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 And as I begin my message today, I want to bring you first to the end of this passage

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 where Jacob reminisces about his life to Pharaoh in chapter 47, verse 9.

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 And he says this,

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 The days of the years of my sojourning are 130 years.

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 Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life.

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 And they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers

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 in the days of their sojourning.

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 So he says,

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 Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life.

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 Now, some of you can relate to that.

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 And even if you personally can't relate to that sentiment,

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 you at least probably know someone who can.

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 In this world, we will have tribulation, Jesus said in John 16, 33.

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 In this world, people suffer from natural disasters like Hurricane Harvey.

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 We experience the loss of loved ones.

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 We endure hardships and injustice.

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 People hurt each other.

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 And hurt people hurt more people.

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 And they sin and suffer in perpetual cycle.

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 And for that reason, if you look around, there is no shortage of bitterness in this world.

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 But in this passage, it teaches that for Christians, we can rise above it all

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 to trust in God in the midst of sin and suffering

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 because God's sovereign purposes prevail through it all.

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 Now, that's the main point of this passage.

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 And we see this truth in Genesis 42 to 47 through the unfolding stories of three main characters.

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 First, we're going to talk about Judah.

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 And then second, we're going to talk about Joseph.

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 And third, we're going to talk about Jacob.

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 And these chapters are really a literary clinic on character development.

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 They're such complex, broken characters that God transforms in the course of these chapters

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 and have been throughout the previous chapters as well.

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 Their stories teach us that we can trust in God in the midst of sin and suffering

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 because God's sovereign purposes prevail through it all.

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 So first of these portraits is of Judah in chapters 42 to 44.

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 And by Judah, I mean all the brothers of Joseph, the sons of Leah,

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 because he kind of functions as a representative of the brothers.

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 And Genesis 41, the chapter before where we are today,

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 concluded with Joseph rising to the rank of vizier.

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 It is the second in command in all of Egypt after Pharaoh.

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 And then he was entrusted with meeting the needs of the Egyptians

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 during the seven years of famine.

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 So he was in charge of the storehouses.

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 And then we are now turning, the scene is turning now to Canaan again

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 to see how the Israelites, how Jacob and his sons are dealing with the same famine

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 that struck the area.

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 And so read 42, turn to 42 verses 1 to 5 with me.

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 I'm going to read that out loud now.

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 Verses 1 to 5 of chapter 42.

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 But actually, before we do that, I'm just going to pray to ask for God's help.

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 We usually pray before the scripture reading,

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 so I got kind of thrown off my routine here.

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 Let me pray.

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 God, we know that our words often fall to the ground.

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 They are not fulfilled.

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 We go back on our promises.

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 But your words never fall to the ground.

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 You're always faithful.

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 That's why we cling to your word.

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 And we want to hear from your word to be challenged and addressed by it.

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 So we pray.

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 We need your help.

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 That by your spirit, you enliven our hearts,

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 illuminate our minds to understand and to grasp

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 and to apply these truths to our lives

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 so that we can glorify you and honor you.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Chapter 42, verses 1 to 5.

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 It says,

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 When Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt,

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 he said to his sons,

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 Why do you look at one another?

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 And he said,

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 Behold, I have heard that there is grain for sale in Egypt.

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 Go down and buy grain for us there,

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 that we may live and not die.

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 So ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.

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 But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with his brothers,

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 for he feared that harm might happen to him.

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 Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came,

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 for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

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 So Jacob and his family, too, have been affected by the famine that struck Egypt.

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 And now they are literally running out of food.

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 And Jacob, in effect, scores his sons.

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 Like, so what are you doing?

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 Go and get us some food.

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 I heard that there's some food in Egypt.

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 And then it says in verse 3 that ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.

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 And that's interesting because Joseph now has 11 brothers.

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 So why just ten?

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 And then the answer is given immediately by the narrator.

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 And it's because Jacob, their father, feared that harm might happen to Benjamin, his youngest.

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 And Benjamin, so Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers.

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 And Joseph and Benjamin are the two sons, the only two children he has by his favorite wife, Rachel.

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 And so he's trying to protect his son, Benjamin.

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 The word harm coming upon Benjamin, it only occurs in Genesis.

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 In the entire Bible, it occurs four times.

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 And three of the times it deals with Benjamin.

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 So he's trying to protect Benjamin from harm.

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 And the last time it occurs is, interestingly enough, in Exodus 21 to 23,

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 the harm is applied to a baby that is accidentally miscarried

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 because some men who are fighting around accidentally hits the pregnant woman

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 and the baby miscarries.

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 And the harm is that to have come to the baby.

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 So Jacob is literally here babying Benjamin, saying,

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 This is my son.

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 This is my favorite son.

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 And no harm is going to come to him on my watch.

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 So he doesn't send him.

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 He just sends the ten brothers.

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 Well, harm might come to them.

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 But, I mean, that's not a bigger deal for him than it is for Benjamin.

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 So in God's providence, out of all those thousands probably of people

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 that are there to buy grain from Egypt,

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 Joseph is personally overseeing the sale of grain.

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 And he gets to meet his brothers.

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 And Joseph recognizes his brothers because, I mean,

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 they probably haven't changed too much except for aging.

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 But Joseph has changed quite a bit.

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 One, he was an adolescent when he was taken to Egypt.

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 And now he's the second in rank in all of Egypt.

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 So he's hard to recognize.

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 So they don't recognize him.

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 And Joseph takes advantage of that disparity,

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 that he knows them but they know him not,

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 to test them to see if they have changed since the time

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 they sold them into slavery in Egypt.

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 And so verse 7, it says,

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 Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them,

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 but he treated them like strangers and spoke roughly to them.

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 So these words are signifying that divine justice

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 is now catching up to Joseph's brothers.

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 Because if you look at chapter 37, verse 18,

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 it says that Joseph's brothers conspired against Joseph.

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 And then in 37, 32 to 33,

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 after selling Joseph into slavery,

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 they dipped his robe of many colors in gold blood

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 and then brought it to his father Jacob,

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 asking him to identify it, right?

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 So those two words, identify, right,

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 and to conspire,

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 are the exact same Hebrew words that are translated here

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 as recognized and treat as strangers.

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 So now, so those two are,

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 so basically Joseph is doing to his brothers

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 what his brothers did to him,

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 exactly what he did to him.

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 Possibly a little bit of vindictiveness there,

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 but more likely he's trying to test him,

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 test them to see where their heart is.

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 And he accuses them of being spies

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 sent by foreign power to scout the weakness of Egypt.

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 And then he presses them.

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 And as he continues to press them,

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 they start to divulge more information

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 about their family in order to gain Joseph's trust.

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 And so they say in verse 10,

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 know my Lord, your servants have come to buy food.

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 We are all sons of one man.

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 We are honest men.

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 Your servants have never been spies.

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 There's a lot of irony in those statements, right?

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 So he says, we are all sons of one man,

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 not knowing that even the man he is there speaking to

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 is a son of one man.

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 And then not just that, they're speaking,

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 they say that they're honest men

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 to the very brother that they sold into slavery, right?

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 So you can see the irony.

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 Joseph is watching them.

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 They're claiming to be honest men,

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 sons of all one man.

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 They continue in verse 13.

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 We, your servants, are 12 brothers,

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 the sons of one man in the land of Canaan.

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 And behold, the youngest is this day with our father,

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 and one is no more.

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 Quite the vague euphemism.

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 One is no more.

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 When the reality is that they themselves heartlessly

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 and callously sold him into slavery, right?

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 And so after, at this point,

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 Jacob has learned that he has another brother

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 because Benjamin was born after he was sold into slavery.

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 So he presses them further to get more information

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 about his family in verses 15 to 16.

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 By this, you shall be tested.

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 By the life of Pharaoh,

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 you shall not go from this place

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 unless your youngest brother comes here.

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 Send one of you and let him bring your brother

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 while you remain confined,

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 that your words may be tested,

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 whether there is truth in you or else.

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 By the life of Pharaoh,

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 surely you are spies.

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 After saying this,

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 Joseph puts them in prison for three days.

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 And this too is evidence of the justice, right?

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 Joseph was formerly imprisoned

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 on account of his brothers selling him into slavery.

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 And now they are imprisoned on account of Joseph.

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 In fact, the word that is translated in verse 17

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 as he put them all together in custody,

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 that is a word play on Joseph's name.

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 It looks and sounds exactly like the name Joseph.

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 So basically, Joseph is Josephing his brothers.

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 He's treating them like the way they treated Joseph previously.

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 Now, during their imprisonment,

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 Joseph revises his plan.

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 And we don't know why exactly,

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 but maybe he realizes,

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 well, if only one of them goes back,

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 I mean, he's not gonna be able

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 to take much food back to his family.

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 Maybe they won't survive.

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 Okay, maybe it's better to keep one back

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 and send the rest of them home.

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 We don't know what's his thinking.

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 But he revises his plan.

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 He decides to leave one brother with him

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 and to send everyone back to grab Benjamin.

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 And Joseph's brothers know that God

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 is bringing them to account

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 for what they did to Joseph

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 as all this is happening.

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 Because they say in verse 21,

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 in truth, we are guilty concerning our brother

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 in that we saw the distress of his soul

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 when he begged us and we did not listen.

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 This is why this distress has come upon us.

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 They caused Joseph distress.

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 And now the same distress has come upon them.

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 And then Reuben tries to justify himself

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 in this situation to his brothers.

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 He says, did I not tell you not to sin against the boy?

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 But you did not listen.

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 And so now there comes a reckoning for his blood.

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 So Joseph overhears this, the narrator tells us.

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 And even though he has a translator between them,

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 obviously the brothers think that he's understanding

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 through a translator,

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 but he doesn't need a translator.

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 So he understands what they're saying.

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 And so at this point,

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 he learns that his oldest brother, Reuben,

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 was not complicit in their plan

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 to sell him, to kill him, right?

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 Or initially to kill him,

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 and then later to sell him into Egypt.

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 And so maybe that's why Joseph has some compassion

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 on his oldest brother, Reuben.

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 But he decides to hold Simeon in prison.

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 Simeon is the second oldest brother instead of Reuben.

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 And then he sends them back home.

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 And this may also be just kind of ironic,

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 divine retribution.

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 Because now, because Benjamin, right,

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 the second son of Rachel,

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 is held by Jacob,

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 and he wants him to bring him back.

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 So in exchange for Benjamin,

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 he's now holding on to the second son of Leah.

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 So there's a lot of just kind of retribution happening.

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 Just Joseph, exactly the way they treated Joseph,

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 mistreated Joseph,

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 is happening to the brothers.

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 And so they go back with additional provisions

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 and probably out of compassion for his family,

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 he returns all the money that they paid for the grain

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 and puts them back into the sacks.

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 And as they're going,

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 they discover,

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 one of the brothers discovered the money in the sack

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 and they panic.

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 They're like,

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 oh no,

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 my money is in the sack.

