"My money has been put back; here it is in the mouth of my sack!" At this their hearts failed them, and [the brothers] turned trembling to one another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?"G...  Read More

"Let one of your brothers remain confined . . . and let the rest go and carry grain for the famine of your households, and bring your youngest brother to me."GENESIS 42:19-20+True RepentanceJoseph pra...  Read More

"Let one of your brothers remain confined where you are in custody, and let the rest go and carry grain for the famine of your households, and bring your youngest brother to me."GENESIS 42:19-20+The L...  Read More

Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke roughly to them.GENESIS 42:7+Harsh Words in Order to SaveJoseph deals rather harshly with his brothers. It is ...  Read More

When Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, . . . "Go down and buy grain for us there, that we may live and not die."GENESIS 42:1-2+Trust but Do Not TemptAt the end...  Read More

Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house." The name of the second he called Ephraim, "For God has made me fru...  Read More

Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and clothed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain about his neck.GENESIS 41:42+Civil AuthorityThose masks of j...  Read More

Pharaoh said to Joseph, "See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt."GENESIS 41:41+Wait for the LordBut how shall I be steadfast when there is such a mass of trouble?" you will say. Cling to the W...  Read More

"You shall be over my house, and all my people shall order themselves as you command."GENESIS 41:40+Far More AbundantlyHow splendidly God honors and exalts those who wait for the Lord and are able to ...  Read More

This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants.GENESIS 41:37+The Blessing of ListeningIt is also a gift of God that the words spoken by this prophet Joseph pleased the king and all the princes, co...  Read More

"The doubling of Pharaoh's dream means that the thing is fixed by God, and God will shortly bring it about."GENESIS 41:32+Fixed by God[Joseph] gives a reason why the dream is twofold and yet signifies...  Read More

Joseph answered Pharaoh, "It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer."GENESIS 41:16+God Will Give an AnswerThose who enter upon civil authority or any other position of government, who ...  Read More