They want to kill him, how can he really forgive them?
"Judah, your brothers will praise you; your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; your father's sons will bow down to you.---Genesis 49: 8
The sun has not yet risen, the air is fresh, and eleven brethren are sitting on the brakes and rushing toward the hometown of the East. After half a year, they reunited, and the silver was exchanged for heavy food. Simeon came out of the prison. The younger brother, Yahweh, came back safely and safely. If the old father at home knows such a good result, I must definitely smile with confidence.
When I thought of my old father and wife and children, and then turned to look at the heavy food bags, they laughed involuntarily. Yesterday, I never dreamed of being primed in Egypt. I had to go home to have lunch. At first they worried about fear, and every meal was raging. But it is not difficult for them to eat the final prime minister. Instead, they are constantly asking about their family situation, especially the old father. Although they did not understand, they did not think much. After the meal, the butler had already smashed the backyard and drove it to the brakes. The empty bags that they brought in the car had been pretending to be bulging. They quickly thanked the prime minister and said goodbye.
I did not expect that the second purchase of food would be so smooth. The housekeeper even told them to leave this morning. It was a long morning, and it was cool. They went out of the city gate and went to the official road. On the road, only their brakes, the tall pyramids in the West gradually drifted away. If you go on like this, you can go home in ten days and a half.
The silence of the morning was suddenly broken, and there was a rush of horseshoes behind it. They looked back and saw the royal high-end carriage coming in and rolling up the dust. They quickly rushed to the side of the official road and gave way to the carriage.
The carriage was rushed to the scene, but they stopped suddenly next to their brakes. Their brothers are wondering, the housekeeper's housekeeper has come down from the carriage, and yesterday's gentle smile turned into a majestic anger:
"The prime minister gave me a hospitality yesterday. You are actually not stealing the silver cup for the prime minister's sacrifice! How do you do such a bad thing?"
The brothers looked at each other and did not expect the housekeeper to be so jealous of them. They have distinguished: "How can adults say this? We are here to buy food, and the first time we buy grain, I don’t know why it is in our pocket. We brought the money together this time. How can we steal the gold or silver cup of the prime minister? We have not stolen."
The housekeeper is still full of anger: "Do you not know that the prime minister can predict the future? He sent me to chase you, will you marry you?"
"Adult, if you say so, search for us. If you find a silver cup in anyone's car between us, kill him on the spot. Our other brothers are also willing to be slaves to the prime minister."
"Just do it, but I found him a slave and found him a slave. Your other brothers can go home safely." After that, the housekeeper looked at his men. The men began to search the boss, first search the body, then open the food pocket, but did not find the cup. They searched in turn until the tenth brother, it was a result, no cup. The brothers exchanged their eyes and waited for them to search for the younger brother, and they could return to the road.
Benjamin’s grain bag was opened, and the supervisor’s hand reached into the grain, grabbed it a few times, and suddenly took out the silver cup stained with grain. He shouted: "Sure enough, there are thieves among you. Come, tie the thief and pull it back into the palace. You guys, let's go."
Eleven brothers couldn't believe their eyes, and they were stunned. Benjamin broke the silence first, and cried: "Brothers, I really didn't steal the silver cup. I am innocent in charge of the adults."
The brothers also shed tears. They teared their clothes because of pain. They sighed and said to the supervisor: "We would like to go back to be slaves with our younger brother."
At noon on the day, Joseph had finished his business, but did not leave the government to go home to eat. He was waiting for the supervisor to come back. Yesterday, he hosted eleven brothers and quietly told the supervisor to bury the silver cup in the grain bag of Benjamin, so that he could "grab" him back, first reunite the brothers, and then reunite the old father.
Sure enough, the supervisor was back. Joseph saw that Benjamin was a big joy, and he was shocked to see ten brothers. How did they come back together? I was thinking, the supervisor pressed Benjamin to come to the church, and the eleven brothers slammed down together, sorrowful and sorrowful. When Joseph saw it, he made a wrath: "Why are you doing this evil? Do you think you can escape? I don't know if I can predict the future!"
When I heard the reprimand of the prime minister, the fourth brother Judah looked up and looked at the younger brother Benjamin, thinking of his dead wife and two sons, and thinking about the entrustment of his former father and his father. He made up his mind and decided to Joseph. Speaking: "My lord, this is the end of the matter, how can we prove ourselves innocent? This is God punishing our previous sins. My lord, since you found the silver cup in my brother's food bag, all our brothers are willing to be your slaves. ”
After talking, shed tears.
