So in Genesis 43,  we are back in Canaan with Jacob’s sons. The famine is still going strong and the grain that was brought from Egypt is on the verge of depletion. In an exact replay of what happened earlier Jacob tells his sons to stop moping around like a bunch of depressed beggars and […]

Today we begin Genesis Chapter 43. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James Bible, click here. “They served him by himself, the brothers by themselves, and the Egyptians included at the meal by themselves — Egyptians don’t eat with Hebrews, because that is abhorrent to them.“-Genesis 43-32 Before we get into […]

The story of Joseph foreshadows Yeshua’s life in so many different ways. However, I wonder if it also provides clues concerning how the unbelieving majority in the modern state of Israel may eventually come to accept Yeshua. Some of today’s patterns seem to give us some hints about how things may turn out. PATTERN ONE: […]

Their father Jacob said to them, “You’ve taken my children from me. Joseph’s gone. Simeon’s gone. And you are taking Benjamin. All this can’t really be happening to me!”-Genesis 42:36 When reading about Jacob’s sons and pondering that it is through these men and their descendants that God will choose to save the world, it […]

Even though Joseph had arrived at a place spiritually where he is now capable of extending forgiveness to his brothers, he’s still not sure about his brothers. Had their hearts softened over the years? Had God prepared them as He had prepared Joseph? Some testing was needed. So Joseph pretending not to recognize his brothers […]