Genesis 42:2-5
And
he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down
thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
And
Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
But
Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest
peradventure mischief befall him.
And
the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was
in the land of Canaan.
a.
Some
Bible scholars believe that Joseph was on the lookout for his brothers to
eventually come before him for the following reasons. Joseph knew that his
dreams were prophetic and knew that eventually his brothers would come before
him. He also knew that it was God’s will for them to be reunited, but the last
time he saw them they hated him enough to kill him, but settled on selling him
into slavery. So there had to be a change in feelings before there was a
reunion.
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