Genesis Chapter 45 Deep-Dive: Joseph Reveals Himself to His Brothers

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Gen 45 Joseph Provides for His Brothers and Family

AFTER JUDAH HAS OFFERED TO TAKE THE PLACE OF BENJAMIN AND BE PLACED IN SLAVERY IN EGYPT … 1Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him. He cried, “Make everyone go out from me.” So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 2And he wept aloud, so that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it.  JOSEPH IS DISTRAUGHT AND CRYING LOUDLY 3And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence.  GUILT AND SHAME WORK THEIR WONDERFUL SUPERNATURAL POWER FROM GOD AND THEY FINALLY REPENT AND CONFESS THEIR SIN … BEFORE GOD CAN HEAL US WE NEED TO REPENT AND TURN TO HIM! 

4So Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” And they came near. And he said, “I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. 5And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. 6For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. 7And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. 8So it was not you who sent me here, but God.  AND IN ORDER FOR THIS PLAN TO WORK GOD HAD TO CAUSE THIS WORLDWIDE MASSIVE FAMINE … GOD CONTROLS ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, ALSO, JOSEPH NEVER SAYS “HEY, WHAT YOU DID, IT’S OK”, HE SAYS, NO LONGER BE DISTRESSED OR ANGY WITH YOURSELVES BECAUSE GOD HAD A PURPOSE TO USE YOUR BAD BEHAVIOR AND I HAVE FORGIVEN YOU … BACK TO JOSEPH SPEAKING He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 9Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not tarry. 10You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children’s children, and your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. 11There I will provide for you, for there are yet five years of famine to come, so that you and your household, and all that you have, do not come to poverty.’ 12And now your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.  I REALLY AM JOSEPH 13You must tell my father of all my honor in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. Hurry and bring my father down here.” 14Then he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck and wept, and Benjamin wept upon his neck.  BENJAMIN IS JOSEPH’S FOCUS 15And he JOSEPH kissed all his brothers and wept upon them. After that his brothers talked with him.  CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THAT CONVERSATION WAS LIKE?

16When the report was heard in Pharaoh’s house, “Joseph’s brothers have come,” it pleased Pharaoh and his servants.  PHAROAH IS STILL A SUPPORTER OF JOSEPH … JOSEPH MUST STILL BE DOING AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB! 17And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: load your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan, 18and take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.’ 19And you, Joseph, are commanded PHAROAH IS STILL PHAROAH to say, ‘Do this: take wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 20Have no concern for your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”

21The sons of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the command of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey. 22To each and all of them he gave a change of clothes, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five changes of clothes. 23To his father he sent as follows: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and provision for his father on the journey. 24Then he sent his brothers away, and as they departed, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way.”  THAT IS HILARIOUS!!  JOSEPH STILL KNOWS HIS BROTHERS WELL!

25So they went up out of Egypt and came to the land of Canaan to their father Jacob. 26And they told him, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” And his heart became numb, for he did not believe them. GOD SUPRISES JACOB WITH JOY!  27But when they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived. 28And Israel said, “It is enough; Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”  THE STUFF DIDN’T MATTER TO JACOB, HIS FOCUS WAS ON JOSEPH’S APPARENT RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD.  ABEL’S BLOOD CALLS OUT FOR VENGEANCE, BUT CHRIST’S BLOOD CALLS OUT FOR FORGIVENESS, JOSEPH KNOWS GOD INTIMATELY AND HAS FORGIVEN HIS BROTHERS NOW THAT HE KNOWS THAT BENJAMIN IS SAFE, AND HE DID IT WITHOUT THEM ASKING FOR IT

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