The hand and foot are the slaves
It was not through law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.---Romans 4: 13
The sky is gloomy, the wind is slow and slow, but the snow has not fallen. After ten days, Joseph was tired and hungry. Did not find his brothers in Shechem, he lost his way, the dry food was finished, and the money was used up. Listening to the locals saying that my brothers may be in the north, he found another way, walked for half a day, hungry, and finally saw the grassland and large cattle and sheep in the distance, and saw the brothers. He speeded up his pace.
My brothers also saw Joseph who came in the distance early. In addition to him, who else is wearing such eye-catching colorful cotton gowns! In addition to him, who else can hide at home and eat white! Besides him, who else told the old father what we did like a spy! In addition to him, who else believes that the dream is a real thing to show off!
"Hey, that sleepwalking guy is coming! Didn't he dream that we are going to worship him? Today he finally fell into our hands."
"I have long hated him. When his mother is alive, he is stunned and does nothing. His mother is dead, he is quietly at home to take care of the younger brother, and we are frozen in the wild."
"His mother bullied our mother for more than a year. Can we ten brothers still be bullied by this kid! Why don't we kill him!"
"Yes, we killed him! Is there a dry well there? We throw his body inside. In the wilderness, don't say that people can't see, this dry wild beast can't go up."
"Okay, just do it! But we have to think about how to explain to my father. He is the father's life, oh!"
"Look, isn't he wearing the cotton gown that makes him proud? Isn't it only he has it? We peeled it off, killed the sheep, and drowned the blood. Take it back to the father and say it was on the road." what!"
"The trick! So we don't have to say anything, the father knows that the beast has tore him and eat it. Haha!"
Joseph approached as he spoke. He ran to the middle of his brothers with excitement. After walking for ten days, he finally saw his loved ones. His father finally didn't have to worry about it. He finally didn't have to run wild again. At night, he could finally eat a decent dinner.He seems to smell the barbecue aroma on the campfire.
The brothers didn't talk, and the fierce light in their eyes made Joseph puzzled. Joseph was worried, and his brothers did not say a word. They grabbed Joseph's arm and fell him to the ground. He held his hands and feet and violently tore off his cotton gown. Someone fanned his face, some spit, and someone kicked him. Joseph looked at his brothers, and the pain of the confused heart made him feel the trauma of the body.
"Brothers, it is me. I am Joseph. Let me come to you, afraid that you are in danger. Let's go home together. Why are you hitting me like this?"
"Shut up. Do you still want to teach us? We make your dream come true today. We must all bow down to you."
Another slap in the face was hit. Someone caught his mouth. The other hand covered his eyes. Joseph seemed to hear the sound of the waist knife.
"Stop! You can't take your brother's life!" Joseph heard the voice of his eldest brother Lu, and everyone couldn't move. "We can't flow his blood. You should throw him into the dry well first, just can't start." Kill him. You should have lunch first, and wait for me to drive back the flock that runs there, and then we will discuss how to dispose of him."
Big brother went far, and my brothers sat down to eat. Joseph wept in the dry well, praying that his brothers would pull him up, go home together, and ask his brothers to give him something to eat. My brothers turned a deaf ear to the fact that the violence just did not fully satisfy their anger and embarrassment that they suppressed for many years. Their murder has not disappeared.
In the afternoon, the wind in the wilderness tightened, and camel bells came in the distance. Four brothers Judah stood up and looked around and saw a business camel team in the north slowly coming.He indulged for a moment and turned back to the other eight brothers: "If we kill our brother and hide his body, what good is it?"
We should not kill him because he is our hands and feet, our flesh and blood. It is better to sell him to these Ishmaeli merchants passing by. ”
The other brothers listened and looked at Joseph in the pit. He no longer had the strength to plead and curled up into a group to warm up. The caravans are approaching. They are full of spice, frankincense, and medicine. They have to go to Egypt to sell.
"Yes, we sold him and asked him to go to a distant Egypt to be a slave and see how his dreams come true?"
"A good way, you don't have to kill him, you can let him disappear from our eyes forever. You can also make a sum of money for us to have fun while playing."
