April 8, 2025 • 19 mins
Joseph tests his brothers with an elaborate setup involving his silver cup placed in Benjamin's sack, creating a situation where their loyalty to family is challenged. This pivotal moment reveals the transformation in their hearts as they face a choice between self-preservation and protecting their brother.
• Joseph instructs his steward to plant his valuable silver cup in Benjamin's sack while filling all their sacks with grain
• When accused of theft, the brothers confidently deny wrongdoing and make a rash vow that whoever has the cup should die
• The discovery of the cup in Benjamin's sack leads to a critical moment where all brothers return to the city instead of abandoning him
• Judah delivers an impassioned plea to Joseph, recounting their father's health depends on Benjamin's return
• In a dramatic reversal of his past betrayal of Joseph, Judah offers himself as a substitute slave in place of Benjamin
• The brothers' actions demonstrate significant character transformation from their earlier betrayal of Joseph 21 years before
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Grace and peace to you from God, our Father and our
Lord and Savior, jesus Christ.
This week we're going to bestudying Genesis, chapter 44,
where Joseph tests his brothers.
Let's give a little context andbackground to this story.
This is the second timeJoseph's brothers have come to
(00:24):
Egypt to get grain.
There is a severe famine in allof the land.
It includes the land of Egyptand the land of Canaan, syria
and Arabia.
This is a famine that hasaffected all of the civilized
world at this time and Egypt hasbecome the world's breadbasket.
(00:46):
Governor Joseph met with hisbrothers, had his brothers
brought to his house and atewith them all, while his
brothers still do not know that.
This is in fact Joseph Startingin verse 1 of chapter 44,.
Then he commanded the stewardof his house Fill the men's
(01:10):
sacks with food as much as theycan carry and put each man's
money in the mouth of his sackand put my cup, the silver cup,
in the mouth of the sack of theyoungest with his money for the
grain.
And he did as Joseph told him.
(01:32):
In the first two verses ofchapter 44, we find Joseph
continuing to care for andprovide for his family.
When he is given theopportunity as governor of Egypt
, he's given the opportunity.
As governor of Egypt, he givesthem, it says, as much grain as
their donkeys can possibly carryback to the land of Canaan.
(01:53):
It reminds us of such verses inthe New Testament as Romans
12,9, which reads that you mayobtain blessing.
(02:29):
And again we also see Josephreturn the money that his
brothers had bought to buy thegrain, this time just as he did
the last time.
We also had seen last week inchapter 43 that the steward of
Joseph told these brothers thathe had received the money for
their grain last time when hewas questioned.
We saw that in Genesis 43, 23.
(02:51):
So it's likely that Josephhimself is paying for this grain
out of his royal allowance.
Picking up in verse 3, as soonas the morning was light, the
men were sent away with theirdonkeys.
They had gone only a shortdistance from the city.
Now Joseph said to his stewardUp, follow after the men and
(03:15):
when you overtake them, say tothem why have you repaid evil
for good, is it not?
From this?
In verses 3 through 5, we see afew things.
First, the 11 brothers ofIsrael are now sent away with
(03:41):
their donkeys fully loaded withgrain back to the land of Canaan
and they get a short way out ofthe city.
Now, the word for short heremeans they didn't get out of the
city.
It means none.
No, we're not.
So we can assume here that thebrothers had just gotten outside
the city.
(04:01):
And when they had just gottenoutside those city gates, joseph
sends his steward after them.
And the steward is to ask themthe question why have you repaid
evil for good?
Now, this phrase is anaccusation and it implies that
they have intentionally andsavagely taken advantage of
(04:23):
another person.
This is all meant to be a testfor his brothers.
Joseph is setting his brothersup.
So, even though we recognizethat Joseph is providing and
protecting his family with allof this grain, we also recognize
that Joseph isn't a pushover.
He's a very wise man and hewants to discern where his
(04:46):
brother's hearts are.
Additionally, this test thathis brothers will face could
place Benjamin in the hands ofJoseph for Benjamin's protection
if his brothers wish him harm.
All in all, joseph not only istesting his brothers, he's
(05:08):
looking out for the well-beingof his whole family as best he
can.
Joseph is a very wise anddiscerning man.
Additionally, the steward is toask them Is it not from this
that my Lord drinks and by thispractices divination.
(05:29):
Now, as we recognized last week,joseph is a man that fears the
Lord.
He doesn't practice occultdivination.
