The Brothers Return Home to Jacob

Date: April 7, 2021
Topic: Guilt
Passage: Genesis 42:21–Genesis 42:38

The brother’s predicament caused them to discuss their guilt concerning Joseph (vv. 21-22), not realizing that he could understand them because he had been speaking to them through an interpreter (v. 23). They concurred that this was a punishment for the way they had treated Joseph …

Joseph Brothers Go to Egypt to Buy Grain

Date: June 1, 2020
Topic: Famine
Passage: Genesis 42:1–Genesis 42:20

The famine was so great in Canaan that Jacob decided to send his sons (except Benjamin) down to Egypt to buy food (vv. 1-3). Benjamin was the only son by Rachel that he still had, and Jacob did not want something to happen to him (v. 4). Many other people from Canaan went to Egypt to buy …

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