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Day 99
when his brothers were ready to leave.
Joseph gave these instructions to his
palace manager, fill each of their sacks
with as much grain as they can carry, and
put each man's money back into his sack.
Then put my personal silver cup at
the top of the youngest brother sack,
along with the money for his grain.
So the manager did is
Joseph instructed him.
The brothers were up at dawn and were
sent on their journey with their loaded
donkeys, but when they had gone only
a short distance and were barely out
of the city, Joseph said to his palace
manager, chase after them and stop them.
When you catch up with them,
ask them, why have you repaid
my kindness with such evil?
Why have you stolen my Master silver
cup, which he uses to predict the future?
What a wicked thing you have done.
When the palace manager caught
up with the men, he spoke to
them as he had been instructed.
What are you talking about?
The brothers responded.
We are your servants, and
would never do such a thing.
Didn't we return the money
we found in our sacks?
We brought it back all the
way from the land of Canaan.
Why would we steal silver or
gold from your master's house?
If you find his cup with any one of
us, let that man die and all the rest
of us, my Lord will be your slaves.
That's fair.
The man replied, but only the one
who stole the cup will be my slave.
The rest of you may go free.
They all quickly took their sacks from
the backs of their donkeys and open them.
The palace manager searched the brothers
sacks from the oldest to the youngest,
and the cup was found in Benjamin Sack.
When the brothers saw this, they
tore their clothing in despair.
Then they loaded their donkeys
again and returned to the city.
Joseph was still in his palace when
Judah and his brothers arrived and
they fell to the ground before him.
What have you done?
Joseph demanded, don't you know that
a man like me can predict the future?
Judah answered.
Oh my Lord.
What can we say to you?
How can we explain this?
How can we prove our innocence?
God is punishing us for our sins.
My Lord, we have all
returned to be your slaves.
All of us.
Not just our brother who
had your cup and his sack.
No.
Joseph said I would never do such a thing.
Only the man who stole
the cup will be my slave.
The rest of you may go back
to your father in peace.
Then Judah stepped forward and
said, please, my Lord, let your
servant say just one word to you.
Please do not be angry with
me, even though you are as
powerful as Pharaoh himself.
My Lord.
Previously you asked us your servants.
Do you have a father or a brother?
And we responded, yes, my Lord.
We have a father who is an old man and his
youngest son is a child of his old age.
His full brother is dead and he alone
is left of his mother's children.
And his father loves him very much.
And you said to us, bring him here
so I can see him with my own eyes.
But we said to you, my Lord,
the boy cannot leave his father
for his father would die.
But you told us.
Unless your youngest brother comes with
you, you will never see my face again.
So we returned to your servant,
our father, and told him what you
had said later when he said, go
back again and buy us more food.
We replied, we can't go unless you
let our youngest brother go with us.
We'll never get to see the man's face
unless our youngest brother is with us.
Then my father said to us, as you
know, my wife had two sons and one
of them went away and never returned.
Doubtless.
He was torn to pieces by some wild animal.
I have never seen him since.
Now, if you take his brother away
from me and any harm comes to
him, you will send this grieving
white-haired man to his grave.
I now, my Lord, I cannot go back
to my father without the boy.
Our father's life is bound
up in the boy's life.
If he sees that the boy is not
with us, our father will die.
We, your servants will indeed be
responsible for sending that grieving
white-haired man to his grave.
My Lord.
I guaranteed to my father that
I would take care of the boy.
I told him, if I don't bring him back
to you, I will bear the blame forever.
So please, my Lord, let me stay here
as a slave instead of the boy and
let the boy return with his brothers.
For how can I return to my
father if the boy is not with me?
I couldn't bear to see the anguish.
This would cause My father,
Joseph could stand it no longer.
There were many people in the room and he
said to his attendance out, all of you.
So he was alone with his brothers
when he told them who he was,
then he broke down and wept.
He wept so loudly the Egyptians
could hear him in word of it.
Quickly carried the pharaoh's palace.
I am Joseph.
He said to his brothers,
is my father still alive?
But his brothers were speechless.
They were stunned to realize that Joseph
was standing there in front of them.
Please come closer.
He said to them.
So they came closer and he said,
again, I am Joseph, your brother,
whom you sold into slavery in Egypt.
But don't be upset and don't be angry with
yourselves for selling me to this place.
It was God who sent me here ahead
of you to preserve your lives.
This famine that has ravaged the land
for two years will last five more years.
The there will be neither
plowing nor harvesting.
God has sent me ahead of you to
keep you and your families alive
and to preserve many survivors.
So it was God who sent me here, not you.
And he is the one who made me an advisor
to Pharaoh, the manager of his entire
palace, and the governor of all Egypt.
Now, hurry back to my father and tell
him this is what your son Joseph says.
God has made me master over all the land
of Egypt, so come down to me immediately.
You can live in the region of Goshen,
where you can be near me with all
your children and grandchildren.
