1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,800 Hello, this is Father Paul and I'm glad we're taking this journey together to read the Bible 2 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,320 in a year. 3 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:12,760 Yesterday we heard about how God delivered Joseph from prison and that was through the 4 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:17,540 interpretation of dreams first with the butler and the cupbearer of Pharaoh and then with 5 00:00:17,540 --> 00:00:19,280 Pharaoh himself. 6 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:25,640 And after all this Pharaoh set him over all of Egypt second only to himself and how he 7 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:29,520 prepared Egypt to go through the seven years of famine. 8 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:34,800 And today we're going to hear about the reunion of Joseph and his brothers and their father 9 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:38,040 and what happens when they all meet again in Egypt. 10 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:39,040 Let's begin. 11 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:43,640 Today's readings are from Genesis 42 to 46. 12 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:45,640 Chapter 42 13 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:50,760 When Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, Why do you look at 14 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:51,760 one another? 15 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:55,260 And he said, Indeed, I have heard there is grain in Egypt. 16 00:00:55,260 --> 00:01:00,260 Go down to that place and buy for us there, that we may live and not die. 17 00:01:00,260 --> 00:01:03,680 So Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt. 18 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:08,480 But Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, Lest some 19 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:10,240 calamity befall him. 20 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:14,280 And the sons of Israel went to buy grain among those who journeyed, for the famine was in 21 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:15,920 the land of Canaan. 22 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:20,200 Now Joseph was governor over the land and it was he who sold to all the people of the 23 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:26,280 land, and Joseph's brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the earth. 24 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:30,160 Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he acted as a stranger to them and spoke 25 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:31,160 roughly to them. 26 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,280 Then he said to them, Where did you come from? 27 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,220 And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. 28 00:01:37,220 --> 00:01:40,720 So Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him. 29 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:44,920 Then Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed about them, and said to them, 30 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:46,080 You are spies. 31 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:48,880 You have come to see the nakedness of the land. 32 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:52,720 And they said to him, No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food. 33 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:54,720 We are all one man's sons. 34 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:55,880 We are honest men. 35 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:57,880 Your servants are not spies. 36 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:02,120 But he said to them, No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land. 37 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:07,080 And they said, Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan, 38 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:12,100 and in fact the youngest is with our father today, and one is no more. 39 00:02:12,100 --> 00:02:17,040 But Joseph said to them, It is as I spoke to you, saying, You are spies. 40 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:19,400 In this manner you shall be tested. 41 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:23,600 By the life of Pharaoh you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes 42 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:24,600 here. 43 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:28,660 Send one of you and let him bring your brother, and you shall be kept in prison, that your 44 00:02:28,660 --> 00:02:32,740 words may be tested to see whether there is any truth in you. 45 00:02:32,740 --> 00:02:36,600 Or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies. 46 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,600 So he put them all together in prison three days. 47 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:44,560 Then Joseph said to them the third day, Do this and live, for I fear God. 48 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:50,160 If you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined to your prison house, but you 49 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:54,560 go and carry grain for the famine of your houses, and bring your youngest brother to 50 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:59,200 me, so your words will be verified, and you shall not die. 51 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:00,480 And they did so. 52 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:04,440 Then they said to one another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, for we saw 53 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:09,500 the anguish of his soul when he pleaded with us, and we would not hear, therefore this 54 00:03:09,500 --> 00:03:11,460 distress has come upon us. 55 00:03:11,460 --> 00:03:16,000 And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the 56 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,560 boy, and you would not listen? 57 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,600 Therefore behold, his blood is now required of us. 58 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:26,800 But they did not know that Joseph understood them, for he spoke to them through an interpreter, 59 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,400 and he turned himself away from them and wept. 60 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:33,480 Then he returned to them again and talked with them, and he took Simeon from them and 61 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:36,320 bound him before their eyes. 62 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:40,560 Then Joseph gave a command, to fill their sacks with grain, to restore every man's 63 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:44,280 money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. 