Joseph's Brothers Accused Of Stealing - RSV

The Brothers Remember How They Treated Joseph. They Do Not Know it Is Joseph They are Dealing with Now. They Believe That All the Trouble They are Having Is Because of What They Did to Joseph When They Sold Him as a Slave.

1. The Brothers Go Back to Face the Accusation of Theft.

Genesis 44:1-5 Then he ________________ the steward of his house, "Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man's money in the mouth of his sack, [2] and put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, with his money for the grain." And he did as Joseph told him. [3] As soon as the ____________ was light, the men were sent away with their asses. [4] When they had gone but a short ______________ from the city, Joseph said to his steward, "Up, follow after the men; and when you ______________ them, say to them, 'Why have you ______________ evil for good? Why have you __________ my silver cup? [5] Is it not from this that my lord __________, and by this that he ____________? You have done wrong in so doing.'"

Genesis 44:6-13 When he overtook them, he spoke to them these words. [7] They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing! [8] Behold, the money which we found in the mouth of our sacks, we ____________ back to you from the land of Canaan; how then should we steal silver or gold from your lord's house? [9] With whomever of your servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's slaves." [10] He said, "Let it be as you say: he with whom it is found shall be my slave, and the rest of you shall be ________________." [11] Then every man ____________ ____________ his sack to the ground, and every man opened his sack. [12] And he ______________, ________________ with the eldest and ending with the ______________; and the cup was found in __________________ sack. [13] Then they rent their ____________, and every man loaded his ass, and they ______________ to the city.

Genesis 44:14-17 When Judah and his ______________ came to Joseph's house, he was still there; and they fell before him to the ground. [15] Joseph said to them, "What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that such a man as I can indeed __________?" [16] And Judah said, "What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how can we clear ________________? God has found out the guilt of your ______________; __________, we are my __________ slaves, both we and he also in whose hand the cup has been found." [17] But he said, "Far be it from me that I __________ do so! Only the man in whose hand the cup was found shall be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your __________."

Genesis 44:18-29 Then Judah went up to him and said, "O my lord, let your servant, I pray you, speak a word in my __________ ears, and let not your anger burn against your servant; for you are like ____________ ____________. [19] My lord asked his servants, __________, 'Have you a father, or a brother?' [20] And we said to my lord, 'We have a father, an old man, and a young brother, the child of his old age; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his ______________ ______________; and his father loves him.' [21] Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes upon him.' [22] We said to my lord, 'The lad cannot leave his father, for if he __________ leave his father, his father would die.' [23] Then you said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall see my face no more.' [24] When we went back to your servant my father we told him the words of my lord. [25] And when our father said, 'Go again, buy us a __________ food,' [26] we said, 'We cannot go down. If our youngest brother goes with us, then we will go down; for we cannot see the _________ face unless our youngest brother is with us.' [27] Then your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons; [28] one left me, and I said, __________ he has been torn to __________; and I have _________ seen him _________. [29] If you take this one also from me, and harm ____________ him, you will bring down my gray _________ in __________ to _________.'

Do the brothers seem different from the way they treated Joseph when they sold him as a slave? ____________

2. Judah Pleads to Be Allowed to Stay as Slave in Place of Benjamin, in Whose Sack the Cup was Found.

Genesis 44:30-34 Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us, then, as his life is bound up in the lad's life, [31] when he sees that the lad is not with us, he will die; and your ______________ will bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with __________ to Sheol. [32] For your servant __________ __________ for the lad to my father, __________, 'If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame in the sight of my father all my life.' [33] Now therefore, let your servant, I pray you, __________ instead of the lad as a _________ to my lord; and let the lad go back with his ______________. [34] For how can I go back to my father if the lad is not with me? I fear to see the evil that _________ come upon my father."

Does Judah seem different now from the time when he and his brothers sold Joseph to the traders as a slave? _________________

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