Read Gen. 42:1-17
…Meanwhile, back at the ranch in Canaan there is a famine going on. Jacob hears that there is food in Egypt and sends his sons (all but Benjamin) to go buy some. He was very protective of Benjamin since he was all that was left of his relationship with Rachael. In Egypt it was Joseph’s job to oversee the selling of the corn. His 17 year-old dream came true as his brothers came and bowed down before him to ask to buy some of Egypt’s corn.
Remember his first dream was that their corn bowed down to his and now they are bowing in need of his corn. Joseph immediately recognized them but they didn’t know him. He spoke roughly to them asking where they were from to confirm his suspicion that they were his brothers, and God reminded him of his dream. He needed to test them before revealing himself to them so he accused them of being spies scouting out the land. They tried to plead their innocence explaining that they were all brothers with the same father and there were 12 of them, but one had died. When Joseph still accused them of being spies they spilled more of their story. They explained that they had a younger brother who remained at home with his father. Now Joseph had them. He had gotten them to give him enough information to use to test them to see if they had changed. He told them he was going to hold them all in prison and send one of them home to fetch the younger brother, then he would believe them. So for 3 days he held them in prison. On the 3rd day he brought them out. (Ever notice how on the 3rd day everyone resurrects: Jonah from the whale, brothers from prison, Jesus from the grave?)
Lord, let this remind us that everything you say in your Word is true and will happen in your timing.
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