64 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:48,680 Thus he did for them, so they loaded their donkeys with the grain and departed from there. 65 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:53,200 But as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey feed at the encampment, he saw 66 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:56,540 his money, and there it was in the mouth of his sack. 67 00:03:56,540 --> 00:04:01,020 So he said to his brothers, My money has been restored, and there it is in my sack. 68 00:04:01,020 --> 00:04:04,780 Then their hearts failed them, and they were afraid, saying to one another, What is this 69 00:04:04,780 --> 00:04:07,080 that God has done to us? 70 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,160 Then they went to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan, and told him all that had 71 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:14,960 happened to them, saying, The man who is the Lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and 72 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:16,840 took us for spies of the country. 73 00:04:16,840 --> 00:04:19,960 But we said to him, We are honest men, we are not spies. 74 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:22,560 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father. 75 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:26,600 One is no more, and the youngest is with our father this day in the land of Canaan. 76 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:30,640 Then the man, the Lord of the country, said to us, By this I will know that you are honest 77 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:31,640 men. 78 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:35,840 Leave one of your brothers here with me, take food for the famine of your households, and 79 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:41,160 be gone, and bring your youngest brother to me, so I shall know that you are not spies, 80 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:42,640 but that you are honest men. 81 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:46,680 I will grant your brother to you, and you may trade in the land. 82 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:50,760 Then it happened, as they emptied their sacks, that surprisingly each man's bundle of money 83 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:56,640 was in his sack, and when they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. 84 00:04:56,640 --> 00:05:01,440 And Jacob their father said to them, You have bereaved me, Joseph is no more, Simeon is 85 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:04,360 no more, and you want to take Benjamin. 86 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,400 All these things are against me. 87 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:10,800 Then Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Kill my two sons if I do not bring him back to 88 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:11,800 you. 89 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:14,360 Put him in my hands, and I will bring him back to you. 90 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:18,920 But he said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is left 91 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:19,920 alone. 92 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:23,680 If any calamity should befall him along the way in which you go, then you would bring 93 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:27,440 down my grey hair with sorrow to the grave. 94 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:29,240 Chapter 43 95 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,960 Now the famine was severe in the land, and it came to pass when they had eaten up the 96 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:38,280 grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, Go back, buy us 97 00:05:38,280 --> 00:05:39,720 a little food. 98 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:45,120 But Judah spoke to him, saying, The man solemnly warned us, saying, You shall not see my face 99 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:46,920 unless your brother is with you. 100 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:50,320 If you send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food. 101 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:52,680 But if you will not send him, we will not go down. 102 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:57,180 For the man said to us, You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you. 103 00:05:57,180 --> 00:06:02,000 And Israel said, Why did you deal so wrongfully with me as to tell the man whether you had 104 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,880 still another brother? 105 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:08,560 But they said, The man asked us pointedly about ourselves and our family, saying, Is 106 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:10,240 your father still alive? 107 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:11,520 Have you another brother? 108 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:13,960 And we told him according to these words. 109 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:18,080 Could we possibly have known that he would say, Bring your brother down? 110 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:22,560 Then Judah said to Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go, 111 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:24,600 that we may live and not die. 112 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:29,800 Both we and you and also our little ones, I myself will be surety for him. 113 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:34,280 From my hand you shall require him, if I do not bring him back to you and set him before 114 00:06:34,280 --> 00:06:36,840 you, then let me bear the blame forever. 115 00:06:36,840 --> 00:06:41,460 For if we had not lingered, surely by now we would have returned this second time. 116 00:06:41,460 --> 00:06:45,920 And their father Israel said to them, If it must be so, then do this. 117 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:49,360 Take some of the best fruits of the land in your vessels and carry down a present for 118 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:55,640 the man, a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds. 119 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:59,520 Take double money in your hand and take back in your hand the money that was returned in 120 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:01,200 the mouth of your sacks. 121 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,000 Perhaps it was an oversight. 122 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,560 Take your brother also and arise, go back to the man. 123 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:11,680 And may God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother 124 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:12,880 and Benjamin. 125 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:15,580 If I am bereaved, I am bereaved. 