Joseph’s brothers are back in Egypt to buy grain for the family due to the severe famine occurring at that time. Joseph enacts his plan to keep Benjamin with him. He has his silver cup placed in his bag and sends the brothers away, fully expecting the brothers to abandon Benjamin like they did to him. Joseph likely sees himself as trying to rescue Benjamin from his hate-filled brothers. But the brothers surprise Joseph. Rather than abandoning Benjamin to Egypt, they return to Egypt and offer up their lives for Benjamin’s sake. Judah, the one who had sold Joseph into slavery, was the one who was willing to trade his life to set Benjamin free so he could return to his father. This brings us to Genesis 45 as we wait to see what Joseph will do next…

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