GENESIS 45:16-28 When the brothers reached home, they told their father, “Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt” (Gen. 45:26). Jacob was so surprised by the news that it was impossible for him to believe it. The Scriptures say, “Jacob’s heart fainted, for...

GENESIS 45:1-15 "Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph" (Gen. 45:3). Previously he had spoken to them through an interpreter, but now in their own language he said, "I am Joseph." When Joseph disclosed his identity, "his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence"...

GENESIS 44:1-16 Perhaps you say this was cruel for Joseph to test his brothers. Maybe it seems cruel, but sometimes God has to do severe things to get people to see their sinfulness. Joseph’s brothers were being severely tested to see what their reaction would be toward Benjamin when it...

GENESIS 43:19-34 Joseph was unable to restrain himself, and he "made haste; for his bowels [heart] did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there" (Gen. 43:30). What a moving account of the love of Joseph for Benjamin! Finally...

GENESIS 43:1-18 Jacob reluctantly let his sons take Benjamin to Egypt, and he gave them instructions as to what they should take along so they might be well received. The sons did as Jacob instructed. They "took that present, and they took double money in their hand and Benjamin; and...

GENESIS 42:29-38 When the brothers returned to Canaan, they rehearsed to their father all that had taken place in Egypt. Realizing the trouble they were in, Jacob said to his sons, "Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin...

GENESIS 42:18-28 All of this was too much for Joseph, and “he turned himself about from them, and wept” (Gen. 42:24). His heart was still tender toward them in spite of what they had done to him. Controlling himself, he “returned to them again, and communed with them, and took...

GENESIS 42:1-17 Joseph accused his brothers of being spies. Think of the contrast! More than 20 years ago they had accused Joseph of spying on them and telling their father on them; now he was accusing them of being spies. When they accused Joseph, they cast him into a pit....

GENESIS 41:46-57 As time passed, "unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him. And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh [forgetting]: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil,...

GENESIS 41:37-45 Joseph now came to the greatest test of his life thus far—exaltation and prosperity. The hands that had known the hard toil of a slave were now adorned by the king’s ring. Joseph’s feet had been freed from the torment of the fetters, and now a gold chain...