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 So they're worried that basically

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 when the Egyptians do their accounting later,

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 they're going to realize

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 that they didn't pay for the grain that they took.

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 And then now,

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 they're going to get in trouble later

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 if they ever come across them again.

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 And so,

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 they say in verse 28,

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 what is this that God has done to us?

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 This is a recurring theme.

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 As all these things are happening,

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 we recognize that it's not people

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 who are the ultimate agents,

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 but God is doing these things.

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 God is bringing the brothers of Joseph to account.

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 But that's just the start

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 because it gets worse.

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 So they discovered the money in one sack

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 and now they arrive

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 and they tell Jacob,

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 their father,

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 all that has transpired up to this point.

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 And then when they opened the rest of the sacks,

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 they discover that the money is back

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 in every single sack of grain.

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 So that means they didn't get,

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 they didn't pay any money for the grain

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 that they just brought from Egypt.

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 And then it says in verse 35,

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 of chapter 42,

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 and when they and their fathers

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 saw their bundles of money,

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 they were afraid.

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 And then follow this.

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 And what they say,

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 what Jacob says in response,

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 in verse 36,

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 is shocking and highly suggestive.

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 It says,

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 you have bereaved me of my children.

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 Joseph is no more.

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 Simeon is no more.

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 And now you would take Benjamin.

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 All this has come against me.

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 Right?

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 So first,

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 Jacob is blaming his sons

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 for the loss of Joseph and Simeon.

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 And if you have followed Joseph's story

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 up to this point,

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 well, maybe you can blame,

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 you know,

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 them for Simeon

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 because perhaps they weren't persuasive enough

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 with Joseph or something like that.

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 But really,

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 it's not their fault.

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 Right?

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 And then secondly,

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 Joseph,

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 according to the theory,

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 according to the lie

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 that they sold to their father,

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 right,

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 Joseph was devoured by wild beasts.

00:14:00.160 --> 00:14:00.280
 Right?

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 So if Joseph was devoured by wild beasts,

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 they're not to blame.

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 So when Jacob says here,

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 you have bereaved me,

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 my children,

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 he's suggesting something

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 that perhaps it was not up to no one.

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 So this is,

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 a lot of commentators note this,

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 but it may be that first time

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 they sold Joseph into slavery.

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 Obviously,

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 they had a lot of money.

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 It says that they sold them

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 for 20 shekels of silver,

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 which is about two years worth of wages.

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 So think about how much you earn in two years.

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 And all of a sudden,

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 one day,

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 they have that money.

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 And perhaps the father notices some of that

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 and starts to harbor some suspicions.

00:14:35.379 --> 00:14:35.519
 Okay,

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 what happened to Joseph?

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 What really happened?

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 Where did all this disposable income come from?

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 We don't know what he did,

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 but he probably pushed the suspicion

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 to the back of his mind,

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 thinking,

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 oh,

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 that's just unthinkable.

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 There's no way that happened.

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 But then,

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 now Simeon is lost,

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 and then they come,

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 and the Simeon is gone,

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 and they open the sacks,

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 and all the money

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 that he gave them

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 to get the grain is there.

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 There's Simeon.

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 There's money.

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 Again,

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 and he's,

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 so that,

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 at least,

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 it would be very rash,

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 reasonable for him

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 to suspect them

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 of doing something unthinkable.

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 So he says,

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 you have bereaved me.

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 He doesn't say,

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 you have all been bereaved.

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 No,

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 you have bereaved me

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 of my children.

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 You have,

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 Joseph is no more,

00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:15.659
 Simeon is no more,

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 and now you would take Benjamin.

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 All this has come against me.

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 Now,

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 that explains the,

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 the overzealous response

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 of Reuben

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 in the following verse,

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 because he says in verse 17,

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 verse 37,

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 kill my two sons

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 if I do not bring him back to you.

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 Put him in my hands,

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 and I will bring him back to you.

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 But Jacob does not confide in Reuben,

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 and he replies in verse 38,

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 my son shall not go down with you,

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 for his brother is dead,

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 and he is the only one left.

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 If harm should happen to him

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 down on the journey

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 that you are to make,

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 you would bring down

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 my gray hairs

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 with sorrow to Sheol.

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 Now,

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 this is a statement

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 because Jacob is saying,

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 in effect,

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 I don't know about your sons,

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 but my son surely

00:16:03.300 --> 00:16:04.420
 isn't going down with you,

00:16:04.700 --> 00:16:04.900
 right?

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 And he's,

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 and also look at how,

00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:06.680
 what he says,

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 Jacob refers to Joseph

00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:09.440
 as his brother,

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 meaning Benjamin's brother,

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 not your brother

00:16:12.500 --> 00:16:13.700
 or their brother,

00:16:13.780 --> 00:16:13.980
 right?

00:16:14.100 --> 00:16:15.100
 And he also says,

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 he is the only one left,

00:16:17.680 --> 00:16:19.800
 as if the other 10 sons of Leah

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 are not even his sons,

00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:22.320
 right?

00:16:22.740 --> 00:16:24.240
 He's the only one I have left.

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 There's so much brokenness

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 in this family.

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 And Jacob is virtually renouncing

00:16:28.800 --> 00:16:29.940
 his 10 sons of Leah

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 as less than sons,

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 and doubling down

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 on his favoritism

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 of Rachel's sons,

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 of Benjamin now.

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 And so even though

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 the brothers

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 sold Joseph initially

00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:40.860
 in order to gain

00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:41.960
 the favor of their father

00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:42.840
 by getting rid of

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 the favorite one,

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 they're back to square one,

00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:47.480
 exactly the same place

00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:48.080
 where they began.

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 Now Benjamin has taken

00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:50.040
 that mantle

00:16:50.040 --> 00:16:53.360
 of Jacob's favorite child.

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 And in fact,

00:16:54.060 --> 00:16:55.200
 the words that he uses

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 to describe

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 what would happen to him

00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:57.840
 should he lose Benjamin

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 is almost identical

00:16:58.940 --> 00:16:59.740
 to what he said

00:16:59.740 --> 00:17:00.759
 when he lost Joseph.

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 You'll bring down

00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:02.420
 my gray hair

00:17:02.420 --> 00:17:04.180
 in sorrow to shield.

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 So at this point,

00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:08.140
 we are seeing,

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 in the following chapter,

00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:10.620
 we're going to see

00:17:10.620 --> 00:17:11.059
 even more,

00:17:11.059 --> 00:17:11.759
 but even in the midst

00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:12.679
 of Joseph's brother's

00:17:12.679 --> 00:17:13.259
 sin and suffering,

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 God is working something here.

00:17:14.879 --> 00:17:15.779
 He's working out

00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:16.700
 his sovereign plan

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 and we're going to see

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 that in the following chapters.

00:17:18.819 --> 00:17:19.940
 Look at chapter 43.

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 Now some time has passed

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 and it seems that

00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:24.480
 at least some of the tension

00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:25.440
 and suspicion

00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:26.039
 that was there

00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:26.759
 between Jacob

00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:28.200
 and his 10 sons

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 has been diffused

00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:31.319
 because now they're hungry again

00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:32.720
 and they need food,

00:17:32.879 --> 00:17:33.299
 right?

00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:36.460
 So Jacob once again

00:17:36.460 --> 00:17:37.639
 tells him to go buy some food

00:17:37.639 --> 00:17:38.919
 and then Judah reminds him

00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:39.480
 emphatically,

00:17:39.740 --> 00:17:40.700
 father,

00:17:40.860 --> 00:17:41.600
 it's not happening

00:17:41.600 --> 00:17:42.820
 unless we take Benjamin with him.

00:17:42.860 --> 00:17:43.920
 The man told us so.

00:17:44.580 --> 00:17:45.880
 And so we have seen

00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:47.880
 since chapter 37,

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 so basically that's when

00:17:49.340 --> 00:17:49.800
 Reuben,

00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:51.000
 the firstborn of Jacob,

00:17:51.420 --> 00:17:52.500
 tried to usurp

00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:53.880
 his father's authority

00:17:53.880 --> 00:17:55.120
 by sleeping with

00:17:55.120 --> 00:17:56.180
 his father's concubine.

00:17:56.700 --> 00:17:57.580
 Now ever since then,

00:17:57.640 --> 00:17:58.519
 he's kind of lost

00:17:58.519 --> 00:18:00.100
 his kind of status,

00:18:00.440 --> 00:18:01.940
 his favor with his father

00:18:01.940 --> 00:18:02.560
 as firstborn.

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 And then after that,

00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:04.980
 the second and third sons,

00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:05.859
 Simeon and Levi,

00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:07.539
 also lost their favorite status

00:18:07.539 --> 00:18:08.119
 with the father

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 by raiding and ransacking

00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:11.440
 the town of Shechem.

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 And so you see that later

00:18:12.919 --> 00:18:14.419
 when Jacob blesses his sons

00:18:14.419 --> 00:18:15.599
 on his deathbed.

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 So he kind of,

00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:17.359
 he passes over,

00:18:18.019 --> 00:18:19.659
 I mean he blesses them

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 but it's kind of a curse

00:18:20.480 --> 00:18:20.980
 for Reuben,

00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:21.859
 Simeon and Levi.

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 And so that's,

00:18:23.460 --> 00:18:24.859
 so now you see increasingly

00:18:24.859 --> 00:18:25.500
 Judah,

00:18:25.740 --> 00:18:26.579
 the fourth son,

00:18:26.659 --> 00:18:27.799
 taking the mantle of leadership

00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:28.899
 and that's what we see here.

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 So Judah starts to represent

00:18:30.619 --> 00:18:32.599
 his brothers and then now,

00:18:32.659 --> 00:18:33.959
 now he says in verses

00:18:33.959 --> 00:18:35.379
 eight to 10 of chapter 43,

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 send a boy with me

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 and we will arise and go

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 that we may live and not die.

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 Both we and you

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 and also our little ones.

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 I will be a pledge of his safety

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 from my hand,

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 you shall require him

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 if I do not bring him back to you

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 and set him before you.

00:18:51.059 --> 00:18:53.319
 Then let me bear the blame forever.

00:18:53.619 --> 00:18:55.019
 If we had not delayed,

00:18:55.139 --> 00:18:57.000
 we will now have returned twice.

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 So Judah is,

00:18:58.799 --> 00:19:00.779
 is more persuasive than Reuben

00:19:00.779 --> 00:19:01.799
 and Judah,

00:19:02.059 --> 00:19:03.039
 I mean Jacob trusts him

00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:03.659
 more than Reuben

00:19:03.659 --> 00:19:06.019
 and recognizing that

00:19:06.019 --> 00:19:07.519
 the alternative really is

00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:08.740
 death by starvation,

00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:10.819
 he says to himself

00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:12.659
 in chapter 43 verse 14,

00:19:12.859 --> 00:19:14.639
 if I am bereaved of my children,

00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:16.099
 I am bereaved.