However, joseph having hisstewards say this is all part of
an elaborate test to see wherehis brothers are and check their
loyalty to both God and family.
(05:50):
He wanted his brothers tobelieve he had powers of
supernatural divination.
As we mentioned last week, thesilver cup was a large silver
goblet.
It was a highly valued gobletgiven by the Egyptians, made of
costly material, and theEgyptians used such cups for
(06:13):
occultic divination.
Joseph having this cupcertainly does not mean he would
ever use it for any kind ofoccultic ritual, but rather
Egyptian culture had anexpectation of anyone in the
royal court who was able to bein touch with the gods to have
(06:33):
one.
This cup was given to Joseph aspart of the Egyptian culture,
as a symbol of his status, theproven ability that he had to
interpret dreams for the Pharaoh.
Finally, joseph's steward is toaccuse them of doing evil by
taking this cup.
When he overtook them, he spoketo them these words.
(06:57):
They said to him why does myLord speak such words as these?
Far be it from your servants todo such a thing.
Behold the money that we foundin the mouth of our sacks.
We brought back to you from theland of Canaan.
How, then, could we stealsilver or gold from your Lord's
house?
Whichever of your servants isfound with it shall die, and we
(07:20):
also will be my Lord's servants,he said.
Let it be as you say he who isfound with it shall be my
servant, and the rest of youshall be innocent.
Then each man quickly loweredhis sack to the ground and each
man opened his sack and hesearched, beginning with the
(07:41):
eldest and ending with theyoungest, and the cup was found
in Benjamin's sack.
And then they tore theirclothes and every man loaded his
donkey and they returned to thecity.
Here, in verses 6 through 12, wesee that the steward catches up
with the brothers and he speaksthe words that Joseph had told
(08:05):
him, accusing them of evil andof theft.
The brothers couldn't believewhat they were hearing coming
from the steward, who had justpreviously, yesterday, told them
to be at peace and spoken wordsof their God.
They told the steward theywould have never done such a
thing.
(08:25):
As they do, they remind thesteward of their faithfulness to
bring back that money that wasreturned last time, basically
asking him why would we stealfrom you if we were honest
enough to bring back all thatmoney?
Then the brothers make a rashclaim, saying if any one of us
(08:45):
has this silver cup he will die.
The rest of us will be yourservants.
The steward says he's going tohold them accountable to their
word.
However, only the one foundwith the cup will be the
master's servant.
The rest will go home innocent.
Then the eleven brothersquickly unloaded their sacks
(09:07):
from their donkeys to show thesteward they had not stolen
anything and that they wereinnocent, making his way down by
age, finding nothing in eachsack until he ended with the
(09:35):
youngest, benjamin's pack.
Upon searching the eleventh andfinal sack, lo and behold,
there was the silver goblet.
When he found the silver goblet, the brothers tore their
clothes.
Tearing your clothes was awell-known custom which
outwardly portrayed an inwardpain of heartbreak.
These brothers were overwhelmedthat they had now given their
(10:00):
word of death to anyone foundwith this silver cup, that this
steward said he is going to holdthem accountable to their word,
not by killing the person, butby now making their brother
Benjamin, a slave.
And then they all returned tothe city.
That's a significant note here.
(10:22):
It tells us that all of thebrothers returned to the city,
showing there's a change inthese brothers' hearts and
behavior.
The brothers didn't just leaveBenjamin to become a slave, but
instead they stayed with him andthey're going to try and
protect him and defend his honor.
(10:43):
Picking up in verse 14.
When Judah and his brotherscame to Joseph's house, he was
still there.
Picking up in verse 14.
Divination, and Judah said whatshall we say to my Lord?
(11:07):
What shall we speak?
Or how can we clear ourselves?
God has found out the guilt ofyour servants.
Behold, we are my Lord'sservants, both we and he.
Also, in whose hand the cup hasbeen found.
But he said Far be it from methat I should do so.
(11:29):
Only the man in whose hand thecup was found shall be my
servant.
But as for you, go up in peaceto your father.
In verses 14 through 17, we seeall the brothers coming back to
Joseph's home, along with thesteward.
And when they arrive atJoseph's home, along with the
steward.
And when they arrive atJoseph's home, he's still there.
(11:52):
Joseph is waiting to see whathappened.
The brothers are broken.
They show their humility andsubmission to the authority of
the governor in the face oftheir brother's impending doom,
and Joseph begins to questionhis brothers about how they
could have possibly done such athing.