Joseph was surprised again and said in a hurry: "I will not do this! Whoever hides the cup will be my slave. As for you, you can return to your father safely."
Judah said to Joseph, "My lord, please allow me to say a little more, don't be angry. This younger brother is the income of my father when he was old. After he gave birth, his mother died, and his brother died later. My father missed his dead wife and son and left his brother with him all the time. His life is really connected with this young man. This time we brought him, the old father is very reluctant, just because you set To see him, the old father let him come. Before I came to the old father, I promised that I would bring my brother to go home safely, otherwise I will bear all the consequences. Now, if the younger brother can’t return to his father, he will be sad. Tragic and miserable went to the underworld. Now, please leave me and redeem my brother as a slave. Let this young man go home with his brothers."
Looking at the sad expression of the fourth brother Judah, Joseph seemed to see himself pleading with his brothers twenty years ago. I thought that my father, who had not seen him for 20 years, waited alone at home, thinking of the death of the mother and the bitterness of being a slave in Egypt alone. Joseph couldn’t hold it anymore. Before he translated the translation, he said loudly to the left and right: Go back!"
The man had just retired, and Joseph looked at his brothers and burst into tears: "I am Joseph!"
The cries shook the sky and shocked the Egyptians inside and outside the palace
Jacob's family went to Egypt... God promised that God will prepare
Jacob, one hundred and thirty years old, laughed like a child. For more than 30 years, he smiled happily for the first time.
After the death of his wife, Rachel, more than 30 years ago, he became unsmiling. After Joseph "dead" more than 20 years ago, he was even less vocal. In pain, he only confided to God, but for 30 years God did not say a word. He wondered if God had withdrawn his promise to his grandfather because of his sin, or abandoned his family. Suffering came one after another, and it seemed to be a retribution for him. The daughter was raped, her wife died early, the eldest son and the mother-in-law were adulterated, the second child was brutally massacre, the fourth child and the child were incest, and Joseph died suddenly. Lia also returned home, leaving him alone. God, your promise to my ancestors has been more than two hundred years. I still have not become a big family. I still have no land. Even living is a problem. I have to send my sons to Egypt to buy food twice.
However, eleven sons actually came back. Simeon and Benjamin came back together. They actually came back in Egypt with a special carriage and a squadron. They were wearing Egyptian costumes and were full of Egyptian food and specialties.
Jacob saw them coming back safely, and they were pleasantly surprised. They were puzzled when they saw that they were white and dressed in new clothes. Their ten brothers crouched together and said to Jacob: "Father, please forgive the filial piety of the children. Joseph is not dead, he is still alive. He is now the prime minister of Egypt!"
Jacob barely believed his ears. It has been twenty-three years since Joseph was killed by a beast. How can he still live? ! Listening to the tears of the sons and the detailed description of what happened in Egypt, Jacob’s dead heart slowly came back. Babe, you have suffered me for years, and you have suffered from Joseph. However, in any case, Joseph is still alive!
Jacob opened his mouth without teeth, shook his white beard, and smiled like a child: "This is true! My son Joseph is still alive! I want to squat, I am not dead yet, I will go to Egypt to see. he."
"Father, my brother Joseph told us that we want the family to move to Egypt to settle down, because the famine will still be five years old. Joseph also said that Pharaoh promised to divide the best land for us to live."
Jacob’s heart sank, I am going to leave Canaan again when I am so old? Haven't I been moving all my life? Isn’t Canaan promised to my father and my descendants? Once I left, can I still come back alive? God, how should your promise be fulfilled?
The sons saw his father hesitating and said to him: "After the reunion with the younger brother, we are jealous of us: You should not resent yourself because you sold me to Egypt. God borrowed your hand and sent me here first, to give it to you. Keep the rest of the world, save you, and save your life. It seems that it is not you who brought me here, but God."
When I heard this, Jacob suddenly thought of Joseph’s dream when he was a child. The dream is really fulfilled today. God, you have not forgotten my family, everything today, you have prepared. Jacob said to his sons: "In this case, let us go to Egypt to find Joseph, the family reunion."