126 00:07:15,580 --> 00:07:19,640 So the men took that present and Benjamin, and they took double money in their hand and 127 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:21,680 arose and went down to Egypt. 128 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:23,360 And they stood before Joseph. 129 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:28,360 When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, Take these men 130 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:33,080 to my home and slaughter an animal and make ready, for these men will dine with me at 131 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:34,080 noon. 132 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:39,880 Then the man did as Joseph ordered, and the man brought the men into Joseph's house. 133 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:44,160 Now the men were afraid because they were brought into Joseph's house, and they said, 134 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:48,440 It is because of the money which was returned in our sacks the first time that we are brought 135 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:54,480 in, so that he may make a case against us and seize us to take us as slaves with our 136 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:55,640 donkeys. 137 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:59,360 When they drew near to the steward of Joseph's house, they talked with him at the door of 138 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:04,800 the house and said, Oh sir, we indeed came down the first time to buy food. 139 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:09,400 But it happened when we came to the encampment that we opened our sacks, and there, each 140 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:13,400 man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight. 141 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:18,220 So we have brought it back in our hand, and we have brought down other money in our hands 142 00:08:18,220 --> 00:08:19,480 to buy food. 143 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,420 We do not know who put our money in our sacks. 144 00:08:22,420 --> 00:08:24,160 But he said, Peace be with you. 145 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:25,560 Do not be afraid. 146 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:29,480 For God and the God of your Father has given you treasure in your sacks. 147 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:31,200 I had your money. 148 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:33,120 Then he brought Simeon out to them. 149 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:36,720 So the men brought the men into Joseph's house and gave them water, and they washed 150 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:39,440 their feet, and he gave their donkeys feed. 151 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:43,440 Then they made the present ready for Joseph's coming at noon, for they heard that they would 152 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:44,880 eat bread there. 153 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:48,800 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the 154 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:52,000 house and bowed down before him to the earth. 155 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,600 Then he asked them about their well-being, and said, Is your father well? 156 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,840 The old man of whom you spoke, is he still alive? 157 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:02,200 And they answered, Your servant, our father, is in good health. 158 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:03,200 He is still alive. 159 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:06,320 And they bowed their heads down and prostrated themselves. 160 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:10,600 Then he lifted his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is 161 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,760 this your younger brother of whom you spoke to me? 162 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:17,000 And he said, God be gracious to you, my son. 163 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,000 Now his heart yearned for his brother. 164 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,980 So Joseph made haste and sought somewhere to weep. 165 00:09:21,980 --> 00:09:24,300 And he went into his chamber and wept there. 166 00:09:24,300 --> 00:09:28,240 Then he washed his face and came out, and he restrained himself and said, Serve the 167 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:29,400 bread. 168 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:33,800 So they set him a place by himself and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with 169 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:38,000 him by themselves, because the Egyptians could not eat food with the Hebrews, for that is 170 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,280 an abomination to the Egyptians. 171 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:44,640 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according 172 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:45,720 to his youth. 173 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:49,720 And the men looked in astonishment at one another, then he took servings to them from 174 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:50,720 before him. 175 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:55,240 But Benjamin's serving was five times as much as any of theirs, so they drank and were 176 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:57,640 merry with him. 177 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:00,960 Chapter 44 And he commanded the steward of his house, 178 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:05,700 saying, Fill the man's sacks with food as much as they can carry, and put each man's 179 00:10:05,700 --> 00:10:07,920 money in the mouth of his sack. 180 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:12,440 Also put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his grain 181 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:13,440 money. 182 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:16,160 And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. 183 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:21,080 As soon as the morning dawned, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys. 184 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:25,560 When they had gone out of the city and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, 185 00:10:25,560 --> 00:10:30,680 Get up, follow the men, and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you repaid evil 186 00:10:30,680 --> 00:10:31,840 for good? 187 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:35,500 Is not this the one from which my Lord drinks? 188 00:10:35,500 --> 00:10:38,240 And with which he indeed practices divination? 