Your flocks and herds and everything you
own, I will take care of you there for,
there are still five years of famine
ahead of us, otherwise you, your household
and all your animals will starve.
Then Joseph added look, you can see for
yourselves and so can my brother Benjamin,
that I really am Joseph, go tell my father
of my honored position here in Egypt.
Describe for him everything you
have seen and then bring my father
here quickly weeping with joy.
He embraced Benjamin and
Benjamin did the same.
Then Joseph kissed each of his brothers
and wept over them, and after that,
they began talking freely with him.
The news soon reached Pharaoh's palace.
Joseph's brothers have arrived.
Pharaoh and his officials were
all delighted to hear this.
Pharaoh said to Joseph, tell your
brothers this is what you must do.
Load your pack animals and hurry
back to the land of Canaan.
Then get your father and all of
your families and return here to me.
I will give you the very best land
in Egypt, and you will eat from
the best that the land produces.
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, tell your
brothers, take wagons from the land of
Egypt to carry your little children and
your wives and bring your father here.
Don't worry about your
personal belongings.
For the best of all, the
land of Egypt is yours.
So the sons of Jacob did, as they
were told, Joseph provided them with
wagons as Pharaoh had commanded, and
he gave them supplies for the journey
and he gave each of them new clothes.
But to Benjamin, he gave five changes
of clothes and 300 pieces of silver.
He also sent his father 10 male donkeys
loaded with the finest products of Egypt.
And 10 female donkeys loaded with
grain and bread and other supplies
he would need on his journey.
So Joseph sent his brothers off that
as they left, he called after them.
Don't quarrel about all this along the
way, and they left Egypt and returned to
their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
Joseph is still alive.
They told him that he is governor
of all the land of Egypt.
Jacob was stunned at the news.
He couldn't believe it.
But when they repeated to Jacob,
everything Joseph had told them, and
when he saw the wagons Joseph had sent to
carry him, their father's spirits revived.
Then Jacob exclaimed.
It must be true, my son Joseph is alive.
I must go and see him before I die.
So Jacob set out for Egypt
with all his possessions.
And when he came to Beersheba,
he offered sacrifices to the
God of his father, Isaac.
During the night, God
spoke to him in a vision.
Jacob.
Jacob, he called.
Here I am Jacob, replied, I
am God the God of your father.
The voice said, do not be
afraid to go down to Egypt.
For there I will make your
family into a great nation.
I will go with you down to Egypt
and I will bring you back again.
You will die in Egypt, but Joseph
will be with you to close your eyes.
So Jacob left Beba and his
sons took him to Egypt.
They carried him and their little
ones and their wives and the wagons
Pharaoh had provided for them.
They also took all their livestock
and all the personal belongings they
had acquired and the land of Canaan.
So Jacob and his entire
family went to Egypt.
Sons and grandsons.
Daughters and granddaughters,
all his descendants.
These are the names of
the descendants of Israel.
The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt.
Ruben was Jacob's oldest son.
The sons of Ruben were Hena,
Palou, Haran, and Cari.
The sons of Simeon were Gul,
Jamon, Ohad, Jake, Zohar, and Shaw.
Shaw's mother was a Canaanite woman.
The sons of Levi were
Gersin, koha, and Morra.
The sons of Judah were er,
Onin, Sheila Pez and Zira.
Though er and Onin had died in
the land of Canaan, the sons
of Pez were Hezron and Hamel.
The sons of Iscar were
Puah, Jacob and Shiran.
The Sons of Zebulun were
Seid, Elin, and Jole.
These were the sons of Leah and
Jacob who were born in Patton Arum.
In addition to their daughter Dina.
The number of Jacob's descendants
male and female through Leah was 33.
The sons of Gad were Zon, haggy,
Sai, ban, ERI, ADI, and a rely.
The Sons of Asher were Imna ish.
Ish and bh.
Their sister was Sera BHS
sons were Hebrew and Malkiel.
These were the sons of Ilpa, the
servant given to Leah by her father.
Leban.
The number of Jacob's
descendants through Ilpa was 16.
The Sons of Jacob's wife,
Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
Joseph's sons born in the land
of Egypt were Manasa and Rai.
Their mother was Asana, daughter of Tiara.
The priest of On Benjamin's sons
were Bela, beaker, Ash, Gira, Neen,
IHI, ra, maim Hop, him and Ard.
These were the sons of Rachel and Jacob.
The number of Jacob's descendants
through Rachel was 14.
The son of Dan was Hugeum.
The sons of nafta lie were
Jael, uni, geezer, and Slum.
These were the sons of Bill Ha, the
servant given to Rachel by her father.
Laben.
The number of Jacob's descendants
through Bill Ha was seven.
The total number of Jacob's direct
descendants who went with him to Egypt,
not counting his son's wives was 66.
In addition, Joseph had two sons who
were born in Egypt, so altogether
there were 70 members of Jacob's
family in the land of Egypt.
This concludes today's
immerse reading experience.
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