00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:17.000
 And he says,

00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:18.019
 go take Benjamin

00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:19.180
 and go back to Egypt.

00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:20.639
 And not just,

00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:21.980
 he doesn't just send them to Egypt

00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:25.059
 with the money to buy the grain,

00:19:25.319 --> 00:19:26.220
 he sends them also

00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:27.819
 with the choice fruits of the land

00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:29.659
 in order to basically gain

00:19:29.659 --> 00:19:30.980
 the ruler of Egypt's favor.

00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:32.679
 And he also sends them

00:19:32.679 --> 00:19:34.399
 with double the money.

00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:36.579
 And this is so interesting,

00:19:36.740 --> 00:19:37.659
 what Jacob says,

00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:38.619
 he says,

00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:40.799
 perhaps it was an oversight.

00:19:41.460 --> 00:19:41.859
 Perhaps.

00:19:42.179 --> 00:19:43.059
 He's not convinced

00:19:43.059 --> 00:19:43.639
 that it was an oversight.

00:19:43.879 --> 00:19:45.179
 Perhaps it was an oversight.

00:19:45.179 --> 00:19:47.119
 So he says in verse 12,

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 and he sends them all back.

00:19:49.659 --> 00:19:50.439
 Now, man,

00:19:50.460 --> 00:19:52.639
 this is such a gripping story.

00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.339
 I hope you guys,

00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:54.500
 we didn't get to read the full thing.

00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:55.839
 I hope you guys get to read it at home.

00:19:56.339 --> 00:19:57.079
 But basically,

00:19:57.079 --> 00:19:57.859
 when they arrive,

00:19:57.959 --> 00:19:59.839
 they receive an exceedingly warm welcome

00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:00.519
 from Joseph.

00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:02.740
 And they are taken into Joseph's house

00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:03.500
 for a luncheon.

00:20:03.939 --> 00:20:05.519
 But a guilty conscience

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 doesn't sit well

00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:07.579
 with kind dealings.

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 And so automatically,

00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:09.599
 they start to suspect,

00:20:09.699 --> 00:20:09.959
 oh no,

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:11.419
 they're going to try to ambush us

00:20:11.419 --> 00:20:12.319
 and then enslave us.

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 So they go up to the steward

00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:15.439
 preemptively and say,

00:20:15.679 --> 00:20:15.819
 hey,

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 remember last time,

00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:17.399
 the money?

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 Like,

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 we didn't do that.

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 We didn't take the money.

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 And we brought all the money back.

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 And then the steward tells them

00:20:22.619 --> 00:20:23.819
 in verse 23,

00:20:23.939 --> 00:20:24.619
 peace to you.

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 Do not be afraid.

00:20:27.179 --> 00:20:27.799
 Your God

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 and the God of your father

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 has put treasure in your sacks for you.

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 I received your money.

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 Now,

00:20:34.779 --> 00:20:36.759
 whether knowingly or unknowingly,

00:20:37.179 --> 00:20:39.319
 Joseph's steward expresses the truth

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 that really kind of main point

00:20:40.639 --> 00:20:41.679
 throughout this passage,

00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:44.399
 that God is sovereignly working

00:20:44.399 --> 00:20:46.879
 in and through all human activity,

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 including Joseph instructing his servants

00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:51.360
 to put the money back in their sacks.

00:20:51.660 --> 00:20:53.160
 So in this scene,

00:20:53.320 --> 00:20:55.660
 we see Joseph's particular affection

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 for his full brother,

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:57.460
 Benjamin.

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 Read very emotional verses here.

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 Verses 29 to 30.

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 Please read that with me.

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 It says,

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 Lifted up his eyes

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 and saw his brother,

00:21:08.020 --> 00:21:08.380
 Benjamin,

00:21:08.820 --> 00:21:10.020
 his mother's son,

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 and said,

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 is this your youngest brother

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 of whom you spoke to me?

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 God be gracious to you,

00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:16.460
 my son.

00:21:17.340 --> 00:21:18.540
 Then Joseph hurried out

00:21:18.540 --> 00:21:19.480
 for his compassion,

00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:20.740
 grew warm for his brother,

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 and he sought a place to weep,

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 and he entered his chamber

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 and wept there.

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 In describing this entire second visit

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 of Joseph's brothers,

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 the narrator has intentionally

00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:35.980
 not used any relational terms.

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 So Joseph, up to this point,

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 has always been called the man,

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 and Joseph's brothers

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 have always been called the men.

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 It's not very creative,

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 but then this is the first time

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 where it says,

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 Benjamin is his brother,

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 and his mother's son.

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 Relational terms are used

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 to convey exceeding affection

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 that Joseph has for Benjamin.

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 So he goes out to weep,

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 and he returns,

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 having composed himself.

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 But after the feast,

00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:06.859
 his test is not done.

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 Joseph initiates the final part

00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:10.900
 of his test of his brothers,

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 and then he commands his steward

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 in verses 1 to 2 of chapter 44.

00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.960
 We're in chapter 44 now,

00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:16.820
 verses 1 to 2.

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 Fill the men's sacks with food,

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 as much as they can carry,

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 and put each man's money

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 in the mouth of his sack,

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 and put my cup,

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 the silver cup,

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 in the mouth of the sack

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 of the youngest,

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 with his money for the grain.

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:34.440
 Now, at this point in the narrative,

00:22:34.580 --> 00:22:36.860
 we don't know what Joseph is up to.

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:37.820
 All we know,

00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:39.220
 he could be just pretty generous,

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:40.259
 like he was the first time,

00:22:40.360 --> 00:22:41.380
 just giving them the money back,

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 and then because he loves Benjamin,

00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:44.600
 giving him his special silver cup.

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 But then we see what he's doing later

00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.779
 in verses 4 to 5,

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 because he instructs his steward further.

00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:51.640
 Up, follow after the men,

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.860
 and when you overtake them,

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.420
 say to them,

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:56.299
 why have you repaid evil for good?

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:59.339
 Is it not from this that my Lord drinks,

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 and by this that he practices divination?

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:05.319
 You have done evil in doing this.

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 So when the servant catches up

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:08.960
 to Joseph's brothers,

00:23:09.100 --> 00:23:10.840
 and then the servant interrogates them,

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:12.840
 the brothers are so certain

00:23:12.840 --> 00:23:13.500
 of their innocence,

00:23:13.800 --> 00:23:15.360
 they say this in verse 9,

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:17.440
 whichever of your servants

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 is found with it shall die,

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 and we also will be my Lord's servants.

00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:25.640
 But the steward is working

00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:26.500
 on Joseph's instructions,

00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:27.480
 so he's not really interested

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.340
 in the rest of the brothers.

00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:29.320
 So he just says,

00:23:29.620 --> 00:23:30.220
 no, verse 10,

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:32.180
 he was found with it shall be my servant,

00:23:32.380 --> 00:23:34.120
 and the rest of you shall be innocent.

00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:36.539
 So he takes their suggestion

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:37.500
 of making a servant,

00:23:37.699 --> 00:23:39.099
 but he doesn't accept their suggestion

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:41.199
 of making them all servants.

00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:43.899
 So it's a much more lenient punishment,

00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:44.619
 but of course,

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.919
 the steward already knows

00:23:45.919 --> 00:23:47.339
 where that silver cup is,

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:49.439
 and the tension in the narrative builds

00:23:49.439 --> 00:23:51.399
 as they check one sack at a time,

00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:52.799
 starting from the eldest

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:54.559
 to the youngest,

00:23:54.919 --> 00:23:55.699
 and then finally,

00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:57.019
 they come to Benjamin's sack,

00:23:57.159 --> 00:23:58.159
 and then they open it,

00:23:58.219 --> 00:23:59.519
 and the cup is found

00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:01.279
 in Benjamin's sack.

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:03.960
 Now, this is a brilliant test

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:05.539
 that Joseph has designed, right?

00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:07.940
 Because what happened, right?

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:09.839
 The first time his brother

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:11.619
 sold him into slavery, right?

00:24:11.899 --> 00:24:13.660
 They abandoned him callously

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:16.160
 to the Egyptians to be a slave there,

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:17.039
 and then they left.

00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:18.599
 And the test is this.

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:20.960
 Now, you're going to have to decide.

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:22.940
 Now, the other son of Rachel,

00:24:23.139 --> 00:24:23.539
 Benjamin,

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:26.339
 is about to be enslaved in Egypt.

00:24:26.639 --> 00:24:27.920
 Will you do the same thing

00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:28.859
 you did to me

00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:30.599
 and abandon him and go home?

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.279
 Right?

00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:32.059
 That's the test.

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.339
 And so now,

00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:34.439
 the test is set,

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.419
 and then we get to see

00:24:35.419 --> 00:24:36.639
 the response.

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.359
 And this is,

00:24:37.859 --> 00:24:39.480
 and the brother's response

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:40.579
 is so telling.

00:24:40.719 --> 00:24:40.879
 I mean,

00:24:40.919 --> 00:24:41.759
 they've been living

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:43.179
 with gnawing guilt

00:24:43.179 --> 00:24:44.579
 for the last 20,

00:24:44.699 --> 00:24:45.619
 22 years.

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.199
 I mean,

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:47.439
 it's in the back.

00:24:47.639 --> 00:24:49.079
 It's bothering their conscience.

00:24:49.419 --> 00:24:50.339
 They sense it

00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:51.240
 in all their dealings

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:52.059
 with their father.

00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:52.939
 And then so,

00:24:53.219 --> 00:24:54.899
 Judah and the brothers,

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.500
 they say this.

00:24:55.899 --> 00:24:57.639
 God has found out

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:59.699
 the guilt of your servant.

00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:00.299
 Now,

00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:01.140
 they're not referring

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:01.740
 to the guilt

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:03.019
 of stealing the cup

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:04.019
 because they didn't steal the cup.

00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:05.559
 They're saying God has found

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:06.279
 out the guilt

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:07.559
 of selling Joseph

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:09.019
 into slavery.

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:10.360
 And that's exactly

00:25:10.360 --> 00:25:11.319
 what God is doing.

00:25:11.660 --> 00:25:13.019
 He's finding out their guilt,

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:14.380
 bringing them to account,

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:15.559
 and he's forcing

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:16.400
 Joseph's brothers

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:18.100
 to reckon with their sin

00:25:18.100 --> 00:25:19.420
 and to repent of it

00:25:19.420 --> 00:25:21.140
 so that they can be reconciled

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:22.059
 to one another.

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:22.900
 Right?

00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:23.720
 So in the midst

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:25.319
 of all their sin

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:25.960
 and suffering,

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:27.580
 God is working out

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:29.159
 his sovereign purposes.

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:31.319
 And we see what he's doing

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:32.480
 in the following years.

00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:32.720
 Right?

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.740
 So 22 years

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:35.159
 of unconfessed sin,

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:35.699
 right,

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.519
 that they've been dealing

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.500
 with is finally coming

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.740
 to a climax here.

