Genesis Chapter 45
Joseph finally cannot stand it any more and sends all the
Egyptians away and reveals his identity to his brothers
Joseph forgives his brothers – he explained how God used their
action to save lives and that he now has no further axes to grind. Somehow I suspect he may be less sanguine about all this had they turned up while he was in slavery or prison!
Joseph arranges for Jacob and family to move down to Egypt
giving them carts to bring the families down and even goes so far as to tell his
brothers not to quarrel on the way.
Jacob’s comment “I’m convinced that my son Joseph really is
alive. I must go and see him before I die”
I guess if there is one thing that this chapter demonstrates is that God can use bad things for good in his plan - though God would rather we do the RIGHT thing in the first place.
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