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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.
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