00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:40.379
 So Judah's speech

00:25:40.379 --> 00:25:41.539
 in chapter 44,

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.559
 18 to 34,

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.559
 is one of the most

00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:44.319
 beautiful,

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:44.919
 eloquent,

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:46.079
 and impassioned speeches

00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:47.839
 in all of Hebrew literature

00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:48.859
 and all of the Bible.

00:25:49.399 --> 00:25:49.599
 Now,

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:51.599
 it's really a point-for-point

00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:52.500
 undoing

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:54.179
 of their earlier violation

00:25:54.179 --> 00:25:55.460
 of that paternal

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.539
 and fraternal loyalty

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:56.980
 and love.

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:58.559
 So I'm going to read it

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.000
 in full

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.880
 because it's worth reading.

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:01.539
 Verse 18 to 34,

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:02.480
 please read it with me.

00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:05.079
 Chapter 44,

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:06.259
 verses 18 to 34.

00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:08.640
 Oh my Lord,

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:10.460
 please let your servant

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:11.220
 speak a word

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:12.039
 in my Lord's ears

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:13.940
 and let not your anger

00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:15.259
 burn against your servant,

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:17.519
 for you are like Pharaoh himself.

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.980
 My Lord asked his servant,

00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:20.380
 saying,

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.700
 have you a father

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.279
 or a brother?

00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:24.120
 And we said to my Lord,

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:24.979
 we have a father,

00:26:25.239 --> 00:26:25.859
 an old man,

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:27.079
 and a young brother,

00:26:27.219 --> 00:26:28.379
 the child of his old age.

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:29.819
 His brother is dead,

00:26:30.139 --> 00:26:31.299
 and he alone is left

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:32.259
 of his mother's children,

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:34.619
 and his father loves him.

00:26:35.479 --> 00:26:36.699
 Then you said to your servant,

00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:37.939
 bring him down to me

00:26:37.939 --> 00:26:38.519
 that I may,

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:40.259
 and I set my eyes on him.

00:26:40.919 --> 00:26:41.819
 We said to my Lord,

00:26:41.979 --> 00:26:43.559
 the boy cannot leave his father,

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:45.459
 for if he should leave his father,

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:46.719
 his father would die.

00:26:47.659 --> 00:26:49.019
 Then you said to your servants,

00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:50.519
 unless your youngest brother

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:51.479
 comes down with you,

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:53.939
 you shall not see my face again.

00:26:54.939 --> 00:26:55.919
 When we went back

00:26:55.919 --> 00:26:56.479
 to your servant,

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.039
 my father,

00:26:57.399 --> 00:26:59.139
 we told him the words of my Lord,

00:26:59.239 --> 00:27:00.379
 and when our father said,

00:27:00.479 --> 00:27:00.959
 go again,

00:27:01.079 --> 00:27:01.959
 buy us a little food,

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:02.699
 we said,

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:04.059
 we cannot go down.

00:27:04.399 --> 00:27:05.379
 If our youngest brother

00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:06.139
 goes with us,

00:27:06.179 --> 00:27:07.159
 then we will go down,

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:09.239
 for we cannot see the man's face

00:27:09.239 --> 00:27:10.539
 unless our youngest brother

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:11.319
 is with us.

00:27:12.139 --> 00:27:12.979
 Then your servant,

00:27:13.199 --> 00:27:13.679
 my father,

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:14.719
 said to us,

00:27:15.239 --> 00:27:16.919
 you know that my wife

00:27:16.919 --> 00:27:18.099
 bore me two sons.

00:27:18.719 --> 00:27:19.659
 One left me,

00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:20.699
 and I said,

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:22.419
 surely he has been torn to pieces,

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:25.000
 and I have never seen him since.

00:27:25.840 --> 00:27:27.920
 If you take this one also from me,

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:29.460
 and harm happens to him,

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:32.200
 you will bring down my gray hairs

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:33.700
 and my evil to shield.

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.740
 Now therefore,

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:38.160
 as soon as I come to your servant,

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.740
 my father,

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:40.759
 and the boy is not with us,

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:44.019
 then as his life is bound up

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:45.000
 in the boy's life,

00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:46.960
 as soon as he sees

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:48.580
 that the boy is not with us,

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.740
 he will die,

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:51.259
 and your servants

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:52.140
 will bring down

00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:53.000
 the gray hairs

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.720
 of your servant,

00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:54.359
 our father,

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:55.660
 with sorrow to shield.

00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:57.380
 For your servant

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:58.960
 became a pledge of safety

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.559
 for the boy

00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:00.240
 to my father,

00:28:00.339 --> 00:28:00.579
 saying,

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:02.220
 if I do not bring him

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:02.920
 back to you,

00:28:03.120 --> 00:28:04.819
 then I shall bear the blame

00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:05.620
 before my father

00:28:05.620 --> 00:28:06.460
 all my life.

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:07.980
 Now therefore,

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.039
 please,

00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:11.180
 let your servant remain

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:12.559
 instead of the boy

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.680
 as a servant

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.599
 to my Lord,

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.779
 and let the boy

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.500
 go back

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.220
 with his brothers.

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:19.259
 For how can I go back

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.880
 to my father

00:28:19.880 --> 00:28:20.900
 if the boy

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:22.500
 is not with me?

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.680
 I fear

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:25.160
 to see the evil

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:26.240
 that would find

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:27.160
 my father.

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:28.579
 Oh,

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.740
 it's...

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:31.000
 Judah

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:32.279
 now really

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:33.279
 understands

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:35.360
 what it means

00:28:35.360 --> 00:28:35.980
 that his

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:37.500
 aged father's

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.839
 life is bound up

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.339
 with the life

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:39.799
 of Benjamin.

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:40.860
 Right?

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.680
 And he states

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.759
 very plainly,

00:28:42.860 --> 00:28:43.059
 right,

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:44.059
 that Benjamin

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:45.440
 is his favorite,

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:46.480
 that Jacob

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:47.580
 has singled them out

00:28:47.580 --> 00:28:49.259
 for special affection,

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.340
 just as he had

00:28:50.340 --> 00:28:51.160
 previously done

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:52.000
 with Joseph.

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:53.259
 And this

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:53.980
 is a remarkable

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.380
 admission

00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:55.220
 if you think about it,

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:55.400
 right?

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.000
 I mean,

00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:56.900
 that's a very tough

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:57.680
 pill to swallow

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.240
 for Judah

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.740
 and the rest

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.279
 of the brothers,

00:28:59.480 --> 00:28:59.620
 right,

00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:00.940
 the ten brothers,

00:29:01.080 --> 00:29:01.759
 the sons of Leah.

00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:03.120
 That means

00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:04.019
 because that's...

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.740
 Jacob is not

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.799
 truly treating them

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:06.340
 like sons,

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:07.180
 acknowledging them

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:08.180
 as full sons.

00:29:08.620 --> 00:29:08.759
 Right?

00:29:08.860 --> 00:29:10.539
 It's a painful reality

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:11.400
 for them to admit.

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.080
 In fact,

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:12.960
 that was what

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:14.160
 aroused their jealousy

00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:14.900
 in the first place

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:16.080
 to get rid of Joseph.

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:17.640
 But now,

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:19.960
 that same favoritism

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.940
 that had previously

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:21.580
 led them

00:29:21.580 --> 00:29:22.519
 to sell Joseph

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:23.220
 into slavery,

00:29:23.600 --> 00:29:25.180
 that same favoritism

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:26.300
 is the reason

00:29:26.300 --> 00:29:27.360
 that Judah gives

00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:28.560
 for cherishing

00:29:28.560 --> 00:29:29.700
 and protecting

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:31.040
 their younger brother,

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:31.460
 Benjamin.

00:29:31.540 --> 00:29:32.000
 Do you guys see

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.820
 what's the change

00:29:32.820 --> 00:29:33.640
 that has taken place

00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:34.779
 in Judah and his brothers?

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:35.540
 Before,

00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:35.940
 they said,

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.360
 you know what?

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.720
 Jacob just loves him.

00:29:37.860 --> 00:29:37.980
 Well,

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:39.080
 let's get rid of Joseph.

00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:40.320
 Let's get rid of him.

00:29:40.860 --> 00:29:41.200
 Now,

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:43.040
 because Jacob loves Benjamin

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:44.519
 and with a special affection,

00:29:44.639 --> 00:29:44.920
 they say,

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:46.299
 we cannot afford

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:46.879
 to do the same.

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:48.440
 Take me instead

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:49.759
 and make me your slave

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.839
 so that Benjamin

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.700
 can go home

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:53.619
 to be with his father.

00:29:54.139 --> 00:29:55.259
 And the word father

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:56.980
 is mentioned 14 times

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.379
 in the Hebrew

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:58.659
 in this speech of Judah.

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.700
 My father,

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.599
 my father,

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:02.240
 that's his obsession.

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:03.619
 That's his primary

00:30:03.619 --> 00:30:04.619
 overriding concern.

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.139
 I cannot,

00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:06.000
 again,

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:07.200
 bring such grief

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:08.299
 to my father.

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:08.819
 Right?

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:11.399
 So that earlier violation

00:30:11.399 --> 00:30:14.119
 of that paternal bond

00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:15.379
 by selling Joseph

00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:15.980
 into slavery

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:17.439
 is now being reversed

00:30:17.439 --> 00:30:18.779
 and they're showing

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:20.379
 great and extraordinarily

00:30:20.379 --> 00:30:21.579
 affection,

00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:22.279
 loyalty

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:24.139
 to their father.

00:30:25.919 --> 00:30:26.480
 And so through

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:27.519
 Judah's speech,

00:30:27.919 --> 00:30:28.679
 Joseph learns

00:30:28.679 --> 00:30:29.700
 many things.

00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:30.519
 One,

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.299
 he learns that

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:31.879
 his father

00:30:31.879 --> 00:30:32.859
 had thought

00:30:32.859 --> 00:30:33.539
 that he was torn

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:33.939
 to pieces

00:30:33.939 --> 00:30:34.859
 by a wild beast.

00:30:35.939 --> 00:30:36.799
 And then second,

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.480
 he learns

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:38.500
 what consternation

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.440
 he must have caused

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.700
 by withholding Simeon

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.380
 and demanding

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:42.500
 that they bring Benjamin.

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:43.960
 And then third,

00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:45.000
 he sees that

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:46.120
 a true repentance

00:30:46.120 --> 00:30:47.680
 and transformation

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:49.279
 has taken place

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:50.120
 in the life

00:30:50.120 --> 00:30:50.680
 of his brothers.

00:30:51.360 --> 00:30:52.460
 Now they really care

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:53.980
 for even Rachel's son,

00:30:54.360 --> 00:30:55.120
 even the son

00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:56.519
 that on account

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.220
 of whom

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:58.440
 they are

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:59.539
 in a way

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.259
 disinherited

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:01.460
 and disregarded.