"We sell him twenty-two silver, each person is divided into two or two. This money I spend more fun to find."
The sky is dark, the twilight is near, the wind is still blowing, and the caravan is slowly going south. Joseph was tied up with his hands and feet, his face facing down, and he was squatting on the back of the camel. He was dressed in a single coat, shivering, tears in his eyes had dried up, turned back and saw that his brothers had been sold, and had already shrunk into black spots in the distance. Although they beat him and sold him, how much he hoped to make a living and run back to them again. His seventeen-year-old mind can't fully understand his brother's behavior, but he foresaw that this may be the last time he saw his brothers in his life. He turned his head and looked south. The face of the mountains was the old father and the younger brother. Father, are you so far away?
Under the gloomy twilight, Lu tried desperately to catch up with the camel team in the south, but it was too late, too late. His original plan to save Joseph fell through, not expecting the younger brothers to marry him, selling Joseph to the passing business.
Judah also bowed his head in contemplation, and the feeling of guilt began to invade him. After he decided to go home, he left the brothers and found a local woman to marry and have children. God's promises taught by my father for so many years? Go to it. Is God blessing the brothers who sold their younger brothers as slaves?Joseph, the most likely of our brothers to inherit God's promise, has disappeared. God's promise was ruined by us.
Yes, Jacob’s home seems to burst like this. The daughter was raped, the second son killed innocently, Lajieer died young, the eldest son was incest, Joseph was sold, and Judas left home, and Jacob was unhappy. After a few years after leaving home, Judas and his son-in-law were incest and gave birth to twins. Even if God cares for the treacherous but innocent Jacob, how can he bless him with these ten reversals!
Is it true that God will pin the hopes of mankind on this family? What is the relationship between the Savior of Mankind and the son of Judah from his son?
The mother-in-law is trapped...he is almost killed for the attack against the lust
They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons,till what he foretold came to pass, till the word of the LORD proved him true.---Psalm 105: 18-19
Late at night, breezy, Joseph stood on the tall roof. The thousands of families in the Imperial City have slept, and the magnificent palaces are not far away, like the sleeping lions, and they are shining under the galaxy of the water. The waters of the Nile outside the city are sparkling, like an illusion. Further north, the green delta in the lower reaches of the Nile River burst into the night, and only the temples in the Ancheng, where the sun god was worshipped, jumped into flames and looked mysterious. To the west, the huge pyramid is more magnificent than the daytime, blocking the corner of the sky, as if piercing the Milky Way.
At this moment of the night, Joseph waited for the master to sleep on the roof, quiet when he was alone. This is his only chance to see the outside world, and it is his time to pray alone.
Joseph looked east and turned his eyes into the deep night.Hometown Hebron, relatives who are thousands of miles away, are you okay? Ten brothers, you sold me ten years ago, why bother! Have you ever regretted? You treat me like that, but when I think of you, how can I shed tears of affection? Will you bully your brother like you bully me? Oops, have you known that I am still alive these years? Do you know how many times I have reunited with you in my dreams?Did you know that my "death" was broken into pieces? Is your aging body still struggling to live in the world? Do you have to go to the underworld to reunite? If so, how many years have I been alone?
Joseph had tears in his eyes and looked up at the sky. My father Abraham, the God of Isaac, only you know that I am still alive, only you know where I am. When I was sold to Egypt ten years ago, you saw that my ankles were worn by chains, and the collar often suffocated me, because I was beaten repeatedly because of the wrong Egyptian words. My father, Jacob, you rescued him, thank you for saving me, and I was bought by the prince of the Egyptian Pharaoh.He respects the gods, kindly treats me, and your blessings come to him. Although I am a slave, he promotes me as a housekeeper.
After Joseph had finished praying, he gently went downstairs and walked through the bedroom of his master Botifah. The master will accompany Pharaoh to Ancheng to worship the sun god tomorrow, but his wife has a swearing body and insists on staying at home, waiting for Joseph to wait.