189 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:41,240 You have done evil in so doing. 190 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:44,520 So he overtook them, and he spoke to them these same words. 191 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:47,760 And they said to him, Why does my Lord say these words? 192 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:50,680 Far be it from us that your servants should do such a thing. 193 00:10:50,680 --> 00:10:54,400 Look, we brought back to you from the land of Canaan the money which we found in the 194 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:56,100 mouth of our sacks. 195 00:10:56,100 --> 00:10:59,800 How then could we steal silver or gold from your Lord's house? 196 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:03,440 With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die. 197 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:06,340 And we also will be my Lord's slaves. 198 00:11:06,340 --> 00:11:09,960 And he said, Now also let it be according to your words. 199 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:15,080 He with whom it is found shall be my slave, and you shall be blameless. 200 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:19,780 Then each man speedily led down his sack to the ground, and opened his sack. 201 00:11:19,780 --> 00:11:23,400 So he searched, he began with the oldest, and left off with the youngest. 202 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,040 And a cup was found in Benjamin's sack. 203 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:30,060 Then they tore their clothes, and each man loaded his donkey and returned to the city. 204 00:11:30,060 --> 00:11:33,960 So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, and he was still there. 205 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:35,720 And they fell before him on the ground. 206 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:38,960 And Joseph said to them, What deed is this you have done? 207 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:43,320 Did you not know that such a man as I can certainly practice divination? 208 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:46,000 Then Judah said, What shall we say to my Lord? 209 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:47,640 What shall we speak? 210 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:49,800 Or how shall we clear ourselves? 211 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:52,440 God has found out the iniquity of your servants. 212 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:57,860 Here we are, my Lord's slaves, both we and he, also with whom the cup was found. 213 00:11:57,860 --> 00:12:00,960 But he said, Far be it from me that I should do so. 214 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:04,440 The man in whose hand the cup was found, he shall be my slave. 215 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:07,680 And as for you, go up in peace to your father. 216 00:12:07,680 --> 00:12:12,000 And Judah came near to him and said, O my Lord, please let your servant speak a word 217 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:16,800 in my Lord's hearing, and do not let your anger burn against your servant, for you are 218 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:18,680 even like Pharaoh. 219 00:12:18,680 --> 00:12:22,640 My Lord asked his servant, saying, Have you a father or a brother? 220 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:27,360 And we said to my Lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, who 221 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:28,460 is young. 222 00:12:28,460 --> 00:12:32,560 His brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother's children, and his father 223 00:12:32,560 --> 00:12:34,080 loves him. 224 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:38,720 Then you said to your servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him. 225 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:43,160 And we said to my Lord, The lad cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, 226 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:44,160 his father would die. 227 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:48,240 But you said to your servants, Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you 228 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:50,240 shall see my face no more. 229 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:54,600 So it was, when we went up to your servant, my father, that we told him the words of my 230 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:59,140 Lord, and our father said, Go back and buy us a little food. 231 00:12:59,140 --> 00:13:01,200 But we said, We cannot go down. 232 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:04,400 If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down. 233 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:08,240 For we may not see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us. 234 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:12,960 Then your servant, my father, said to us, You know that my wife bore me two sons, and 235 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:17,460 the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn to pieces, and I have not seen 236 00:13:17,460 --> 00:13:18,640 him since. 237 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:22,880 But if you take this one also from me, and calamity befalls him, you shall bring down 238 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:25,140 my grey hair with sorrow to the grave. 239 00:13:25,140 --> 00:13:29,600 Now therefore, when I come to your servant, my father, and the lad is not with us, since 240 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:33,960 his life is bound up in the lad's life, it will happen when he sees that the lad is not 241 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:36,160 with us, that he will die. 242 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:40,120 So your servant will bring down the grey hair of your servant, our father, with sorrow 243 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:41,440 to the grave. 244 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:45,460 For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, If I do not bring him 245 00:13:45,460 --> 00:13:49,320 back to you, then I shall bear the blame before my father forever. 246 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:54,200 Now therefore please let your servant remain instead of the lad as a slave to my Lord, 247 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,400 and let the lad go up with his brothers. 248 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:59,520 For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me? 249 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:03,960 Lest perhaps I see the evil that would come upon my father. 