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:03.240
 And so that

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:04.319
 breaks down

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:05.819
 Joseph's last defenses

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.720
 and it says

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.779
 in chapter 45

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.899
 verses 1 to 3,

00:31:09.679 --> 00:31:10.679
 Then Joseph

00:31:10.679 --> 00:31:11.339
 could not

00:31:11.339 --> 00:31:12.159
 control himself

00:31:12.159 --> 00:31:13.159
 before all those

00:31:13.159 --> 00:31:14.259
 who stood by him.

00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:15.279
 He cried,

00:31:15.439 --> 00:31:16.079
 Make everyone

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:16.839
 go out for me.

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:17.919
 So no one

00:31:17.919 --> 00:31:18.519
 stayed with him

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:18.960
 when Joseph

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.639
 made himself

00:31:19.639 --> 00:31:20.539
 known to his brothers

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.379
 and he wept

00:31:21.379 --> 00:31:22.240
 aloud

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:23.480
 so that the Egyptians

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.079
 heard it

00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:24.759
 and the household

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.259
 of Pharaoh

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:25.799
 heard it.

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:26.419
 And Joseph

00:31:26.419 --> 00:31:27.279
 said to his brothers,

00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:28.639
 I am Joseph.

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.419
 Is my father

00:31:30.419 --> 00:31:31.039
 still alive?

00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:32.659
 But his brothers

00:31:32.659 --> 00:31:33.559
 could not answer him

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:33.919
 for they were

00:31:33.919 --> 00:31:35.599
 dismayed at his presence.

00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:37.119
 So Joseph

00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:38.379
 then comforts

00:31:38.379 --> 00:31:39.459
 and reassures

00:31:39.459 --> 00:31:40.359
 his dismayed brothers

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:40.939
 and then in verses

00:31:40.939 --> 00:31:41.939
 14 to 15

00:31:41.939 --> 00:31:42.459
 he says,

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.339
 Then he fell

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:44.059
 upon his brother

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:45.019
 Benjamin's neck

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.659
 and wept

00:31:45.659 --> 00:31:46.579
 and Benjamin

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:47.759
 wept upon his neck

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.519
 and he kissed

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:49.319
 all his brothers

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:50.240
 and wept upon them.

00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:51.599
 After that,

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.539
 his brothers

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:54.539
 talked with him.

00:31:55.459 --> 00:31:58.099
 After 22 years

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:59.419
 of not talking

00:31:59.419 --> 00:32:00.119
 to one another

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:00.859
 as brothers.

00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:03.000
 Now they talk

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.579
 once again

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:04.179
 to each other

00:32:04.179 --> 00:32:05.199
 as brothers.

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:06.319
 as sons

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:07.119
 of the same

00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:08.039
 father.

00:32:08.399 --> 00:32:09.240
 God has

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:10.059
 sovereignly

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.779
 worked

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.719
 reconciliation

00:32:11.719 --> 00:32:13.099
 in Jacob's

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:13.779
 family

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.839
 even through

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.659
 all their sin

00:32:15.659 --> 00:32:16.699
 and suffering.

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.659
 In a group

00:32:18.659 --> 00:32:19.359
 this large

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:20.159
 the chances are

00:32:20.159 --> 00:32:20.939
 that there's

00:32:20.939 --> 00:32:21.379
 at least

00:32:21.379 --> 00:32:22.179
 some of you

00:32:22.179 --> 00:32:22.559
 who have

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:23.159
 a painful

00:32:23.159 --> 00:32:24.099
 secret

00:32:24.099 --> 00:32:25.219
 that you have

00:32:25.219 --> 00:32:25.579
 been keeping

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:26.139
 from others

00:32:26.139 --> 00:32:26.919
 like Joseph's

00:32:26.919 --> 00:32:27.179
 brothers.

00:32:29.179 --> 00:32:30.079
 Maybe there's

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:30.419
 a sin

00:32:30.419 --> 00:32:30.879
 that you keep

00:32:30.879 --> 00:32:31.219
 hidden

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:31.819
 and refuse

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.519
 to confess

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:33.680
 through shame

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.240
 and guilt.

00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:38.640
 Maybe

00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:40.539
 you aborted

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:40.980
 a baby

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:43.160
 from an

00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:43.440
 unwanted

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:43.940
 pregnancy.

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:47.420
 Maybe

00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:48.539
 you visited

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:49.319
 sex parlors

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:52.720
 or watched

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:53.200
 pornography

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.779
 in the seclusion

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.259
 of your mobile

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:54.680
 device.

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:56.279
 Maybe you

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:58.279
 cross-dress

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:58.859
 in secret

00:32:58.859 --> 00:32:59.779
 and fantasize

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.899
 about sexual

00:33:00.899 --> 00:33:01.420
 engagements

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:02.039
 that God

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.519
 forbids.

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:06.240
 Maybe you

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:07.299
 have a persistent

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:08.079
 image issue

00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:08.779
 and you engage

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.680
 in binge eating

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:11.119
 and purging.

00:33:11.119 --> 00:33:14.599
 maybe you

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:15.359
 have severe

00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:15.939
 depressive

00:33:15.939 --> 00:33:16.479
 and suicidal

00:33:16.479 --> 00:33:17.000
 thoughts

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.339
 and you're

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:17.959
 cutting yourself.

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.399
 Whatever

00:33:21.399 --> 00:33:22.899
 it might

00:33:22.899 --> 00:33:23.379
 be

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:23.979
 I'm here

00:33:23.979 --> 00:33:24.619
 to tell you

00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:25.019
 on the

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.579
 authority

00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:26.639
 of God's

00:33:26.639 --> 00:33:26.919
 word

00:33:26.919 --> 00:33:27.319
 that you

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:28.379
 can be

00:33:28.379 --> 00:33:29.079
 healed

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:30.359
 and forgiven

00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:31.599
 and free.

00:33:33.219 --> 00:33:34.039
 We see

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.500
 that in the

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:34.939
 life of

00:33:34.939 --> 00:33:35.299
 Joseph's

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:35.559
 brothers.

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.239
 God

00:33:37.239 --> 00:33:37.919
 worked out

00:33:37.919 --> 00:33:38.679
 his sovereign

00:33:38.679 --> 00:33:39.079
 plan

00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:39.839
 even through

00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:40.579
 their sin

00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:40.839
 and he

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:41.419
 brought healing

00:33:41.419 --> 00:33:42.339
 and reconciliation

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.980
 to their

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.459
 family.

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.379
 It's never

00:33:44.379 --> 00:33:44.859
 too late

00:33:44.859 --> 00:33:45.220
 to come

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.599
 clean

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:46.459
 before God.

00:33:47.599 --> 00:33:48.279
 You are

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:48.720
 never

00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:49.399
 beyond

00:33:49.399 --> 00:33:50.079
 redemption

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:51.939
 because

00:33:51.939 --> 00:33:52.359
 our

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:52.819
 redeemer

00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:53.279
 is the

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:54.019
 almighty

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:54.559
 Lord

00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:55.119
 himself.

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.559
 So

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:58.139
 James 5

00:33:58.139 --> 00:33:58.539
 16

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:58.879
 exhorts

00:33:58.879 --> 00:33:59.220
 therefore

00:33:59.220 --> 00:33:59.819
 confess

00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:00.519
 your sins

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:00.899
 to one

00:34:00.899 --> 00:34:01.240
 another

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:01.980
 and pray

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.519
 for one

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:02.740
 another

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.159
 that you

00:34:03.159 --> 00:34:03.659
 may be

00:34:03.659 --> 00:34:04.099
 healed.

00:34:05.399 --> 00:34:05.919
 Unconfessed

00:34:05.919 --> 00:34:06.599
 sins will

00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:07.039
 eat away

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.399
 at your

00:34:07.399 --> 00:34:07.740
 soul

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.019
 and a

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.199
 guilty

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:08.659
 conscience

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.139
 will never

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.599
 stop

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.119
 nagging

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:10.440
 you.

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.000
 And

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.440
 together

00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:11.679
 they

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.019
 lead

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.199
 to

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:12.880
 alienation

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.139
 from

00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:13.380
 God

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:13.819
 separation

00:34:13.819 --> 00:34:14.239
 from

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:14.460
 him.

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.119
 Come

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.440
 clean

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:15.719
 before

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:15.900
 him

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.139
 today.

00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:21.139
 In

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.420
 this

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:21.839
 story

00:34:21.839 --> 00:34:22.179
 Judah

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:22.539
 only

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:22.960
 offered

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.339
 himself

00:34:23.339 --> 00:34:23.619
 as

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:24.039
 substitute

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:24.960
 but

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:25.319
 as

00:34:25.319 --> 00:34:25.859
 Christians

00:34:25.859 --> 00:34:26.460
 as

00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:26.880
 God's

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.119
 people

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.319
 we

00:34:27.319 --> 00:34:27.559
 know

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:27.779
 that

00:34:27.779 --> 00:34:28.099
 God

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:28.619
 that

00:34:28.619 --> 00:34:28.940
 Jesus

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.339
 Christ

00:34:29.339 --> 00:34:29.500
 our

00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:29.839
 true

00:34:29.839 --> 00:34:30.159
 elder

00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:30.500
 brother

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:31.299
 actually

00:34:31.299 --> 00:34:31.699
 offered

00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:32.019
 himself

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.299
 as

00:34:32.299 --> 00:34:32.480
 a

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:32.940
 substitute

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:33.500
 for

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:33.799
 our

00:34:33.799 --> 00:34:34.299
 sins

00:34:34.299 --> 00:34:34.539
 and

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:35.159
 wrongdoings.

