[Judah said], "Let not your anger burn against your servant."GENESIS 44:18+The Pattern of PrayerThis is a perfect pattern of prayer, yes, of the feeling which should be in a prayer. Judah is bold and ...  Read More

[Judah said,] "How can we clear ourselves? God has found out the guilt of your servants."GENESIS 44:16+The Moment of ConfessionWe can offer nothing for our justification," they say; "we are guilty and...  Read More

[Joseph's steward] said, "Let it be as you say: he who is found with it shall be my servant, and the rest of you shall be innocent."GENESIS 44:10+Mortification Will Be Turned to JoyGod is not planning...  Read More

"Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!"GENESIS 44:7+Who, Me?[The brothers] rely on their righteousness and merits to remove the crime with which they have been charged, and they want to be ...  Read More

Joseph said to his steward, "Up, follow after the men, and when you overtake them, say to them, 'Why have you repaid evil for good?' "GENESIS 44:4+Self-Confidence AbolishedThe brothers, who had been t...  Read More

And he lifted up his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin. ... . "God be gracious to you, my son!"GENESIS 43:29+A Beloved Brother[Joseph] sees [Benjamin] in his house. . .. Here his natural affections as...  Read More

They brought into the house to [Joseph] the present that they had with them and bowed down to him to the ground. And he inquired about their welfare and said, "Is your father well ... is he still aliv...  Read More

And the men were afraid because they were brought to Joseph's house.GENESIS 43:18+The Remedy for AfflictionWhy do they not take hold of the Word, which can buoy them up and strengthen them, so that th...  Read More

“As for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved."GENESIS 43:14+A Son Is OfferedAt the end of all his misfortunes Jacob is hurled into such grief that he cries and sobs: "I am bereaved! I am...  Read More

Then their father Israel said to them, "If it must be so . . . take, also your brother, and arise, go again to the man."GENESIS 43:11, 13Entrusted to GodAt last faith conquers and triumphs, and Jacob ...  Read More

' But [Jacob] said, "My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If harm should happen to him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my ...  Read More

When they came to Jacob…they told him all that had happened to them, saying, . . "But we said to him, `We are honest men; we have never been spies. We are twelve brothers, sons of our father. One is n...  Read More