Joseph couldn't help but sigh and feel heavy. The mother has recently sneaked around no one, and secretly teased Joseph. At first she praised Joseph for being handsome and handsome, and Joseph bowed his head and thanked him. Then she lamented that she was empty in the boudoir, and Joseph was silent. Later, she deliberately stuck to Joseph, and Joseph had to leave. At the end, she simply grabbed Joseph and towed it to her bed. Joseph had to say frankly: "The Lord, you see, your family has little things, my master doesn't care. Besides you, he has entrusted everything to my management. God's blessings come to your home. How can I Do you sin against God for doing this very evil thing?"
The mother listened to her face and had no words to say, but she still looked for opportunities to tease Joseph.
The next day, the owner went to the temple, and the luxurious bureaucracy was quiet. As usual, Joseph cleaned up the room. When he entered the master's bedroom, the door closed from the back. He turned and the mother had rushed up, hugged Joseph, his cheeks flushed, his eyes blurred, and his voice trembled and said: Come and sleep me! I have waited for this opportunity for a long time!"
Joseph was shocked, as if standing on the edge of the trap of death, he pulled away, but the mother still hugged him and dragged him to the bed. He struggled to break free, and his coat was torn apart. He ran to the door, opened the door, fled to the courtyard, looked back and saw his mother's coat in his hand, and his eyes were sprayed with anger after extreme disappointment. Joseph had nowhere to escape, hiding in the corner of the courtyard.
The night was heavy, and the owner Botti returned home after worshipping the sun god. When he just entered the gate, he heard his wife crying. "You see, the Hebrew slave that my husband bought is dare to seduce me. I dare to tease me. He is no one at home, slipping into my room, trying to rape me. I can't do anything, just call out loud, why don't you come in and save me, why don't you kill him? Look, he saw me calling for help, and I fled, I was caught by his coat. 呜呜..."
Botti listened, blood rushed to the top, angered and rushed to the crown, this woman is so arrogant. He had already noticed that she was looking at Joseph's arrogant eyes on weekdays, but he knew that Joseph had followed the rules and did not care, but did not expect this woman to be so spoiled today! He stood behind the crowd and observed that the servants were half-circle, silently sympathetically watching Joseph. Joseph bowed his head in the circle, but the mother-in-law did not have tears, his eyes turned, suddenly saw her husband return, and immediately revealed Panic look, can not help but increase the cry.
Botti looked in his eyes and understood in his heart. He must immediately come up with a good strategy, not only to clean up the wife's endgame, but also to keep his own reputation, but not too embarrassed to Joseph. As the commander of the Royal Forest Army, he can completely slash and slash, killing Joseph and killing people.But he feared the gods and could not help but shout loudly:
"What's the reason for Joseph's arrogance! Come on, tie him up and put me in the imprisonment! I will report to Pharaoh, and it will not be too late to execute him."
Joseph listened and couldn't help but look at the sky. God, do you want to end my painful life like this?
He died in the dungeon, but God did not forget him.
I will sing to the LORD, for he has been good to me.--Paslm 13: 6
The door of the dungeon suddenly opened, and the sun was shot into the sweltering, rancid darkness. A stranger came in, the darkness made him dizzy, and the rancid smelly he coughed.
The guardian of the guards saw the situation and stood up immediately. He was respectful and looked at the people but did not dare to speak.
"A Hebrew slave named Joseph is locked here?"
"Jose? Yes, adult, he has been in the prison for three years by the Guardian."
"Do you know that he will solve dreams?"
"Dream?? Oh, I remembered. About two years ago, Pharaoh's wine policy and total meal were locked in here. Because God greatly blessed Joseph, Joseph was extremely clever and capable, and I let Joseph serve them. The wine administration and the meal administration each made a strange dream, and they were restless. They talked to Joseph in the morning. Joseph used his wisdom to solve their dreams.
And the consequences of the three days have been fulfilled. The wine politician reinstated his post and the total meal was killed by Pharaoh.”
"That's him! Pharaoh also made a strange dream last night, and he was uneasy. The minister, but no one can solve it. The wine policy that went out from here two years ago reminded Joseph and told Pharaoh Joseph that he could Dreams. Pharaoh ordered me to mention Joseph immediately!"