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:35.739
 Jesus

00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:36.599
 died

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:36.920
 in

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.219
 our

00:34:37.219 --> 00:34:37.599
 place

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:37.839
 so that

00:34:37.839 --> 00:34:37.940
 we

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.099
 can

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:38.259
 be

00:34:38.259 --> 00:34:38.579
 forgiven

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:39.159
 of

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:39.339
 our

00:34:39.339 --> 00:34:39.579
 sins

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:39.719
 and

00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:40.039
 that's

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.179
 why

00:34:40.179 --> 00:34:40.319
 we

00:34:40.319 --> 00:34:40.440
 can

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:40.679
 come

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:40.839
 to

00:34:40.839 --> 00:34:41.039
 him

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.440
 that's

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:41.599
 what we

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:41.739
 call

00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:41.859
 the

00:34:41.859 --> 00:34:42.039
 good

00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:42.379
 news

00:34:42.379 --> 00:34:42.819
 of

00:34:42.819 --> 00:34:43.099
 Jesus

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:44.920
 and

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.059
 if

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.199
 you're

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:45.500
 already

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:45.659
 a

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:45.940
 believer

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.279
 then

00:34:46.279 --> 00:34:46.559
 we

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:46.719
 are

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:47.059
 forgiven

00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:47.519
 sinners

00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:47.940
 right

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.420
 what the

00:34:48.420 --> 00:34:48.579
 Bible

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:48.879
 calls

00:34:48.879 --> 00:34:49.480
 saints

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:50.960
 and

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.139
 this

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:51.500
 passage

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:52.000
 illustrates

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.280
 for us

00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:52.380
 the

00:34:52.380 --> 00:34:52.780
 importance

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:53.000
 of

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.579
 reconciliation

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:54.240
 in

00:34:54.240 --> 00:34:54.780
 God's

00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:55.240
 family

00:34:55.240 --> 00:34:56.500
 because

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:56.639
 the

00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:56.940
 reason

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.280
 why

00:34:57.280 --> 00:34:57.659
 and

00:34:57.659 --> 00:34:57.780
 the

00:34:57.780 --> 00:34:58.019
 reason

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.860
 reconciliation

00:34:58.860 --> 00:34:59.599
 was made

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:00.199
 possible

00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:00.800
 in

00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:01.320
 Jacob's

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:01.699
 family

00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:02.019
 right

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:02.280
 is

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:03.139
 Judah's

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:03.619
 brothers

00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:04.260
 right

00:35:04.260 --> 00:35:04.659
 instead

00:35:04.659 --> 00:35:05.000
 of

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.619
 making

00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:06.079
 right

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:06.659
 their

00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:07.260
 personal

00:35:07.260 --> 00:35:08.039
 grievance

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.500
 the

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:09.059
 point

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.320
 at

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:09.519
 which

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:09.719
 they

00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:10.159
 relate

00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:10.400
 to

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:10.639
 their

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:10.980
 brother

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.320
 Joseph

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:11.519
 and

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:11.880
 Benjamin

00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:12.519
 it's

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:12.840
 because

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:13.039
 of

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.300
 them

00:35:13.300 --> 00:35:13.559
 now

00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:14.000
 I'm

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.420
 I don't

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:14.599
 have

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:14.719
 the

00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:14.900
 favor

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:15.039
 of

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.099
 the

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:15.320
 father

00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:15.940
 instead

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.240
 of

00:35:16.240 --> 00:35:16.559
 relating

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:16.760
 to

00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:16.900
 them

00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:17.019
 in

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.240
 that

00:35:17.240 --> 00:35:17.519
 way

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:17.920
 they

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:18.300
 turn

00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:18.460
 that

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:18.800
 around

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:19.019
 and

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.340
 relate

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:19.539
 to

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:19.780
 them

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:20.059
 on

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.400
 account

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:20.619
 of

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:20.800
 the

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.360
 father's

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:21.659
 love

00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:21.840
 for

00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:22.079
 them

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:22.679
 no

00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:23.039
 my

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.400
 father

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:23.759
 Jacob

00:35:23.759 --> 00:35:24.179
 really

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:24.500
 loves

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:24.739
 them

00:35:24.739 --> 00:35:24.960
 and

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.480
 cherishes

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:25.759
 them

00:35:25.759 --> 00:35:26.259
 that's

00:35:26.259 --> 00:35:26.420
 why

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:26.619
 I need

00:35:26.619 --> 00:35:26.759
 to

00:35:26.759 --> 00:35:27.000
 cherish

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.159
 them

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:27.280
 and

00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:27.420
 love

00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:27.519
 them

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:28.159
 that's

00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:28.619
 why

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:29.239
 reconciliation

00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:29.559
 is

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:29.739
 made

00:35:29.739 --> 00:35:30.219
 possible

00:35:30.219 --> 00:35:30.619
 in

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:30.739
 the

00:35:30.739 --> 00:35:30.980
 same

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.139
 way

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:31.239
 in

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:31.400
 the

00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:31.659
 family

00:35:31.659 --> 00:35:31.820
 of

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:32.059
 God

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.420
 we

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:32.659
 are

00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:33.219
 diverse

00:35:33.219 --> 00:35:34.099
 and

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:34.599
 God

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:35.380
 intended

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:35.559
 it

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:35.780
 to be

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:35.980
 so

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.199
 he

00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:37.019
 designed

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:37.239
 us

00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:37.360
 so

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:37.440
 that

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:37.599
 we're

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:38.340
 interdependent

00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:38.460
 and

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:38.659
 not

00:35:38.659 --> 00:35:39.199
 independent

00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:39.719
 and

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:39.900
 that

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:48.039
 experiences

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.420
 that

00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:48.759
 make

00:35:48.759 --> 00:35:49.000
 us

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.259
 need

00:35:49.259 --> 00:35:49.460
 each

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:49.739
 other

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:51.000
 but

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.159
 when

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:51.360
 that

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:51.860
 happens

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.039
 and

00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:52.239
 we're

00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:52.420
 also

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:52.780
 still

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:53.480
 sinners

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:53.800
 we

00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:54.159
 sin

00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:54.579
 and

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:55.079
 therefore

00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:55.259
 we're

00:35:55.259 --> 00:35:55.400
 going

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:55.519
 to

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:55.820
 offend

00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:56.059
 each

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:56.199
 other

00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:56.320
 but

00:35:56.320 --> 00:35:56.460
 when

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:56.619
 that

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.219
 happens

00:35:57.219 --> 00:35:57.659
 we

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:57.820
 can

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:57.980
 be

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.559
 reconciled

00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:58.699
 to

00:35:58.699 --> 00:35:58.860
 one

00:35:58.860 --> 00:35:59.099
 another

00:35:59.099 --> 00:35:59.239
 and

00:35:59.239 --> 00:35:59.400
 have

00:35:59.400 --> 00:35:59.759
 unity

00:35:59.759 --> 00:35:59.900
 in

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:00.000
 the

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.280
 family

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:00.460
 of

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:00.759
 God

00:36:00.759 --> 00:36:01.500
 by

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:01.900
 not

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:02.380
 relating

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:02.559
 to

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:02.719
 one

00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:03.059
 another

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:03.579
 on

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:04.380
 account

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:04.539
 of

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:05.079
 personal

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:05.719
 grievances

00:36:05.719 --> 00:36:06.420
 they

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:06.659
 did

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:06.880
 this

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:07.059
 to

00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:07.219
 me

00:36:07.219 --> 00:36:07.380
 it's

00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:07.679
 because

00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:07.860
 of

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:08.159
 this

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:08.619
 they

00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:08.880
 do

00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:09.159
 these

00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:09.360
 things

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:09.500
 that

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:09.599
 I

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:10.440
 don't

00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:10.739
 relate

00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:10.860
 to

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:11.000
 each

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:11.139
 other

00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:11.279
 on

00:36:11.279 --> 00:36:11.619
 those

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:12.039
 basis

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:12.460
 but

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:12.779
 relate

00:36:12.779 --> 00:36:12.900
 to

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:13.039
 each

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.159
 other

00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:13.259
 on

00:36:13.259 --> 00:36:13.380
 the

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:13.799
 basis

00:36:13.799 --> 00:36:14.279
 that

00:36:14.279 --> 00:36:14.460
 we

00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:14.759
 have

00:36:14.759 --> 00:36:14.940
 the

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:15.339
 same

00:36:15.339 --> 00:36:15.900
 father

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:16.420
