by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 12, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 45:4-5 (NKJV) “And Joseph said to his brothers, ‘Please come near to me.’ So they came near. Then he said: ‘I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here…’”...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 11, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 45:3 (NKJV) “Then Joseph said to his brothers, ‘I am Joseph; does my father still live?’ But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed in his presence.” This must have been a most traumatic time for the brothers. The nemesis they had carefully...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 10, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 45:1 (NKJV) “Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, ‘Make everyone go out from me!’” Have self-control and know where and when you can openly display your emotions. I agree with the theory of some that...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 9, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 44:33 (NKJV) “Now therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the lad as a slave to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brothers.” Judah understood the implications of returning without Benjamin. He knew it was an automatic death warrant on his...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 8, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 44:30 (NKJV) “Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us, since his life is bound up in the lad’s life,” Jacobs life was bound up in the life of Benjamin and this ought not to have been so. It’s understandable that Jacob...