Joseph was immediately raised in the dungeon, and the imperial minister sent people to bathe and change clothes. The hair that had been ignored for three years was trimmed, the beard was shaved, and the Egyptian kimono was put into the palace.
Within the magnificent and magnificent palace, Baiguan hangs on both sides, solemnly speaking. Pharaoh sat on the throne of jewels and stared at the young man who had just been brought up. He looks like he is in his thirties. The foreigners look like they are like the Egyptians. They don’t have the same thick nose and thick lips, but they have thin eyes and thin lips. His face was pale, his body was thin, but his eyes were bright and handsome. Can this Hebrew slave really solve my dream last night?
Pharaoh’s voice was not high but he said with arrogance: “Are you Joseph? I heard that you can solve your dreams. I made a strange dream last night, but no one can solve it, but I will listen to you. High opinion."
Thirteen years have come to Egypt. At the age of seventeen, Joseph was in his prime. He was first imprisoned in the home of the Guardian, and then he was imprisoned in the dungeon. He seemed destined to die silently in the dark, but was directly Brought to Pharaoh. Not only did he get out of the imprisonment for the first time, but he was directly brought into the palace. Joseph looked up and saw the pharaoh on the throne wearing a crown of lions. Two pure gold cobras smashed their heads. They looked at each other with a faint gaze. They replied: "Pharaoh's majesty, the dream is not mine, but God. I The God of my father will give a positive solution to reassure Pharaoh."
Pharaoh heard the words, the body re-sinked into the throne, and the embers did not disappear: "I dreamt that I stood alone on the banks of the Nile River last night, saw seven cows, strong and fat, and went across the river to graze in the reeds.
The other seven cows came ashore, but they were extremely weak and ugly, but their eyes were red, and they approached the seven fat cows and actually ate them alive. After eating the seven thin cows, they were as weak as ever, and their belly was dry, still as fast as a lion, wandering around, looking for prey. I was amazed and I was awakened. Later, I fell asleep and saw a wheat stem growing seven wheat ears, full of beautiful, and then seven new wheat ears quickly grow, but dry and withered, was blown by the east wind. I was wondering, suddenly these thin, thin ears of wheat, like people open their mouths, swallowed the previous seven ears of wheat. I woke up and couldn't sleep anymore. ”
After listening to Joseph, his face was calm, he looked down and said nothing. Pharaoh stared at him, and he was suspicious, waiting for Joseph to speak. The ministers were still silent, and Joseph stood in front of the lion as a lamb. If Joseph believes in a yellow mouth, he will incur wise and cruel Pharaoh's wrath, and he will die without a burial place.
The danger of dignity is not stunned by Joseph. Thirteen years later, after many times of suffering, he knew that his life and death were completely under the control of God. After a moment of quiet prayer, he had the answer of God's revelation:
"Pharaoh, you dream twice, but it is a meaning. God uses this to show you the future. You have a night and two dreams because it is a matter of great importance. God has ordered this to happen quickly. That seven fat Both the cow and the seven stalks symbolize the seven harvest years. The seven thin cows and the seven buckwheats symbolize the seven years of the disaster. Behold, the whole land of Egypt must have a bumper harvest for seven years, and the granary is full, nowhere to be. .
But then the seven-year-old famine is even more terrible. If you don't prepare it, you will not be able to meet the needs of the famine in the past. The whole land of Egypt will not be alive and hungry. ”
Although Joseph spoke with an accent, he was not humble and fluent.Pharaoh and the ministers saw him calm and calm, and responded to the flow, not secretly surprised. As a slave, he has never seen the world, how can he talk so far and far, and how can dreams be so reasonable?
"What you say is true. From this I see that your God must be with you. Since God explained the dream to me by you, but I can only do nothing, wait for the people to be displaced?" Pharaoh is in the forefront and his face is a little slower. Look, ask Joseph.
"Pharaoh, but it is not. God will have preparations. Pharaoh will appoint an official to expand the granary in each harvest year, levy one-fifth of the grain into the warehouse, but can not enter, in order to prepare for the seven-year famine. After the coming of the year, the victims will inevitably seek food. Pharaoh can slowly open a position to sell the grain, and the grain will be easy to use. The grain in the warehouse can be used to hung the hungry people everywhere, and the treasures of the world will be returned to the state treasury. Pharaoh will send a see A person who is knowledgeable, intelligent and wise, manages this."