 and

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:16.619
 the

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:16.940
 father

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:17.639
 loves

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:18.039
 them

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:19.139
 loves

00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:19.420
 all

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:19.559
 of

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:19.960
 us

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:21.099
 that's

00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:21.279
 what

00:36:21.279 --> 00:36:21.659
 brings

00:36:21.659 --> 00:36:21.839
 us

00:36:21.839 --> 00:36:22.319
 together

00:36:22.319 --> 00:36:23.719
 and

00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:24.380
 reconciles

00:36:24.380 --> 00:36:24.559
 us

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:24.719
 in

00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:24.839
 the

00:36:24.839 --> 00:36:25.079
 family

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.259
 of

00:36:25.259 --> 00:36:25.539
 God

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:31.179
 it's

00:36:31.179 --> 00:36:31.400
 because

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:31.639
 we have

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:31.940
 aligned

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:32.219
 ourselves

00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:32.460
 with

00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:32.639
 him

00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:32.779
 that

00:36:32.779 --> 00:36:32.900
 we

00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:33.000
 can

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.119
 be

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:33.539
 aligned

00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:34.219
 with

00:36:34.219 --> 00:36:34.900
 one

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.299
 another

00:36:35.299 --> 00:36:36.380
 and

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:36.539
 so

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:36.940
 God

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:37.360
 in

00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:37.519
 the

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:37.799
 midst

00:36:37.799 --> 00:36:38.239
 of

00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:38.339
 the

00:36:38.339 --> 00:36:38.839
 brothers

00:36:38.839 --> 00:36:39.360
 Judas

00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:39.760
 sin

00:36:39.760 --> 00:36:39.940
 and

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:40.340
 suffering

00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:41.460
 works

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:41.700
 out

00:36:41.700 --> 00:36:42.059
 his

00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:42.400
 sovereign

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:42.840
 plan

00:36:42.840 --> 00:36:44.539
 and

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:44.880
 that's

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:45.440
 the

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:45.820
 first

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:46.260
 point

00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:48.920
 it's

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:49.079
 also

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:49.240
 the

00:36:49.240 --> 00:36:49.460
 longest

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:49.800
 point

00:36:49.800 --> 00:36:50.000
 so

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.300
 stick

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:50.480
 with

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:50.700
 me

00:36:50.700 --> 00:36:51.460
 yeah

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:53.340
 and

00:36:53.340 --> 00:36:53.460
 the

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:53.640
 second

00:36:53.640 --> 00:36:53.840
 we

00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:54.019
 see

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.220
 the

00:36:54.220 --> 00:36:54.620
 same

00:36:54.620 --> 00:36:55.079
 truth

00:36:55.079 --> 00:36:55.559
 displayed

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:55.840
 in

00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:55.960
 the

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.220
 life

00:36:56.220 --> 00:36:56.620
 of

00:36:56.620 --> 00:36:57.380
 Joseph

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:58.820
 right

00:36:58.820 --> 00:36:59.140
 we

00:36:59.140 --> 00:36:59.280
 can

00:36:59.280 --> 00:36:59.660
 trust

00:36:59.660 --> 00:36:59.980
 in

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.559
 God

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:00.900
 in

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:00.980
 the

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:01.160
 midst

00:37:01.160 --> 00:37:01.280
 of

00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:01.440
 sin

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:01.559
 and

00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:01.820
 suffering

00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:02.120
 because

00:37:02.120 --> 00:37:02.519
 God's

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:02.780
 sovereign

00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:03.079
 plan

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:03.599
 prevails

00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:04.240
 through

00:37:04.240 --> 00:37:04.360
 it

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:04.500
 all

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:04.700
 look

00:37:04.700 --> 00:37:04.920
 with

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:05.200
 me

00:37:05.200 --> 00:37:08.440
 if you

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:08.599
 turn

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:08.759
 with

00:37:08.759 --> 00:37:08.839
 me

00:37:08.839 --> 00:37:08.940
 to

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.599
 41

00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:09.920
 chapter

00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:10.179
 40

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:10.299
 and

00:37:10.299 --> 00:37:10.420
 verse

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:10.839
 32

00:37:10.839 --> 00:37:12.199
 there

00:37:12.199 --> 00:37:12.839
 Joseph

00:37:12.839 --> 00:37:13.039
 had

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:13.259
 said

00:37:13.259 --> 00:37:13.539
 something

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:13.739
 very

00:37:13.739 --> 00:37:14.139
 interesting

00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:14.400
 to

00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:14.759
 Pharaoh

00:37:14.759 --> 00:37:15.259
 because

00:37:15.259 --> 00:37:15.500
 he's

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:16.319
 interpreting

00:37:16.319 --> 00:37:17.019
 Pharaoh's

00:37:17.019 --> 00:37:17.219
 two

00:37:17.219 --> 00:37:17.699
 dreams

00:37:17.699 --> 00:37:18.579
 and

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:19.019
 he

00:37:19.019 --> 00:37:20.239
 says

00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:20.380
 that

00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:20.500
 the

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:20.619
 two

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:20.940
 dreams

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:21.219
 actually

00:37:21.219 --> 00:37:21.400
 have

00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:21.519
 the

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:21.739
 same

00:37:21.739 --> 00:37:22.099
 meaning

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:22.579
 and

00:37:22.579 --> 00:37:22.699
 as

00:37:22.699 --> 00:37:22.819
 he

00:37:22.819 --> 00:37:23.299
 interprets

00:37:23.299 --> 00:37:23.440
 it

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:23.579
 for

00:37:23.579 --> 00:37:23.900
 Pharaoh

00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:24.079
 he

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.339
 says

00:37:24.339 --> 00:37:24.639
 this

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:25.019
 the

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:25.460
 doubling

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:25.860
 of

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:26.400
 Pharaoh's

00:37:26.400 --> 00:37:26.819
 dreams

00:37:26.819 --> 00:37:27.299
 means

00:37:27.299 --> 00:37:27.579
 that

00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:27.739
 the

00:37:27.739 --> 00:37:28.019
 thing

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:28.259
 is

00:37:28.259 --> 00:37:28.659
 fixed

00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:29.019
 by

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.440
 God

00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:29.599
 and

00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:29.779
 God

00:37:29.779 --> 00:37:29.960
 will

00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:30.460
 shortly

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:31.159
 bring

00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:31.380
 it

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:31.860
 about

00:37:31.860 --> 00:37:32.199
 now

00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:32.579
 that's

00:37:32.579 --> 00:37:32.960
 in there

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:33.299
 as a

00:37:33.299 --> 00:37:33.519
 clue

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:33.800
 for

00:37:33.800 --> 00:37:34.099
 the

00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:34.440
 readers

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:35.259
 because

00:37:35.259 --> 00:37:35.820
 where

00:37:35.820 --> 00:37:36.000
 was

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:36.280
 another

00:37:36.280 --> 00:37:36.739
 occasion

00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:36.980
 when

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:37.119
 there

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:37.259
 were

00:37:37.259 --> 00:37:37.539
 two

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:37.940
 dreams

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.119
 a

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:38.360
 doubling

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:38.539
 of

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:38.900
 dreams

00:37:38.900 --> 00:37:40.380
 Joseph's

00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:40.679
 dreams

00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:41.579
 Joseph

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:41.880
 had

00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:42.079
 two

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:42.480
 dreams

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:42.980
 they

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.219
 weren't

00:37:43.219 --> 00:37:43.880
 identical

00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:44.139
 but

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:44.320
 they

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:44.500
 were

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:45.179
 referring

00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:45.320
 to

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:45.460
 the

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:45.699
 same

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:45.960
 thing

00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:46.119
 that

00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:46.320
 his

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:46.699
 brothers

00:37:46.699 --> 00:37:46.920
 his

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.320
 family

00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:47.679
 will

00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:47.980
 bow

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.320
 down

00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:48.539
 to

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:48.860
 him

00:37:48.860 --> 00:37:49.159
 right

00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:49.559
 so

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:49.860
 first

00:37:49.860 --> 00:37:50.219
 dream

00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:50.440
 he

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:50.579
 had

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:50.759
 he

00:37:50.759 --> 00:37:50.920
 had

00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:51.360
 eleven

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:51.780
 of

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:52.039
 his

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.420
 brothers

00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:53.239
 bow

00:37:53.239 --> 00:37:53.500
 down

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:53.679
 to

00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:53.880
 him

00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:54.219
 the

00:37:54.219 --> 00:37:54.460
 second

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:54.780
 dream

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:54.940
 he

00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:55.059
 had

00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:55.219
 the

00:37:55.219 --> 00:37:55.500
 sun

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:55.679
 and

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:55.940
 moon

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:56.099
 and

00:37:56.099 --> 00:37:56.280
 all

00:37:56.280 --> 00:37:56.420
 the

00:37:56.420 --> 00:37:56.699
 stars

00:37:56.699 --> 00:37:58.019
 bowed

00:37:58.019 --> 00:37:58.159
 down

00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:58.279
 to

00:37:58.279 --> 00:37:58.399
 him

00:37:58.399 --> 00:37:58.539
 so

00:37:58.539 --> 00:37:58.799
 that's

00:37:58.799 --> 00:37:58.939
 a

00:37:58.939 --> 00:37:59.519
 sign

00:37:59.519 --> 00:38:00.319
 we're

00:38:00.319 --> 00:38:00.759
 wondering

00:38:00.759 --> 00:38:00.960
 then

00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:01.079
 at

00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:01.259
 this

00:38:01.259 --> 00:38:01.480
 point

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:01.899
 well

00:38:01.899 --> 00:38:02.480
 Joseph's

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:02.659
 dream

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:02.899
 was

00:38:02.899 --> 00:38:03.199
 doubled

00:38:03.199 --> 00:38:03.480
 when

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:03.639
 is

00:38:03.639 --> 00:38:03.859
 that

00:38:03.859 --> 00:38:04.039
 going

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.179
 to

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:04.319
 be

00:38:04.319 --> 00:38:04.739
 fulfilled

00:38:04.739 --> 00:38:05.219
 and

00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:05.419
 we're

00:38:05.419 --> 00:38:05.739
 following

00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:06.000
 that

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.339
 narrative

00:38:06.339 --> 00:38:06.559
 as

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:06.859
 we

00:38:06.859 --> 00:38:07.039
 go

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:07.219
 in

00:38:07.219 --> 00:38:07.799
 chapter

00:38:07.799 --> 00:38:08.279
 42

00:38:08.279 --> 00:38:08.759
 6

00:38:08.759 --> 00:38:09.159
 it

00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:09.279
 was

00:38:09.279 --> 00:38:09.579
 noted

00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:09.899
 that

00:38:09.899 --> 00:38:10.099
 when

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:10.539
 Joseph's

00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:10.779
 brothers

00:38:10.779 --> 00:38:11.039
 came

00:38:11.039 --> 00:38:11.599
 and bowed

00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:11.879
 themselves

00:38:11.879 --> 00:38:12.239
 before

00:38:12.239 --> 00:38:12.419
 him

00:38:12.419 --> 00:38:12.539
 with

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:12.679
