothers had no idea Joseph was still alive, and they certainly didn’t think he would be the Prime Minister of Egypt! NOTE: We think it’s frustrating to run out of Striking Paper, Sanitizer and Lysol spray because of a Virus? Imagine a famine so bad you run out of food. You’ve had one biscuit to last you all week this last week and you ate the last bite of it on Saturday. There’s no food! People are traveling from all over the world to Egypt to buy grain just to stay alive. So here his brothers are standing before Joseph to purchase grain. They don’t recognize him but he recognizes them! (Joseph is in his late 30’s clean shaven, Egyptian Headdress, speaks through a translator) and all they see is this powerful Egyptian Official. Gen. 42:9-13 - 9 Then he remembered his dreams about them and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see where our land is unprotected.” 10 “No, my lord,” they answered. “Your servants have come to buy food. 11 We are all the sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.” 12 “No!” he said to them. “You have come to see where our land is unprotected.” 13 But they replied, “Your servants were twelve brothers, the sons of one man, who lives in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.” Joseph has a flashback to his dreams of 20 years ago... when Joseph shared his dreams with his family. Gen. 37:7 - “We were out in the field, tying up bundles of grain. Suddenly my bundle stood up, and your bundles all gathered around and bowed low before mine!” Gen. 37: 9 - “Listen, I have had another dream,” he said. “The sun, moon, and eleven stars bowed low before me!” Don’t you know that it was so tempting for Joseph to reveal himself and say “I told you so!” Talk about an opportunity for Payback! Joseph, doesn’t do that, he doesn’t reveal himself. He buys a little time, acts suspicious of them and accuses them of being spies. Joseph’s brothers are freaking out. Wait a minute, we’re not spies. We’ve just come to buy food, and they reveal to Joseph that his Father Jacob and his brother Benjamin are still alive.
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