"Sincerely speaking! Like people who have the same spirit, I have never seen them. You, can you find me the second one like him? I let this Joseph take this position, you are down How?" Pharaoh swept the haze, his eyes were sharp, and he looked around the audience, and the loud voice echoed in the hall. There is no disagreement among the people. They are scheming and have already seen the pros and cons of gains and losses. Although Joseph had a mystery and had a good eye, it was too early to be fulfilled. What if he was slowing down? Only let him personally take on this position, so that he can start and end, avoid dragging himself. Then everyone shouted and said good.
"In this case, Joseph can take up this position. I will therefore give you the name of Egypt, Safana, and I will give you the wife of Athena, the daughter of Potipella, the priest in Anjo. Egypt. You are under your management, you are only under me, but above the people. This is my administrative seal." Pharaoh finished, took off the ring on his hand and was worn by Joseph in the hands of Joseph. And hung the gold necklace on his neck.
Joseph thanked Pharaoh and almost burst into tears. The shackles of his heart fell off for a moment. He silently prayed, God, I have seen the hardships of these thirteen years. When I was almost desperate, you did this miracle. Let me be free. It’s just that I never thought that you would like to call me so that I would become the prime minister of Egypt.
At dusk, Joseph walked out of the palace and stood on the tall hall. He overlooked the distance. The waters of the Nile flashed golden sunsets, such as colored ribbons. The green delta was alive, and the seabirds swam farther. Endless desert, blocking the line of sight. After Joseph looked forward to meditation, he slowly walked down the stone steps, and the golden carriages sent by Pharaoh had already been waiting for the road. When Joseph was seated, the car smashed the reins and the horse steadily walked. Another escort carriage was in front of the front, and the guard with the gun on it opened loudly: "Silence, avoid, squat!"
Joseph sat in the car, but turned a blind eye, did not hear, tears quietly squatted down his thin cheeks, and forgot where he was.
Why did he give up after 20 years of revenge?
As Joseph said, Egypt has a bumper harvest for seven years. Joseph ordered the expansion of granary storage. His fame has risen, and no one in Egypt except Pharaoh has surrendered. Joseph did his work but knew that God was raising him. In seven years, his Egyptian wife gave birth to two sons, the eldest son Manasseh (meaning forgetting), and the second son Ephraim (meaning harvest).
The seven disaster years followed, and the world was suffering from drought. The waters of the Nile River were almost exhausted, and the fields were bare and the crops were not harvested. The surplus food in the homes of the people was eaten in less than two years, and they all turned to the government for food. Joseph was in an orderly manner, slowly opening a position to sell grain, and the national treasury soon filled.
Joseph ordered the people everywhere to buy quotas at the local government, which would maintain order and facilitate overall planning. Only foreigners seeking food must go to the capital to meet with Joseph, to unify settlement, avoid corruption, and control the total amount of exports.
On that day, Joseph was sitting in the government to handle the documents, and the servants reported that foreigners from Canaan had food for them. After Joseph’s life came to the government, he found the relevant translation and brought people to see him. A moment later, ten middle-aged men were sincerely afraid to bow their heads, and they were all dressed up by the shepherds. They were in their fifties and white beards. They approached and bowed together and asked Joseph for food in Hebrew.
The accent that has not been heard for 20 years suddenly sounded. At that moment, Joseph's chest, such as the ice on the Longdong Lake, was suddenly smashed by the boulder; the heart suddenly fell off the cliff like a calm river, and stopped immediately, followed by a mad jump. The sound of the local voice brought him back to the afternoon twenty years ago, so that he almost jumped up and ran away. Joseph sweated his head, his face pale, his eyes blackened, and he returned to reality after a brief dizziness. He saw ten people on the ground bowing their heads and bowing, and the interpreter began to interpret. Joseph then fixed his eyes on the ten people lying on the ground. The instinctual fear was replaced by the calm anger. They were really brothers who had not seen him for 20 years. They really wanted to kill him and then quickly sold him to Egypt ruthlessly. Let him be a brother who died for thirteen years.