250 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:05,400 Chapter 45 251 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:09,880 Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, 252 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,040 Make everyone go out from me. 253 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:15,820 So no one stood from him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 254 00:14:15,820 --> 00:14:19,280 And he wept aloud, and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard it. 255 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:23,600 Then Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph, does my father still live? 256 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:27,120 But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed in his presence. 257 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:30,200 Then Joseph said to his brothers, Please come near to me. 258 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:31,300 So they came near. 259 00:14:31,300 --> 00:14:35,040 Then he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. 260 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:39,660 But now do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here. 261 00:14:39,660 --> 00:14:42,720 For God sent me before you to preserve life. 262 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:47,240 For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are still five years in 263 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:50,320 which there will be neither ploughing nor harvesting. 264 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:55,020 And God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives 265 00:14:55,020 --> 00:14:56,620 by a great deliverance. 266 00:14:56,620 --> 00:14:59,720 For now it was not you who sent me here, but God. 267 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:04,500 And he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and Lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout 268 00:15:04,500 --> 00:15:06,200 all the land of Egypt. 269 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:11,200 Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me 270 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:12,960 Lord of all Egypt. 271 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:15,000 Come down to me, do not tarry. 272 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:19,280 You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me, you and your children, 273 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:23,820 your children's children, your flocks and your herds, and all that you have. 274 00:15:23,820 --> 00:15:27,640 There I will provide for you, lest you and your household and all that you have come 275 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:30,960 to poverty, for there are still five years of famine. 276 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:35,240 And behold your eyes and eyes of my brother Benjamin see that it is my mouth that speaks 277 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:36,240 to you. 278 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:41,000 So you shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen, and 279 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:43,680 you shall hurry and bring my father down here. 280 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:48,160 Then he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck. 281 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:52,520 Moreover he kissed all his brothers and wept over them, and after that his brothers talked 282 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:53,520 with him. 283 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:58,480 Now the report of it was heard in Pharaoh's house saying Joseph's brothers have come, 284 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:01,040 so it pleased Pharaoh and his servants well. 285 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:06,440 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Do this, load your animals, and depart, go 286 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:10,480 to the land of Canaan, bring your father and your households and come to me. 287 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:15,400 I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land. 288 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:19,760 Now you are commanded, Do this, take carts out of the land of Egypt for your little ones 289 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:22,840 and your wives, bring your father and come. 290 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:27,880 Also do not be concerned about your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours. 291 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:31,520 Then the sons of Israel did so, and Joseph gave them carts according to the command of 292 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:34,560 Pharaoh, and he gave them provisions for the journey. 293 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:39,080 He gave to all of them, to each man, changes of garments, but to Benjamin he gave three 294 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:42,360 hundred pieces of silver and five changes of garments. 295 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:46,820 And he sent to his father these things, ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, 296 00:16:46,820 --> 00:16:51,840 and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and food for his father for the journey. 297 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:56,280 So he sent his brothers away, and they departed, and he said to them, See that you do not become 298 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:57,980 troubled along the way. 299 00:16:57,980 --> 00:17:02,380 Then they went up out of Egypt, and came to the land of Canaan to Jacob their father, 300 00:17:02,380 --> 00:17:06,680 and they told him saying, Joseph is still alive, and he is governor over all the land 301 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:07,840 of Egypt. 302 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:11,360 And Jacob's heart stood still, because he did not believe them. 303 00:17:11,360 --> 00:17:15,500 But when they told him all the words which Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the 304 00:17:15,500 --> 00:17:20,540 carts which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived. 305 00:17:20,540 --> 00:17:25,720 Then Israel said, It is enough, Joseph my son is still alive, I will go and see him 306 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:27,980 before I die. 307 00:17:27,980 --> 00:17:31,560 Chapter 46 So Israel took his journey with all that he 308 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:36,080 had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 309 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:40,480 Then God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob, and he 310 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:42,760 said, Here I am. 311 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:47,920 And he said, I am God, the God of your father, do not fear to go down to Egypt, for I will 312 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:49,640 make you a great nation there. 