RedemptionGenesis 45:25-46:1So they went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan. They told him, “Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is ruler of all Egypt.” Jacob was stunned; he did not believe them. But when they told him everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the carts Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob revived. And Isra...  Read More

ForgivenessGenesis 45:1-5Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Have everyone leave my presence!” So there was no one with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers. And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household heard about it.Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still living?” But his broth...  Read More

TestingGenesis 44:1-5Now Joseph gave these instructions to the steward of his house: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack. Then put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” And he did as Joseph said.As morning dawned, the men were sent on their way with their donke...  Read More

BenjaminGenesis 43:1-2Now the famine was still severe in the land. So when they had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”Genesis 43:8Then Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy along with me and we will go at once, so that we and you and our children may live and not die.Genesis 43:29-30As he looked about and sa...  Read More

Week 5 - Monday: FamineGenesis 42:1-3When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons… “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”Then ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.Genesis 42:6Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the one who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph’s brot...  Read More

InfluenceGenesis 41:33-41; 46“And now let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man and put him in charge of the land of Egypt. Let Pharaoh appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance. They should collect all the food of these good years that are coming and store up the grain under the authority of Pharaoh, to be kept in the citi...  Read More