Saturday, April 22, 2017

GEN 45



As joseph recounts his experience
from being sold, his hatred, his
sadness, his love for family is
caught in turmoil in his heart, and
he cannot truly express one or the
other, so he just cries.  His actions
here say way more than his words
ever could.


So, joseph cannot refrain himself
from crying out loud. He is totally
overwhelmed with emotion and
cries to the extent that the men on
the outside of the house could
hear and identify that it was
Joseph that was crying. This must
have been a response which was
out of his control.


45:5-7 Joseph finally understands and explains to his brethren that God sent him to Egypt to preserve the life of his family.

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The brothers at first could not recognize joseph because he looked like an Egyptian.


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45:8 Joseph confirms that he has the power of pharaoh.


45:9 In this verse Joseph does not order the brothers to explain to their father, that they were the ones who sold him into slaver into Egypt. Instead just gives the order for Israel to come to Egypt because he has sustenance enough to provide for him and his family.

Joseph is accepting that it was God who caused him to be sold into slavery into Egypt.


45:16-24 Note that Pharaoh is pleased to entertain the brethren of Joseph. He invites them in and offers the good of the land to them.


Jacob purposes in his heart to see Joseph before he dies.

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