The family started just like that. Jacob took 66 children and their women and children and set off for Egypt. After two days, they stopped at Beersheba for the night. Besiba is the last big city before leaving Canaan. When his grandfather Abraham used to live here, his father Isaac once worked here to graze. Under the stars, Jacob lingered at the well, remembering the dead father, offering sacrifices to God, burning the lamb on the campfire, looking up at the smoke disappearing in the night, reminiscing about the years when he drifted on this land. Count God's various blessings for himself in the past.
"Jacob! Jacob!"
"God, I am here." In contemplation, Jacob heard the voice of God. After more than thirty years, God spoke to him again:
"I am God, the God of your Father. Don't be afraid to go to Egypt. I will make you a big man there. I will go to Egypt with you, and I will bring you back here. Joseph must close your eyes with your own hands." ”
Under the starlight, Jacob leaned down to worship, and the old tears fell on the dry land. Don't, don't show Pakistan, don't mention Canaan, God, thank you. Although I can't see your promised accomplishment with my own eyes, my children and grandchildren will be able to return to their hometown.
Jacob's dying blessing the sons... His faith has made a nation.
Time flies, the seven years of Egypt have passed, and twelve years have passed. It has been seventeen years since the seventy-seven Jacobs moved from Canaan to Egypt. They lived in the land of Goshen given by Pharaoh and graze cattle and sheep. Because the Egyptians hated the shepherds, the Jacobs were not controlled. And because of the fatty of Goshen's water and grass, and the fact that the Egyptians sold their livestock to Joseph in exchange for food during the famine, the Jacobs were able to eat and drink, the flocks of cattle and sheep, and the family grew rapidly.
Seventeen years later, Joseph was 57 years old and Jacob was 147 years old. Jacob lived in Egypt for 17 years and gradually became aging. When he was young, his strong body slowly shrank into a dry body, his eyes were almost blind, he could no longer walk, he could only lie in bed, and quietly recalled the past.
Hearing his father was bedridden, Joseph came to visit with two children. Jacob barely sat up from the bed, supported the cane, and looked back on his life. He said slowly to Joseph:
"When I was young, I met God in the sky outside Bethel. God promised me to raise a lot of people. I also gave the descendants of Canaan to my profession. Twenty years later, I was heavy from Laban. Back to Bethel, God once again spoke to me on Starry Night, reiterating the original agreement. Before I came to Egypt, next to the well of Beersheba, under the stars of the night, God appeared to me again, promised my descendants to be in Egypt. Become a big family.
"God's promise must be fulfilled, although I can't see it with my own eyes. Children, now I am near, come over, let me bless your two sons, just as they are my son, so that God's blessings double your home.
"Your mother, my beloved wife died because of dystocia, and I died on the road to Canaan. I buried her on the road in Bethlehem. For more than 40 years, I don't miss her every day, now I will follow her. Go, my son, promise me, after I die, you pull me back to Canaan, buried with your father and your father, in the hole in the field of Mbira opposite Philip, your ancestors to the Hittites I bought it from Ephron. On the way to bury me, you will pass through your mother's grave, and you will pay homage to her for me."
Joseph was in tears and promised to come down. After Jacob finished, he blessed Joseph's two sons, then supported the head of the stick, worshipped God at the bedside, and muttered to God.
Joseph let Jacob lay down, cover him with his quilt, take two sons out of his father's tent, and see the green grass in the mountains of Goshen, the streams are like water, the cows and sheep are like clouds, and the children and grandchildren are carefree. Grazing.
Soon after, the news of Jacob's illness spread, and twelve sons rushed around, surrounded by his father's bed. Jacob could no longer sit up, but his mind was still clear. His eyes were blind and he could not see the sons, but he saw in his heart that God revealed to his sons that they would become twelve tribes in the future. In the heart of Jacob, he thanked God again. God rejected his brother Esau, but all chose his own twelve sons. The sons have committed various sins, but God has made them humble through various trials, confessing to each other, forgiving each other, and thus knowing God and trusting in God.
Late at night, the outer starry sky is still shining, but the time for returning to it is coming, and you can see the creator behind the starry sky with your own eyes. When I am gone, only God will personally lead the children to realize His promise step by step. It takes time and more trust. When I think of it, Jacob said, "Let's go, listen to your son, and listen to your father's words in Israel."
So in accordance with the order of the young and the young, Jacob called a child to the bed and blessed them one by one. After the blessing, he took his foot back and straightened, laid his body flat, and gently exhaled the last breath, giving the soul to God.
