“Realizing that their father was dead, Joseph’s brothers said, ‘Joseph may hate us now and pay us back in full for all the suffering we caused him.’”-Genesis 50:15 Guilt is an interesting burden to carry. It makes us unconsciously assume that how we have viewed and treated others in the past is exactly how we […]
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50-2: Pharaoh was worried Joseph might not return to Egypt after burying his father
“I beg you, let me go up and bury my father; I will return.’” Pharaoh responded, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear.”-Genesis 50:5-6 After Jacob passed away, we are told that all of Egypt was ordered to go into mourning for him. This was an honor normally only reserved for royalty. […]