313 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:54,640 I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again, and Joseph 314 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:56,800 will put his hand on your eyes. 315 00:17:56,800 --> 00:18:00,920 Then Jacob arose from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, their 316 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:05,200 little ones, and their wives, in the carts which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 317 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:09,240 So they took their livestock and their goods, which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, 318 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:10,900 and went to Egypt. 319 00:18:10,900 --> 00:18:15,480 Jacob and all his descendants with him, his sons and his sons' sons, his daughters and 320 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:20,040 his sons' daughters, and all his descendants he brought with him to Egypt. 321 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:23,360 Now these were the names of the children of Israel. 322 00:18:23,360 --> 00:18:25,760 Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt. 323 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:27,360 Reuben was Jacob's firstborn. 324 00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:31,720 The sons of Reuben were Hanuk, Paloo, Hezran, and Karmie. 325 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:37,880 The sons of Simeon were Jemual, Jameen, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Chal. 326 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:39,380 The sons of a Canaanite woman. 327 00:18:39,380 --> 00:18:43,400 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Mirari. 328 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:48,540 The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. 329 00:18:48,540 --> 00:18:51,240 But Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 330 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:53,720 The sons of Perez were Hezran and Hamul. 331 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:58,440 The sons of Issachar were Tola, Povah, Job, and Shimran. 332 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:02,920 The sons of Zebulun were Sered, Elan, and Jalil. 333 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:07,600 These were the sons of Leah, whom she brought to Jacob in Paddan Aram with his daughter 334 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:08,720 Dinah. 335 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:11,960 All the persons, his sons and his daughters, were thirty-three. 336 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:18,720 The sons of Gad were Ziphon, Haggai, Shuni, Esbon, Ari, Arodi, and Areli. 337 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:24,680 The sons of Asher were Jemna, Ishwah, Iswi, Berea, and Sarah, their sister. 338 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:27,600 And the sons of Berea were Heber and Melchial. 339 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:31,640 These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bore 340 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:34,040 to Jacob, sixteen persons. 341 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:37,620 The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife, were Joseph and Benjamin. 342 00:19:37,620 --> 00:19:42,160 And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenad, the daughter 343 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:45,520 of Potipharah, priest of On, bore to him. 344 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:54,240 The sons of Benjamin were Bela, Bekir, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehih, Rosh, Mupim, Hupim, and 345 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:55,400 Ard. 346 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:59,720 These were the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob, fourteen persons in all. 347 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:01,520 The son of Dan was Hushim. 348 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:06,680 The sons of Naphtali were Jeziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shilam. 349 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:11,560 These were the sons of Bela, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and she bore these 350 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,320 to Jacob, seven persons in all. 351 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:19,000 All the persons who went with Jacob to Egypt, who came from his body, besides Jacob's son's 352 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,440 wives, were sixty-six persons in all. 353 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:26,280 And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two persons. 354 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:30,360 All the persons of the house of Jacob who went to Egypt were seventy. 355 00:20:30,360 --> 00:20:34,920 Then he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to point out before him the way to Goshen. 356 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:38,960 Then he came to the land of Goshen, so Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to Goshen 357 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:40,700 to meet his father Israel. 358 00:20:40,700 --> 00:20:45,200 And he presented himself to him, and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while. 359 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:49,560 And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are 360 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:50,880 still alive. 361 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:54,840 Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, I will go up and tell 362 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:59,480 Pharaoh and say to him, My brothers and those of my father's house, who are in the land 363 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:01,440 of Canaan, have come to me. 364 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:05,040 And the men are shepherds, for their occupation has been to feed livestock, and they have 365 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:08,520 brought their flocks, their herds, and all that they have. 366 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:12,480 So it shall be when Pharaoh calls you and says, What is your occupation? 367 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:16,880 That you shall say, Your servant's occupation has been with livestock from our youth even 368 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:19,840 till now, both we and also our fathers. 369 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:24,000 That you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the 370 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:29,640 Egyptians. 371 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:33,240 I hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as I did, and I look forward to seeing you 372 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:35,560 again tomorrow to continue on our journey. 373 00:21:35,560 --> 00:22:02,560 God bless you and have a great day.