The dream of twenty years ago was really fulfilled today, and they really bowed to him. God, today, I told you twenty years ago. Twenty years ago, the suffering made me prematurely wither and withered, and they couldn’t recognize me. They are also old, white and white, with a face-wind and frosty eyes, but is the heart more cruel? Why did the younger brother Benjamin not come, did they murder him like he did to me?
Thinking of his brother not knowing how to live and die, Joseph said to his brothers in Egyptian words: "You claim to come from Canaan, come here to buy food, but I see you sneaking, clearly taking advantage of the drought in Egypt, in the name of buying food, Look at the Egyptian spies!"
Ten brothers looked at each other and hurriedly explained: "We are not spies, they are ten brothers. Because of the drought in their hometown, the old father sent us to Egypt to buy food, so that our dozens of families will starve to death."
Father is still alive? ! Why don't they mention their younger brother? Joseph continued to yell at them: "Don't dare to argue? You are clearly looking at the false spies!"
"Adult, we are really not spies. We are indeed twelve brothers. Only one younger brother died young, and the other brother was left by his old father."
Is the younger brother alive? Perhaps, they used the way to swindle the swordsman in the past. Joseph screamed loudly: "You really are spies, just said that the brothers are ten, and now they say twelve. You can only go back one by one. If you don't bring your brother, if you don't let me see it, Nine of you will always be trapped here, and you will not be able to leave. But now, come and shut them all into the cell."
Three days later, Joseph referred his brothers to the house. He was embarrassed by insomnia, and the pain of twenty years ago hit his heart like a sudden rainstorm. He hoarse and said to his brothers: "I fear God and dare not bother you. If I only let you go back, your family will be starved to death. Today I will put you back nine people, only detain one person, so you are going down. I must bring your brother to see me, I will let your brothers reunite and go home together."
Ten brothers thanked Joseph and talked to each other. Big Brother Lu said to them: "Today we suffered this, all because we had a poisoned hand to my younger brother Joseph. He pleaded with us to let him go. You actually don’t listen. I advise you not to harm him, but you I don’t listen to my advice, I don’t sell him. He must die very tragically. Today’s retribution is finally coming to us.”
Joseph heard this, and left the seat, went outside and nowhere, silently weeping. Then he wiped the tears, forced himself to calm down, and then finished the dressing, and ordered the ten brothers to fill the food bags, and then put the gold and silver brought by each of them on the grain and put them in their pockets. Then he went back to the house and sat down. He said nothing, and looked at his brothers. My brothers saw his eyes flushed and scared to the ground, thinking that Joseph changed his mind to kill them, and they fell on the ground. After a moment, Joseph broke the silence, pointed to the second brother Simeon, and said aloud: "Come, come and smack one of these fierce spies, and put them in the cell. You will take the other nine people. Go out and put the filled food bags on their brakes and let them leave Egypt quickly."
When Joseph finished, he started to walk and strode away, never looking back at his brothers.
He invited the guests to eat, but the guests did not know who he was.
Ten brothers have come again, this time they brought their younger brother Benjamin.
The food that was bought last time was eaten, and the world was still a drought. In order to survive, they only came to Egypt to buy food again. It was also to see the Egyptian prime minister again and redeem the Simeon in prison.
Outside Joseph’s house, they are waiting for the call with sincerity and fear. But he was taken away from the government by a bureaucrat and went to the prime minister’s family. They looked at each other. The last time they saw the prime minister, they still had a lingering fear. The second brother, Simeon, was still in prison. How can he talk about the family, but go to the prime minister? Is it necessary to take us all out and use the family law to punish it privately? They didn't dare to think about it, rushing to pick up the car, and the car was loaded with the native products of the hometown. Another road and the butler with the road said good things, look at his eyes, followed by the prime minister of the prime minister.