Jacob left, and God made him treacherous and eventually became a meek and humble man. The years of his life are full of hardships and tears, but he is grateful for his death.
He died with confidence, and God did not make him ashamed. Because God's promise to Jacob has been fulfilled and will eventually be realized.
Because God changed Jacob to Israel. The nation of Israel is still waiting for the promise of God to be completed.
There is a bitter baby on the banks of the Nile... He was born and died when he was born. Is this fair?
Time flies, the years go by, the ancestors of Israel have passed away. Abraham left his hometown at the age of 75. At the age of 100, he came to Canaan to attend the promised son of Isaac. Isaac gave birth to twins Esau and Jacob at the age of 60. God chose Jacob and took him to Canaan at the age of 130. A family of 70 people lived in Egypt. From Abraham out of my bait, to Jacob out of Egypt, a total of 215 years.
God changed Jacob's name to Israel. When Joseph was alive, Goshen was like a paradise, and the plants were rich, and the descendants of Jacob quickly prospered and became a big family. The Israelites are also called the Hebrews.
Seventy years after Jacob came to Egypt, Joseph was finally 110 years old, leaving his last words, so that the children and grandchildren would bring their bones back to the promised land of God and bury them in Shechem.
In the years after Joseph’s death, the new Pharaohs of Egypt ruled the whole land. He saw that the Israelis prospered and grew, and the number of people even went beyond the Egyptians. They were jealous, so they treated the Israelites, slaughtered them as slaves, forced them to burn bricks, build palaces, and harvest crops. Although life is difficult, the Israelis are even more prosperous.
The Egyptian Pharaoh finally gave a sacred message: "Every child born to the Hebrews was thrown into the Nile to drown, only the baby girl was born." The
Egyptian leaders visited the Israelites’ residence, as long as When you hear the baby crying, you will go in and check it out. If you see a baby boy, you will take it over and send it to the river to drown. The Israelites screamed at the heart of the mothers. The baby boy of a generation was killed like that.
After a few months, the crying stopped. One evening, the weather was sultry, and Pharaoh's daughter took a group of maids to bathe in the Nile River that flows through the palace.The section of the river was excavated wide, the terrain was flat, the river was clear, and the two sides were covered with tall reeds, like a natural curtain. The ladies were scattered on both sides of the river bank, and the screen was quiet. Look at the movements in the reeds and take the warning. Only the princess himself bathed in the clear and warm river water.
The sun sets and the palace casts a huge reflection in the river. In the distance, the river starts with golden light. The river birds fly on the water, there is no wind, and the frogs in the reeds are silent. The color was peaceful, the princess was immersed in the joy of bathing, and suddenly a cry of the baby was heard.
The crying was so loud that every palace lady heard it, and they looked at the reeds not far from the upstream, and the cry came from there. The close-knit girl reacted and walked into the reeds and saw a barn box stuck inside. The inside and outside were covered with dried tar and resin. There was a baby boy in the box, black hair. Clear eyes, he may just wake up, crying because he is hungry.
The ladies watched the baby boy in the box and showed it to the princess. The princess has returned to the river near the palace and dressed neatly. The baby boy has not cried, and quietly looks at his princess. The princess also looked at him seriously and recognized that he was a descendant of the Israelites. However, the size of two or three months could not help but think of the infanticides that his father issued a few months ago, and then looked at the baby in his arms. He could not help but sigh, baby. Sin, I don’t know which Hebrew mother couldn’t bear to kill his flesh and blood, and put the child in the box, just happened to be washed by himself. Is this difficult to mean by God?
The princess thought of this, the opponent said: "I love this baby boy, I want to accept him as my son. This child is hungry, you quickly help me find a Hebrew nurse, feed this child."
Just saying, a palace lady brought a Hebrew girl, the palace lady said: "This girl has been watching from a distance, and she is not willing to leave. Maybe she can help the princess find a suitable nurse." The
princess looked at the girl, Her eyes are clear like the water of the Nile, so she quickly went to find the nurse. The girl hurried away, not only bringing a middle-aged Hebrew woman, although she is ragged, but also strong. When the princess saw it, she secretly assured that she said to the woman, "You take the child and raise him for me. I will pay you the money. I will give you this piece of jade, if there is an Egyptian soldier looking for you." and children in trouble, this gem to them, they will not dare to make things difficult for you. you bring their children to a month, I look good for him. Once weaned child, child to enter the palace, do my son. "
the woman kicked And go. This Hebrew baby was spared and grew up. His life is therefore full of turmoil from birth. After he was sensible, he knew his true life, not only buried it deeply in his heart, but also prompted him to make a world-famous event a few years later.
