Joseph Meets His Brothers - NAS

Joseph Did Not Plan to Meet up with His Brothers. He Had His Life in Egypt and God Had Definitely Been Leading. He was Useful and Had Purpose in Life. Going Back to Canaan Did Not Seem to Be One of His Goals. Maybe His Brothers Were Just the Same as When They Had Sold Him as a Slave to Passing Traders Who Sold Him in Egypt.

1. When Joseph's Brothers Went to Buy Grain They Had No Idea Who Would Sell it to Them.

Genesis 42:1 Now Jacob saw that there was grain in _________, and Jacob said to his sons, "Why are you ____________ at one another?"

Genesis 42:3-4 Then ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain from Egypt. [4] But Jacob did not send ______________ brother ______________ with his brothers, for he said, "I am afraid that harm may befall him."

Genesis 42:6-7 Now Joseph was the ruler over the land; he was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And ______________ brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground. [7] When Joseph saw his brothers he __________________ them, but he ________________ himself to them and spoke to them ____________. And he said to them, "Where have you come from?" And they said, "From the land of Canaan, to buy food."

1. Why did Joseph speak harshly to his brothers? _____________________

2. Why did only ten brothers come to buy grain? _____________________

3. Did his brothers have any idea that he was their brother? ___________

2. Joseph Wanted to Learn More about Them Before They Knew Who He was.

Genesis 42:8-11 But Joseph had recognized his ______________, although they did not recognize him. [9] Joseph __________________ the dreams which he had about them, and said to them, "You are spies; you have come to look at the __________________ parts of our land." [10] Then they said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food. [11] "We are all sons of one man; we are __________ men, your servants are not spies."

Genesis 42:12-17 Yet he said to them, "No, but you have come to look at the __________________ parts of our land!" [13] But they said, "Your ______________ are twelve brothers in all, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is with our father today, and one is no longer alive." [14] Joseph said to them, "It is as I said to you, you are spies; [15] by this you will be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here! [16] "Send one of you that he may get your brother, while you __________ ______________, that your words may be tested, ____________ there is truth in you. But if not, by the life of Pharaoh, __________ you are spies." [17] So he put them all ______________ in __________ for three days.

Genesis 42:18-20 Now Joseph said to them on the third day, "Do this and live, for I fear God: [19] if you are honest men, let one of your brothers be ______________ in your prison; but as for the rest of you, go, carry grain for the famine of your __________________, [20] and bring your ______________ brother to me, so your words may be ______________, and you will not die." And they did so.

Genesis 42:21-24 Then they said to one another, "Truly we are guilty __________________ our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us." [22] Reuben ______________ them, saying, "Did I not tell you, 'Do not sin against the boy '; and you would not listen? Now comes the ________________ for his blood." [23] They did not know, however, that Joseph __________________, for there was an ___________________ between them. [24] He turned away from them and wept. But when he ______________ to them and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.

1. Did the brother's discover it was their brother Joseph asking them questions? ___________

2. Why did Joseph insist that they bring Benjamin down to Egypt? _______________

3. The Twelve Brothers Were Not Happy to Tell Their Father, Jacob, What Had Happened.

Genesis 42:25-28 Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain and to restore every man's money in his sack, and to give them __________________ for the ____________. And thus it was done for them. [26] So they loaded their donkeys with their grain and ______________ from there. [27] As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the ____________ place, he saw his money; and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack. [28] Then he said to his ______________, "My money has been ______________, and behold, it is even in my sack." And their hearts sank, and they turned ________________ to one another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?"

Genesis 42:29-34 When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had ______________ to them, __________, [30] "The man, the lord of the land, spoke ____________ with us, and took us for spies of the ____________. [31] "But we said to him, 'We are honest men; we are not spies. [32] 'We are __________ brothers, sons of our father; one is no __________ alive, and the youngest is with our father today in the land of Canaan.' [33] "The man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me and take grain for the __________ of your __________________, and go. [34] 'But bring your youngest brother to me that I may know that you are not spies, but honest men. I will give your brother to you, and you may _________ in the land.' "

Genesis 42:35-36 Now it came about as they were emptying their sacks, that behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were ______________. [36] Their father Jacob said to them, "You have ______________ me of my ______________: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you would take ______________; all these things are against me."