The bureaucracy is covered with trees, birds and flowers, and the courtyard is chic. The pond is secluded, as if it is a paradise, there is no shadow of arid outside. The Egyptian slaves saw that they were foreigners, and they were the most hated shepherds. They looked at them with contempt and held their noses to escape. They were even more afraid, but they were led into a dining room by the supervisor. The table was lined up with a few tables and the chairs were placed in turn. The supervisor asked the servant to pull the donkey to the backyard to eat the feed, and another wave, and the other servants brought the second brother Simeon, who had not seen him for half a year. Although they are pleasantly surprised by each other, they dare not speak, only to show their eyes. The supervisor also asked people to wash their faces and wash their feet.
Everything is busy, it is the afternoon time, the sun is shining, but the greenery is still in the courtyard. The supervisor went out, and there were only eleven brothers left in the dining room. They stood up and held their breath, and they were stunned, waiting for the prime minister to show up.
In the silence, the prime minister was arrogant, and he lifted his foot into the dining room. The eleven brothers saw it and all fell on the ground and bowed his head. They took out the frankincense, honey, nuts and other souvenirs brought by their hometown and handed them to the prime minister. I took out double the amount of money and asked
for food. I eagerly explained: "My lord, please believe that we really wanted to buy food last time. We went to the place where we stayed, opened the grain bag and found that everyone’s money is still there. In my own bag, the weight of silver is a lot. We don't know who put the money in the bag. Now we bring it back with it and bring enough silver to buy food."
After Joseph finished listening, he told the housekeeper to take away the gifts and the silver, and looked down at the eleven brothers who worshipped on the ground. For twenty years, the first time I looked at them like this, it was close at hand, but it was like a dream. . He remained calm and greeted them in Egyptian: "Your father, is the old man you said safe? Is he still there?" The
eleven again bowed down and bowed: "Your servant, our father. He is safe and still alive."
Joseph bowed his head and looked at his younger brother, Benjamin. The children who were less than ten years old when they were 20 years ago are today a young man. The separation of the year thought it was just a small one, but dreaming would not be repeated in 20 years. The younger brother looks normal, it seems that the brothers have not embarrassed him. Joseph pressed his inner excitement and asked, "Is this the smallest brother you said to me? Is it? My son, may God give you grace!"
Benjamin looked up and thanked, and Joseph. Four eyes meet. At that moment, Joseph seemed to see the compassionate look of his mother when he was alive from his brother's face. He also saw the sorrow of his father who had not seen him for 20 years. At that moment, Joseph seemed to see the hardships he had experienced again. He turned his head and said to the butler: "Let them sit in the room" and walked out after a quick walk.
He closed his lips, went into a room of his own, closed the door, could not support it, fell to the bed and cried, and feared that outsiders would hear it, he would hold his cheeks and try to bite his lower lip, but he couldn’t help himself. Suppressed trembling. After a while, he restrained himself, tried to calm down, wiped his tears, washed his face, arranged his clothes, took a deep breath, walked slowly, and returned to the dining room.
The housekeeper in the dining room had already let eleven brothers sit, and arranged around a row of tables, according to Joseph’s morning instructions, from long to young. Joseph sat alone at the top of a table and watched the ten brothers and his brother's cautious but harmonious meal. When they had a quiet and harmonious meal together, they had a meal together.
According to Joseph's arrangement, the housekeeper ordered the servants to have a hearty meal of wine and meat, each time giving Benjamin more than five times the amount, but treating the other ten brothers equally. Joseph secretly observed that he did not see any strange eyes on his brother. He was a little relieved, but he even missed his old father thousands of miles away. He figured out that there were still five years of drought. In order to see his father, he had to be taken to Egypt. Before that, he had to leave his brother in Egypt first, so that if he tried to get his father up quickly, he would have no worries. . Ten brothers, even though you don't know that I am Joseph, I treat you with kindness and dedication. I will not retaliate against you because of fear of God. I will send you back to Canaan tomorrow morning. It is estimated that this life will never meet again. This meal is a limp and a farewell.
Joseph thought so, picked up the glass and toasted the eleven brothers. They also quickly picked up the glasses and thanked them. Joseph put down his glass and his mood was a little easier. He gave his eyes and the supervisor came to the front. Joseph gave a few things in his ear.
Joseph’s brothers did not think that these words, because God’s intervention, have forever affected their lives and affected human history.