His name is Moses, which means "promoting."
In the old man’s fire, he met the true god... After a lifetime, God waited until the end to use him.
When people are old, what other thoughts besides recalling the past?
At the age of eighty, he sat under the shadow of a boulder on the mountainside of Sinai, watching the lazy flock of sheep licking the green grass between the stones, watching the reddish wilderness that was baked by the sun. It was as hot as the fire, and the flock climbed up the hill with instinct to find grass to eat. He stayed in the shadows, the steamed sweat left a gully on the dusty wrinkled face, the white hair was messy like the dry thorns around, the eyes that were spurted by the sun from time to time seemed to be the only one he was alive. Proof of evidence.
Wait, I will die silently like this one day, just fine, I am not afraid of the Egyptians who are hunting. After escaping for forty years, I ran a thousand miles away, but my heart was tight every day. I would rather go to the mountainside without people, and I would not like to go to the plains with many people.
Dead, my true identity is buried in the ground together, perhaps the soul of my death can return to thousands of miles away, and then look at the flesh and blood compatriots who are slaves in Egypt. My relatives, I haven't seen you for forty years. When I saw the Egyptian foreman bullying you, I started to kill the vicious guy. You didn't appreciate it. How did you pass me on the killing? Passed to Pharaoh's ear, forcing me to escape.
I only fled to the southeast of Midian, escaped from the vast territory of Egypt, and fled the raging Pharaoh who pursued me! I grew up with him in the Egyptian Imperial Palace. His sister rescued me from the Nile. He knew my Hebrew blood, and therefore, after hearing that I personally killed his official residence, he violently jumped and vowed to Kill me to the ends of the earth to warn all Hebrews who are trying to resist Egyptian rule.
I have rescued my Egyptian mother from the Nile, and I am not thankful for your help. I rescued my god but arranged for my sister to recommend my mother to you as my mother. My mother raised me up and told me my true life after tears. I have kept the hatred of this nation in my heart, and I have been forbearing, and I have been pressing until I am forty years old, until I see the vicious Egyptian foreman bursting out.
I thought that I would be responsive, my compatriots would gather their responses and start to rise. Ha, how naive and ridiculous my thoughts were! I live in a splendid palace, dressed in Egyptian royal clothes, and speak fluent Egyptian words. In their eyes, where do I want to save them from the fire of water? I am just a fierce confession of a thief as a father. Even if my murder was not revealed in the past, even if they obeyed my command, how could I lead them to leave Egypt, a group of slaves and a powerful Egyptian army to fight, isn’t it a stone?
Go all the way. I fled for forty years, and my life was only a sigh for eighty years. It was not as good as the thorns in my eyes. I was born here. Only, the God of Israel, my mother often tells you that you promised my ancestor Jacob more than two hundred years ago that we must leave Egypt and return to Canaan. Just, God, how can this promise be achieved? It has been two hundred years since the Israelites lived in Egypt. They have become slaves to their own slaughter. Their fate is only exhausted in brick kilns and quarries. How can they return to Canaan?
Thinking of this, a bunch of thorns in front of Moses suddenly started and creaked. Moses woke up from his meditation and looked up at the sky. The heat of the sun was really on fire. He looked at the thorns of the fire, the fire was red and red, but no smoke rose. How can this be? He couldn't help but look at the fire again, and the thorns were intact in the fire!
How can this be? The thorns are on fire but not burning!Moses stood up, approached the fire, blinked, and looked carefully. Suddenly there was a sound in the flame: "Moses, Moses."
Moses was shocked, and the instinctive answer: "I am here."
The voice in the fire continued: "Don't come close here. Take off the shoes on your feet because The place where you stand is the Holy Land. I am the God of your Father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob."
Moses feared and trembled, took off his shoes, and covered his body, covering his face with his hands, as if he had died.
God said to Moses in the fire: "I did see the suffering of my people in Egypt. I also heard the sorrows they had received because of the hard work of the prisoners. I did know their pain. I came to save. They are separated from the hands of the Egyptians and lead them to the good and the broad, to Canaan, who flows milk and honey. Now, go, I will send you to Pharaoh and bring my people Israel out of Egypt. ”