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| :Day one: Scripture - Genesis 44:11-17 Observations - What observations did you make while reading this passage? Are there any word definitions you needed to look up? Are there any words, phrases, verses, themes, etc... that stand out to you? Having to do with birth order https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_order https://www.gotquestions.org/firstborn-in-the-Bible.html Joseph sent men after his brothers to find his cup and to bring them back. They were overtaken and the sacks were searched. They had made the agreement that whoever stole the cup would be Joseph's servant, not realizing that the cup had been hidden in Benjamin's sack. The brother's sacks were searched in order from eldest to youngest. I am noticing this seems to be a theme in the story of Joseph and his brothers. Obviously, the cup was found. They were taken back to face Joseph again. In Matthew 19:30 Jesus says, "The first shall be last." https://www.gotquestions.org/first-last-last-first.html On tearing the clothes to show grief https://www.gotquestions.org/tear-clothes-Bible.html https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-basics-of-kriah-or-tearing-a-piece-... Joel 2:13. 3:14 and rev 22:11-12 a study by itself I am thinking the birth order as well as the tearing of the clothes represent something spiritual in the physical realm. A lot of times what happens in the physical realm is a mirror of what is happening in the spiritual realm. Do you have pests in your home? Is your house a complete, delapidated mess? Are your finances out of balance? Check yourself spiritually. I'm not saying that everything is because of sin. I'm just saying that what happens on the outside could be a reflection of something on the inside. It's good to check to see if anything is amiss spiritually. When they see Joseph again, he says, "What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?” https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/divine Now remember, in Joseph's time, the rulers of Egypt were considered equal with gods. I don't believe Joseph is considering himself equal with God here. He is implying that he is able to discover hidden knowledge because of his position if he so desires, at least I hope he didn't actually use divination. Then Judah speaks and submits to his authority not knowing what else to say or do. Joseph insists that only the guilty one should be his servant, and the rest could go home to their father. Application - How does this apply to my life? What can I learn from this? What virtues, principles, or ideas are represented here? Your sins will always find you out. Numbers 32:23 What is done in secret will be revealed. Luke 8:17 If something is wrong physically, check yourself spiritually. Haggai 1:5-11 Prayer - Say a prayer. Day two: Scripture - Genesis 44:18-34 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2044&version=KJV Observations - What observations did you make while reading this passage? Are there any word definitions you needed to look up? Are there any words, phrases, verses, themes, etc... that stand out to you? Judah pleads their case before Joseph and offers to be the bondservant to Joseph instead of Benjamin. https://www.gotquestions.org/bondservant.html Application - How does this apply to my life? What can I learn from this? What virtues, principles, or ideas are represented here? We are bondservants to Christ. (1 Corinthians 7:22; Ephesians 6:6; 2 Timothy 2:24) (Romans 1:1; Philippians 1:1; James 1:1; 2 Peter 1:1; Jude 1:1, NKJV) Prayer - Say a prayer. Day three: Scripture - Genesis 45:1-8 Observations - What observations did you make while reading this passage? Are there any word definitions you needed to look up? Are there any words, phrases, verses, themes, etc... that stand out to you? Joseph couldn't stand to keep his identity to himself any longer. He ordered for everyone to leave the room except for his brothers while he revealed himself to them. While revealing himself, he wept so loudly that the Egyptians could hear him throughout the house of Pharoah. He told them... “Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.” Application - How does this apply to my life? What can I learn from this? What virtues, principles, or ideas are represented here? God is sovereign. Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Prayer - Say a prayer. Day four: Scripture - Genesis 45:9-24 Observations - What observations did you make while reading this passage? Are there any word definitions you needed to look up? Are there any words, phrases, verses, themes, etc... that stand out to you? Application - How does this apply to my life? What can I learn from this? What virtues, principles, or ideas are represented here? Prayer - Say a prayer. Day five: Scripture - Genesis 45:25-28 Observations - What observations did you make while reading this passage? Are there any word definitions you needed to look up? Are there any words, phrases, verses, themes, etc... that stand out to you? Application - How does this apply to my life? What can I learn from this? What virtues, principles, or ideas are represented here? Prayer - Say a prayer. Day six: Scripture - Genesis 46:1-4 Observations - What observations did you make while reading this passage? Are there any word definitions you needed to look up? Are there any words, phrases, verses, themes, etc... that stand out to you? Application - How does this apply to my life? What can I learn from this? What virtues, principles, or ideas are represented here? Prayer - Say a prayer. |
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