(12:13):
He plays the part of an Egyptianwho practices occult divination
and tests their loyalty to Godand their family.
Judah replies what shall we say?
What shall we speak?
How can we clear our name Now,while in the past these brothers
have made a life out of lyingand telling half-truths to cover
(12:36):
their tracks?
Judah speaks up andacknowledges that, under these
circumstances, he is unsure ofwhat to say.
Judah then confesses what heand the brothers have been
fearing for over a year now,since they first came to Egypt,
and that all of thesedifficulties that they've been
(12:57):
facing is because the Lord hasfound out their guilt about
selling Joseph to the Egyptiansand he is repaying them for
their guilt.
Judah then tells GovernorJoseph that all of the brothers
will now be his slaves, perhapshoping that this will somehow
(13:21):
trigger the governor toreconsider.
However, governor Joseph remainscalm and consistent.
He says Only the man whose handthe cup was found shall be my
servant, but as for you, go upin peace to your father, verse
18,.
Then Judah went up to him andsaid O my Lord, please let your
(13:44):
servant speak a word in myLord's ears and not let your
anger burn against your servant,for you are like Pharaoh
himself.
My Lord asked his servantssaying have you a father or
brother?
And we said to my Lord, we havea father, an old man, and a
(14:05):
younger brother, the child ofhis old age.
His brother is dead and healone is left of his mother's
children and his father loveshim.
Then you said to your servantsBring him down to me that I may
set my eyes on him.
We said to my lord, the boycannot leave his father, for if
(14:27):
he should leave his father, hisfather would die.
Then you said to your servantsUnless your younger brother
comes down with you, you shallnot see my face again.
When we went back to yourservant, my father, we told him
the words of my lord.
And when our father said, goagain, buy us a little food, we
(14:48):
said we cannot go down.
If our youngest brother doesnot go with us, then we will go
down, for we cannot see theman's face unless our youngest
brother is with us.
Then your servant, my father,said to us you know that my wife
bore me two sons.
One has left me.
(15:09):
I said Surely he has been tornto pieces and I have never seen
him since.
If you take this one also fromme and harm happens to him, you
will bring down my gray hairs inevil to shoal here.
In verses 18-29, judah gets upoff the ground, walks up to
(15:31):
Governor Joseph, still notknowing that this is his brother
, and pleads with him not to beangry, acknowledging that he has
power in Egypt, like thePharaoh himself.
The tone of words that Judahuses here both demonstrate his
respect for the governor'sauthority, as well as petition
(15:52):
that he please listen to him andnot reject what he's about to
say outright.
Judah then begins one of thelongest recorded speeches in
Genesis, describing the eventsof the last two chapters.
Again, we find Judah spins thisstory compared to the other
narratives in Genesis.
(16:12):
However, despite thediscrepancies in Judah's story,
he makes a passionate plea forhis brother, benjamin.
In his plea, judah mentions howBenjamin is the last of two
sons from a wife that theirfather, jacob, had, how the
other son from this woman waskilled and he was torn to pieces
(16:35):
by a beast.
Then Judah says that theirfather said, if Benjamin was
taken from him or harm were tocome to him, the grief would
bring him down to the graveVerse 30,.
Now, therefore, as soon as Icome to your servant, my father
(17:03):
Verse 30.
And your servants will bringthe gray hairs of your servant,
our father, with sorrow, to showFor your servant became a
pledge of safety for the boy tomy father, saying If I do not
bring him back to you, then Ishall bear the blame before my
(17:25):
father all my life, blame beforemy father all my life.
Now, therefore, please let yourservant remain instead of the
boy as a servant to my Lord, andlet the boy go back with his
brothers.
For how can I go back to myfather if the boy is not with me
?
I fear to see the evil thatwould find my father.
(17:48):
Fear to see the evil that wouldfind my father.
In these last four verses ofchapter 44, judah begins to
describe how Jacob's life andhealth is tied so closely to the
safety and life of Benjamin.
Then Judah tells GovernorJoseph how he had pledged his
(18:08):
own life that he would bringBenjamin back safely, telling
Jacob if I do not bring him backto you, then I shall bear the
blame before my father all mylife.
Judah then pleads again withGovernor Joseph.
Take me as your slave in placeof Benjamin.
Allow Benjamin to go back to myfather with the rest of the
(18:32):
brothers.
And finally he says what Judahsays and does here in the sight
of Governor.