Genesis 42:38 But Jacob said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his ____________ is dead, and he alone is left. If harm should befall him on the ____________ you are taking, then you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in __________."

1. How many sons did Jacob have? _________

2. How many sons were at home with him now? ___________

3. Who was now missing from the original number of sons? __________________ and __________________

4. Joseph Instructs His Steward to Take the Men to His House. They Do Not Know Why He Would Do This.

Genesis 43:1-5 Now the famine was severe in the land. [2] So it came about when they had ______________ eating the grain which they had ____________ from Egypt, that their father said to them, "Go back, buy us a little food." [3] Judah spoke to him, ____________, __________, "The man ______________ __________ us, 'You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.' [4] "If you send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food. [5] "But if you do not send him, we will not go down; for the man said to us, 'You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.' "

Genesis 43:6-10 Then Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly by telling the man whether you still had another brother?" [7] But they said, "The man __________________ _____________________ about us and our ________________, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' So we ______________ his ________________. Could we ______________ know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down '?" [8] Judah said to his father Israel, "Send the lad with me and we will arise and go, that we may live and not die, we as well as you and our little ones. [9] "I myself will be surety for him; you may hold me ___________________ for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame before you forever. [10] "For if we had not ____________, surely by now we could have ______________ twice."

Genesis 43:11-15 Then their father Israel said to them, "If it must be so, then do this: take some of the best ______________ of the land in your bags, and carry down to the man as a present, a little balm and a little honey, ______________ gum and myrrh, ________________ nuts and almonds. [12] "Take double the money in your hand, and take back in your hand the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks; ____________ it was a ____________. [13] "Take your brother also, and arise, return to the man; [14] and may God Almighty grant you __________________ in the sight of the man, so that he will ____________ to you your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if I am bereaved of my ______________, I am bereaved." [15] So the men took this present, and they took double the money in their hand, and Benjamin; then they arose and went down to Egypt and stood before __________.

Genesis 43:16-17 When Joseph saw ______________ with them, he said to his house steward, "Bring the men into the house, and slay an animal and make ready; for the men are to dine with me at noon." [17] So the man did as Joseph said, and ____________ the men to ______________ house.

5. Joseph's Brothers Tried to Explain to the Steward That They Had Found the Money in Their Sacks and Brought it Back with Them.

Genesis 43:18-22 Now the men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph's house; and they said, "It is because of the money that was ______________ in our sacks the first time that we are being brought in, that he may seek ______________ ____________ us and fall upon us, and take us for __________ with our donkeys." [19] So they came near to Joseph's house ____________, and spoke to him at the ______________ of the house, [20] and said, "Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food, [21] and it came about when we came to the ____________ place, that we __________ our sacks, and __________, each man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full. So we have brought it back in our hand. [22] "We have also brought down other money in our hand to buy food; we do not know who put our money in our sacks."

Genesis 43:23-25 He said, "Be at ease, do not be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has given you ______________ in your sacks; I had your money." Then he brought Simeon out to them. [24] Then the man brought the men into Joseph's house and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their ____________ fodder. [25] So they ______________ the ____________ for Joseph's __________ at noon; for they had heard that they were to eat a meal there.

Genesis 43:26-30 When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present which was in their hand and bowed to the ground before him. [27] Then he asked them about their welfare, and said, "Is your old father well, of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?" [28] They said, "Your ____________ our father is well; he is still alive." They bowed down in homage. [29] As he lifted his eyes and saw his brother ______________, his ______________ son, he said, "Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?" And he said, "May God be ______________ to you, my son." [30] Joseph ____________ out for he was deeply ____________ over his brother, and he sought a place to weep; and he ____________ his ____________ and wept there.

Genesis 43:31-34 Then he washed his face and came out; and he __________________ himself and said, "Serve the meal." [32] So they served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians could not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is ________________ to the Egyptians. [33] Now they were seated before him, the ________________ according to his __________________ and the ______________ according to his youth, and the men looked at one another in astonishment. [34] He took portions to them from his own table, but __________________ portion was five times as much as any of theirs. So they feasted and drank freely with him.

1. Why did Joseph give Benjamin more food than he gave the other brothers? _____________________

2. Do the brothers know they are dealing with Joseph? _____________

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