Two years pass.....Pharaoah has dreams. It was typical of that day to have "wise men" and "magicians"....they did have powers (Exodus 7:11, 12) but not from God....finally, the cup bearer remembers Joseph, and Joseph is quickly summoned and cleaned up for the Pharaoah....notice how Joseph has matured and gives credit to God for the dream interpretation and the next thing you know, Joseph is second in command to Pharaoah.....all in God's time! Joseph endured 13 years in prison prior to that point.
The prophesized famine comes and Jacob's family is suffering....I was wondering if Jacob was cranky from hunger when he told his sons, "Why do you just keep looking at each other?"....God's plan sends the brothers directly to Joseph for grain, but they don't recognize him. Note that in 42:15 Joseph was testing his brothers to see if they were as cruel to Benjamin as they were to him".....Remember that Benjamin and Joseph were Rachel's, and therefore favored. Joseph sneaks money pouches in the grain and the brothers return to Jacob to explain that they have to take Benjamin to Joseph to prove they are not spies, but honest men.
Isn't it interesting that they (the brothers) were so convicted in verse 21....right away they honed in on what they had done to Joseph many years ago and assumed they were being
Look what comes up from the depths of the sea.
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