Joseph shows Joseph that he iswilling to give up his life for
his brother and the health ofhis father.
This stands in contrast to howJudah had previously convinced
his brothers to sell Joseph intoslavery.
(18:53):
Judah's compassion for hisfamily and his willingness to
substitute himself for theirwell-being shows he's not the
heartless man he was 21 yearsago when he conspired with his
other brothers.
Thank you for joining me thisweek and join me next week when
(19:18):
Joseph reveals himself to hisbrothers and is able to provide
fully for his family.
God bless you this week.
Grace and peace to you from God, our Father and our
Lord and Savior, jesus Christ.
This week we're going to bestudying Genesis, chapter 44,
where Joseph tests his brothers.
Let's give a little context andbackground to this story.
This is the second timeJoseph's brothers have come to
(00:24):
Egypt to get grain.
There is a severe famine in allof the land.
It includes the land of Egyptand the land of Canaan, syria
and Arabia.
This is a famine that hasaffected all of the civilized
world at this time and Egypt hasbecome the world's breadbasket.
(00:46):
Governor Joseph met with hisbrothers, had his brothers
brought to his house and atewith them all, while his
brothers still do not know that.
This is in fact Joseph Startingin verse 1 of chapter 44,.
Then he commanded the stewardof his house Fill the men's
(01:10):
sacks with food as much as theycan carry and put each man's
money in the mouth of his sackand put my cup, the silver cup,
in the mouth of the sack of theyoungest with his money for the
grain.
And he did as Joseph told him.
(01:32):
In the first two verses ofchapter 44, we find Joseph
continuing to care for andprovide for his family.
When he is given theopportunity as governor of Egypt
, he's given the opportunity.
As governor of Egypt, he givesthem, it says, as much grain as
their donkeys can possibly carryback to the land of Canaan.
(01:53):
It reminds us of such verses inthe New Testament as Romans
12,9, which reads that you mayobtain blessing.
(02:29):
And again we also see Josephreturn the money that his
brothers had bought to buy thegrain, this time just as he did
the last time.
We also had seen last week inchapter 43 that the steward of
Joseph told these brothers thathe had received the money for
their grain last time when hewas questioned.
We saw that in Genesis 43, 23.
(02:51):
So it's likely that Josephhimself is paying for this grain
out of his royal allowance.
Picking up in verse 3, as soonas the morning was light, the
men were sent away with theirdonkeys.
They had gone only a shortdistance from the city.
Now Joseph said to his stewardUp, follow after the men and
(03:15):
when you overtake them, say tothem why have you repaid evil
for good, is it not?
From this?
In verses 3 through 5, we see afew things.
First, the 11 brothers ofIsrael are now sent away with
(03:41):
their donkeys fully loaded withgrain back to the land of Canaan
and they get a short way out ofthe city.
Now, the word for short heremeans they didn't get out of the
city.
It means none.
No, we're not.
So we can assume here that thebrothers had just gotten outside
the city.
(04:01):
And when they had just gottenoutside those city gates, joseph
sends his steward after them.
And the steward is to ask themthe question why have you repaid
evil for good?
Now, this phrase is anaccusation and it implies that
they have intentionally andsavagely taken advantage of
(04:23):
another person.
This is all meant to be a testfor his brothers.
Joseph is setting his brothersup.
So, even though we recognizethat Joseph is providing and
protecting his family with allof this grain, we also recognize
that Joseph isn't a pushover.
He's a very wise man and hewants to discern where his
(04:46):
brother's hearts are.
Additionally, this test thathis brothers will face could
place Benjamin in the hands ofJoseph for Benjamin's protection
if his brothers wish him harm.
All in all, joseph not only istesting his brothers, he's
(05:08):
looking out for the well-beingof his whole family as best he
can.
Joseph is a very wise anddiscerning man.
Additionally, the steward is toask them Is it not from this
that my Lord drinks and by thispractices divination.
(05:29):
Now, as we recognized last week,joseph is a man that fears the
Lord.
He doesn't practice occultdivination.
However, joseph having hisstewards say this is all part of
an elaborate test to see wherehis brothers are and check their
loyalty to both God and family.
(05:50):
He wanted his brothers tobelieve he had powers of
supernatural divination.
As we mentioned last week, thesilver cup was a large silver
goblet.
It was a highly valued gobletgiven by the Egyptians, made of
costly material, and theEgyptians used such cups for
(06:13):
occultic divination.
Joseph having this cupcertainly does not mean he would
ever use it for any kind ofoccultic ritual, but rather
Egyptian culture had anexpectation of anyone in the
royal court who was able to bein touch with the gods to have
(06:33):
one.
This cup was given to Joseph aspart of the Egyptian culture,
as a symbol of his status, theproven ability that he had to
interpret dreams for the Pharaoh.
Finally, joseph's steward is toaccuse them of doing evil by
taking this cup.
When he overtook them, he spoketo them these words.
(06:57):
They said to him why does myLord speak such words as these?
Far be it from your servants todo such a thing.
Behold the money that we foundin the mouth of our sacks.
We brought back to you from theland of Canaan.
How, then, could we stealsilver or gold from your Lord's
house?
Whichever of your servants isfound with it shall die, and we
(07:20):
also will be my Lord's servants,he said.
Let it be as you say he who isfound with it shall be my
servant, and the rest of youshall be innocent.
Then each man quickly loweredhis sack to the ground and each
man opened his sack and hesearched, beginning with the
(07:41):
eldest and ending with theyoungest, and the cup was found
in Benjamin's sack.
And then they tore theirclothes and every man loaded his
donkey and they returned to thecity.
Here, in verses 6 through 12, wesee that the steward catches up
with the brothers and he speaksthe words that Joseph had told
(08:05):
him, accusing them of evil andof theft.
The brothers couldn't believewhat they were hearing coming
from the steward, who had justpreviously, yesterday, told them
to be at peace and spoken wordsof their God.
They told the steward theywould have never done such a
thing.
(08:25):
As they do, they remind thesteward of their faithfulness to
bring back that money that wasreturned last time, basically
asking him why would we stealfrom you if we were honest
enough to bring back all thatmoney?
Then the brothers make a rashclaim, saying if any one of us
(08:45):
has this silver cup he will die.
The rest of us will be yourservants.
The steward says he's going tohold them accountable to their
word.
However, only the one foundwith the cup will be the
master's servant.
The rest will go home innocent.
Then the eleven brothersquickly unloaded their sacks
(09:07):
from their donkeys to show thesteward they had not stolen
anything and that they wereinnocent, making his way down by
age, finding nothing in eachsack until he ended with the
(09:35):
youngest, benjamin's pack.
Upon searching the eleventh andfinal sack, lo and behold,
there was the silver goblet.
When he found the silver goblet, the brothers tore their
clothes.
Tearing your clothes was awell-known custom which
outwardly portrayed an inwardpain of heartbreak.
These brothers were overwhelmedthat they had now given their
(10:00):
word of death to anyone foundwith this silver cup, that this
steward said he is going to holdthem accountable to their word,
not by killing the person, butby now making their brother
Benjamin, a slave.
And then they all returned tothe city.
That's a significant note here.
(10:22):
It tells us that all of thebrothers returned to the city,
showing there's a change inthese brothers' hearts and
behavior.
The brothers didn't just leaveBenjamin to become a slave, but
instead they stayed with him andthey're going to try and
protect him and defend his honor.
(10:43):
Picking up in verse 14.
When Judah and his brotherscame to Joseph's house, he was
still there.
Picking up in verse 14.
Divination, and Judah said whatshall we say to my Lord?
(11:07):
What shall we speak?
Or how can we clear ourselves?
God has found out the guilt ofyour servants.
Behold, we are my Lord'sservants, both we and he.
Also, in whose hand the cup hasbeen found.
But he said Far be it from methat I should do so.
(11:29):
Only the man in whose hand thecup was found shall be my
servant.
But as for you, go up in peaceto your father.
In verses 14 through 17, we seeall the brothers coming back to
Joseph's home, along with thesteward.
And when they arrive atJoseph's home, along with the
steward.
And when they arrive atJoseph's home, he's still there.
(11:52):
Joseph is waiting to see whathappened.
The brothers are broken.
They show their humility andsubmission to the authority of
the governor in the face oftheir brother's impending doom,
and Joseph begins to questionhis brothers about how they
could have possibly done such athing.
(12:13):
He plays the part of an Egyptianwho practices occult divination
and tests their loyalty to Godand their family.
Judah replies what shall we say?
What shall we speak?
How can we clear our name Now,while in the past these brothers
have made a life out of lyingand telling half-truths to cover
(12:36):
their tracks?
Judah speaks up andacknowledges that, under these
circumstances, he is unsure ofwhat to say.
Judah then confesses what heand the brothers have been
fearing for over a year now,since they first came to Egypt,
and that all of thesedifficulties that they've been
(12:57):
facing is because the Lord hasfound out their guilt about
selling Joseph to the Egyptiansand he is repaying them for
their guilt.
Judah then tells GovernorJoseph that all of the brothers
will now be his slaves, perhapshoping that this will somehow
(13:21):
trigger the governor toreconsider.
However, governor Joseph remainscalm and consistent.
He says Only the man whose handthe cup was found shall be my
servant, but as for you, go upin peace to your father, verse
18,.
Then Judah went up to him andsaid O my Lord, please let your
(13:44):
servant speak a word in myLord's ears and not let your
anger burn against your servant,for you are like Pharaoh
himself.
My Lord asked his servantssaying have you a father or
brother?
And we said to my Lord, we havea father, an old man, and a
(14:05):
younger brother, the child ofhis old age.
His brother is dead and healone is left of his mother's
children and his father loveshim.
Then you said to your servantsBring him down to me that I may
set my eyes on him.
We said to my lord, the boycannot leave his father, for if
(14:27):
he should leave his father, hisfather would die.
Then you said to your servantsUnless your younger brother
comes down with you, you shallnot see my face again.
When we went back to yourservant, my father, we told him
the words of my lord.
And when our father said, goagain, buy us a little food, we
(14:48):
said we cannot go down.
If our youngest brother doesnot go with us, then we will go
down, for we cannot see theman's face unless our youngest
brother is with us.
Then your servant, my father,said to us you know that my wife
bore me two sons.
One has left me.
(15:09):
I said Surely he has been tornto pieces and I have never seen
him since.
If you take this one also fromme and harm happens to him, you
will bring down my gray hairs inevil to shoal here.
In verses 18-29, judah gets upoff the ground, walks up to
(15:31):
Governor Joseph, still notknowing that this is his brother
, and pleads with him not to beangry, acknowledging that he has
power in Egypt, like thePharaoh himself.
The tone of words that Judahuses here both demonstrate his
respect for the governor'sauthority, as well as petition
(15:52):
that he please listen to him andnot reject what he's about to
say outright.
Judah then begins one of thelongest recorded speeches in
Genesis, describing the eventsof the last two chapters.
Again, we find Judah spins thisstory compared to the other
narratives in Genesis.
(16:12):
However, despite thediscrepancies in Judah's story,
he makes a passionate plea forhis brother, benjamin.
In his plea, judah mentions howBenjamin is the last of two
sons from a wife that theirfather, jacob, had, how the
other son from this woman waskilled and he was torn to pieces
(16:35):
by a beast.
Then Judah says that theirfather said, if Benjamin was
taken from him or harm were tocome to him, the grief would
bring him down to the graveVerse 30,.
Now, therefore, as soon as Icome to your servant, my father
(17:03):
Verse 30.
And your servants will bringthe gray hairs of your servant,
our father, with sorrow, to showFor your servant became a
pledge of safety for the boy tomy father, saying If I do not
bring him back to you, then Ishall bear the blame before my
(17:25):
father all my life, blame beforemy father all my life.
Now, therefore, please let yourservant remain instead of the
boy as a servant to my Lord, andlet the boy go back with his
brothers.
For how can I go back to myfather if the boy is not with me
?
I fear to see the evil thatwould find my father.
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Fear to see the evil that wouldfind my father.
In these last four verses ofchapter 44, judah begins to
describe how Jacob's life andhealth is tied so closely to the
safety and life of Benjamin.
Then Judah tells GovernorJoseph how he had pledged his
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own life that he would bringBenjamin back safely, telling
Jacob if I do not bring him backto you, then I shall bear the
blame before my father all mylife.
Judah then pleads again withGovernor Joseph.
Take me as your slave in placeof Benjamin.
Allow Benjamin to go back to myfather with the rest of the
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brothers.
And finally he says what Judahsays and does here in the sight
of Governor.
Joseph shows Joseph that he iswilling to give up his life for
his brother and the health ofhis father.
This stands in contrast to howJudah had previously convinced
his brothers to sell Joseph intoslavery.
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Judah's compassion for hisfamily and his willingness to
substitute himself for theirwell-being shows he's not the
heartless man he was 21 yearsago when he conspired with his
other brothers.
Thank you for joining me thisweek and join me next week when
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Joseph reveals himself to hisbrothers and is able to provide
fully for his family.
God bless you this week.
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