 their

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:12.980
 faces

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.199
 to

00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:13.319
 the

00:38:13.319 --> 00:38:13.579
 ground

00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:14.319
 in

00:38:14.319 --> 00:38:14.599
 verse

00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:14.980
 9

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:15.139
 it

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:15.299
 says

00:38:15.299 --> 00:38:15.639
 Joseph

00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:16.399
 remembered

00:38:16.399 --> 00:38:16.719
 the

00:38:16.719 --> 00:38:17.359
 dreams

00:38:17.359 --> 00:38:17.759
 that

00:38:17.759 --> 00:38:17.960
 he

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.239
 had

00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:18.639
 dreamed

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:19.079
 of

00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:19.439
 them

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:20.320
 now

00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:20.920
 that's

00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:21.179
 certainly

00:38:21.179 --> 00:38:21.380
 a

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:21.740
 fulfillment

00:38:21.740 --> 00:38:22.039
 of

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:22.220
 the

00:38:22.220 --> 00:38:22.480
 first

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:22.780
 dream

00:38:22.780 --> 00:38:23.880
 had

00:38:23.880 --> 00:38:24.159
 10

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:24.460
 brothers

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:24.659
 not

00:38:24.659 --> 00:38:24.940
 11

00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:25.700
 but

00:38:25.700 --> 00:38:27.079
 it's

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:27.380
 not

00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:27.539
 a

00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:27.860
 fulfillment

00:38:27.860 --> 00:38:28.039
 of

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:28.159
 the

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:28.440
 second

00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:28.760
 dream

00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:29.340
 because

00:38:29.340 --> 00:38:29.539
 he's

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:30.440
 missing

00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:30.900
 his

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:31.159
 last

00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:31.460
 brother

00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:31.860
 and

00:38:31.860 --> 00:38:32.019
 he's

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.200
 also

00:38:32.200 --> 00:38:32.480
 missing

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:32.679
 his

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:33.059
 parents

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:34.700
 so

00:38:34.700 --> 00:38:34.880
 then

00:38:34.880 --> 00:38:35.220
 we

00:38:35.220 --> 00:38:35.760
 still

00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:36.000
 hold

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.119
 on

00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:36.200
 to

00:38:36.200 --> 00:38:36.320
 that

00:38:36.320 --> 00:38:36.559
 dream

00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:36.700
 in

00:38:36.700 --> 00:38:38.340
 their

00:38:38.340 --> 00:38:38.659
 second

00:38:38.659 --> 00:38:39.000
 visit

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:39.179
 it

00:38:39.179 --> 00:38:39.380
 says

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:39.639
 they

00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:40.099
 bowed

00:38:40.099 --> 00:38:40.300
 down

00:38:40.300 --> 00:38:40.460
 to

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:40.679
 him

00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:40.820
 to

00:38:40.820 --> 00:38:40.940
 the

00:38:40.940 --> 00:38:41.300
 ground

00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:41.780
 again

00:38:41.780 --> 00:38:42.500
 fulfillment

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:42.700
 of

00:38:42.700 --> 00:38:42.800
 the

00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:43.000
 dream

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.139
 but

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:43.320
 only

00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:43.460
 a

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:43.800
 partial

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:44.400
 fulfillment

00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:45.220
 this

00:38:45.220 --> 00:38:45.440
 time

00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:45.579
 all

00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:45.700
 the

00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:46.000
 brothers

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:46.179
 are

00:38:46.179 --> 00:38:46.339
 there

00:38:46.339 --> 00:38:46.500
 but

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:46.839
 still

00:38:46.839 --> 00:38:47.079
 no

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:47.599
 parents

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:48.419
 so

00:38:48.419 --> 00:38:49.299
 joseph's

00:38:49.299 --> 00:38:49.539
 dream

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:49.859
 actually

00:38:49.859 --> 00:38:50.079
 is

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:50.399
 not

00:38:50.399 --> 00:38:50.980
 fulfilled

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:51.859
 until

00:38:51.859 --> 00:38:52.519
 genesis

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:53.339
 46

00:38:53.339 --> 00:38:53.679
 verses

00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:54.019
 5

00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:54.139
 to

00:38:54.139 --> 00:38:54.439
 7

00:38:54.439 --> 00:38:55.239
 where

00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:55.339
 it

00:38:55.339 --> 00:38:55.500
 says

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:56.159
 jacob

00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:56.599
 set out

00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:56.799
 from

00:38:56.799 --> 00:38:57.399
 beersheba

00:38:57.399 --> 00:38:57.919
 the

00:38:57.919 --> 00:38:58.259
 sons

00:38:58.259 --> 00:38:58.399
 of

00:38:58.399 --> 00:38:58.719
 israel

00:38:58.719 --> 00:38:59.199
 carried

00:38:59.199 --> 00:38:59.559
 jacob

00:38:59.559 --> 00:38:59.739
 their

00:38:59.739 --> 00:39:00.139
 father

00:39:00.139 --> 00:39:00.359
 their

00:39:00.359 --> 00:39:00.599
 little

00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:00.899
 ones

00:39:00.899 --> 00:39:01.199
 and

00:39:01.199 --> 00:39:01.339
 their

00:39:01.339 --> 00:39:01.739
 wives

00:39:01.739 --> 00:39:01.919
 in

00:39:01.919 --> 00:39:02.059
 the

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:02.500
 wagons

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:02.699
 that

00:39:02.699 --> 00:39:02.980
 pharaoh

00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:03.159
 had

00:39:03.159 --> 00:39:03.439
 sent

00:39:03.439 --> 00:39:03.619
 to

00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:03.919
 carry

00:39:03.919 --> 00:39:04.199
 him

00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:04.619
 he

00:39:04.619 --> 00:39:04.879
 also

00:39:04.879 --> 00:39:05.199
 took

00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:05.419
 their

00:39:05.419 --> 00:39:05.859
 livestock

00:39:05.859 --> 00:39:06.159
 and

00:39:06.159 --> 00:39:06.299
 their

00:39:06.299 --> 00:39:06.639
 goods

00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:06.819
 which

00:39:06.819 --> 00:39:06.980
 they

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.359
 gained

00:39:07.359 --> 00:39:07.480
 in

00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:07.579
 the

00:39:07.579 --> 00:39:07.759
 land

00:39:07.759 --> 00:39:08.359
 and

00:39:08.359 --> 00:39:08.619
 came

00:39:08.619 --> 00:39:08.839
 into

00:39:15.699 --> 00:39:18.059
 Egypt

00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:18.839
 so

00:39:18.839 --> 00:39:19.399
 according

00:39:19.399 --> 00:39:19.619
 to

00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:20.000
 genesis

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:20.639
 35

00:39:20.639 --> 00:39:21.679
 joseph's

00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:22.079
 biological

00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:22.439
 mother

00:39:22.439 --> 00:39:22.839
 rachel

00:39:22.839 --> 00:39:23.419
 passed

00:39:23.419 --> 00:39:24.099
 died

00:39:24.099 --> 00:39:24.419
 while

00:39:24.419 --> 00:39:24.619
 giving

00:39:24.619 --> 00:39:24.879
 birth

00:39:24.879 --> 00:39:25.059
 to

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:25.419
 benjamin

00:39:25.419 --> 00:39:26.059
 so

00:39:26.059 --> 00:39:26.299
 the

00:39:26.299 --> 00:39:26.619
 dreams

00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:27.099
 fulfilled

00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:27.399
 not

00:39:27.399 --> 00:39:27.579
 in

00:39:27.579 --> 00:39:27.919
 rachel

00:39:27.919 --> 00:39:28.199
 but

00:39:28.199 --> 00:39:28.480
 in

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:28.939
 jacob

00:39:28.939 --> 00:39:29.119
 and

00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:29.460
 leah

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:30.000
 coming

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:30.379
 with

00:39:30.379 --> 00:39:30.500
 the

00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:30.719
 11

00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:31.139
 sons

00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:31.359
 to

00:39:31.359 --> 00:39:31.559
 bow

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:31.899
 down

00:39:31.899 --> 00:39:32.099
 to

00:39:32.099 --> 00:39:32.500
 joseph

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:32.899
 so

00:39:32.899 --> 00:39:33.059
 that

00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:33.219
 is

00:39:33.219 --> 00:39:33.639
 fulfilled

00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:33.859
 in

00:39:33.859 --> 00:39:34.000
 that

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:34.259
 way

00:39:34.259 --> 00:39:34.980
 and

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:35.139
 so

00:39:35.139 --> 00:39:35.379
 what

00:39:35.379 --> 00:39:35.819
 is

00:39:35.819 --> 00:39:36.059
 so

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:37.279
 this

00:39:37.279 --> 00:39:37.579
 dream

00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:37.779
 took

00:39:37.779 --> 00:39:37.919
 a

00:39:37.919 --> 00:39:38.059
 long

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:38.439
 time

00:39:38.439 --> 00:39:38.719
 right

00:39:38.719 --> 00:39:39.299
 I

00:39:39.299 --> 00:39:39.399
 mean

00:39:39.399 --> 00:39:39.779
 according

00:39:39.779 --> 00:39:40.139
 to

00:39:40.139 --> 00:39:40.659
 genesis

00:39:40.659 --> 00:39:41.139
 37

00:39:41.139 --> 00:39:41.399
 2

00:39:41.399 --> 00:39:41.619
 joseph

00:39:41.619 --> 00:39:41.819
 was

00:39:41.819 --> 00:39:42.219
 17

00:39:42.219 --> 00:39:43.299
 years

00:39:45.699 --> 00:39:45.839
 and

00:39:45.839 --> 00:39:46.359
 if

00:39:46.359 --> 00:39:46.419
 you

00:39:46.419 --> 00:39:46.539
 do

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:46.779
 some

00:39:46.779 --> 00:39:47.079
 math

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:47.199
 and

00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:47.399
 follow

00:39:47.399 --> 00:39:47.619
 along

00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:47.739
 the

00:39:47.739 --> 00:39:48.019
 years

00:39:48.019 --> 00:39:48.159
 that

00:39:48.159 --> 00:39:48.259
 are

00:39:48.259 --> 00:39:48.480
 given

00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:48.659
 we

00:39:48.659 --> 00:39:48.879
 find

00:39:48.879 --> 00:39:49.000
 that

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:49.119
 it's

00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:49.259
 been

00:39:49.259 --> 00:39:49.679
 22

00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:50.099
 years

00:39:50.099 --> 00:39:50.359
 for

00:39:50.359 --> 00:39:50.500
 the

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:50.960
 for

00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:51.099
 the

00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:51.399
 fulfillment

00:39:51.399 --> 00:39:51.559
 of

00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:51.699
 his

00:39:51.699 --> 00:39:51.960
 dreams

00:39:51.960 --> 00:39:52.139
 to

00:39:52.139 --> 00:39:52.299
 take

00:39:52.299 --> 00:39:52.659
 place

00:39:52.659 --> 00:39:53.939
 so

00:39:53.939 --> 00:39:54.299
 god's

00:39:54.299 --> 00:39:54.619
 timing

00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:55.039
 didn't

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.359
 quite

00:39:55.359 --> 00:39:55.699
 align

00:39:55.699 --> 00:39:55.919
 with

00:39:55.919 --> 00:39:56.299
 joseph's

00:39:56.299 --> 00:39:56.599
 timing

00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:56.960
 right

00:39:56.960 --> 00:39:57.719
 and

00:39:57.719 --> 00:39:58.179
 joseph

00:39:58.179 --> 00:39:58.599
 in

00:39:58.599 --> 00:39:58.699
 the

00:39:58.699 --> 00:39:58.919
 midst

00:39:58.919 --> 00:39:59.019
 of

00:39:59.019 --> 00:39:59.239
 that

00:39:59.239 --> 00:39:59.519
 had

00:39:59.519 --> 00:39:59.759
 to

00:39:59.759 --> 00:40:00.439
 be

00:40:00.439 --> 00:40:01.319
 a

00:40:01.319 --> 00:40:01.839
 slave

00:40:01.839 --> 00:40:02.179
 at

00:40:02.179 --> 00:40:02.339
 pot

00:40:02.339 --> 00:40:02.480
 for

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:02.539
 his

00:40:02.539 --> 00:40:02.719
 home

00:40:02.719 --> 00:40:02.859
 and

00:40:02.859 --> 00:40:02.960
 he

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:03.079
 had

00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:03.159
 to

00:40:03.159 --> 00:40:03.279
 be

00:40:03.279 --> 00:40:03.799
 imprisoned

00:40:03.799 --> 00:40:04.679
 for

00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:04.939
 years

00:40:04.939 --> 00:40:05.119
 as

00:40:05.119 --> 00:40:05.359
 well

00:40:05.359 --> 00:40:05.980
 but

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:06.399
 nevertheless

00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:06.940
 God

00:40:06.940 --> 00:40:07.680
 fulfilled

00:40:07.680 --> 00:40:07.940
 the

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:08.260
 dream

00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:08.440
 he

00:40:08.440 --> 00:40:08.700
 gave

00:40:08.700 --> 00:40:08.880
 to

00:40:08.880 --> 00:40:09.340
 joseph

00:40:09.340 --> 00:40:09.519
 and

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:09.740
 this

00:40:09.740 --> 00:40:10.099
 story

00:40:10.099 --> 00:40:10.420
 also

00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:10.840
 teaches

00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:11.099
 us

00:40:11.099 --> 00:40:11.200
 that

00:40:11.200 --> 00:40:11.340
 we

00:40:11.340 --> 00:40:11.519
 can

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:12.139
 trust

00:40:12.139 --> 00:40:12.300
 in

00:40:12.300 --> 00:40:12.460
 god

00:40:12.460 --> 00:40:12.740
 hold

00:40:12.740 --> 00:40:12.940
 on

00:40:12.940 --> 00:40:13.099
 to

00:40:13.099 --> 00:40:13.480
 god

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:13.920
 in

00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:14.019
 the

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:14.220
 midst

00:40:14.220 --> 00:40:14.360
 of

00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:14.559
 sin

00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:14.720
 and

00:40:14.720 --> 00:40:15.000
 suffering

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:15.260
 because

00:40:15.260 --> 00:40:15.660
 god's

00:40:15.660 --> 00:40:15.980
 sovereign

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:16.420
 plan

00:40:16.420 --> 00:40:17.220
 prevailed

00:40:17.220 --> 00:40:17.740
 through

00:40:17.740 --> 00:40:17.960
 it

00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:18.519
 all

00:40:18.519 --> 00:40:19.599
 now

00:40:19.599 --> 00:40:19.960
 what

00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:20.360
 was

00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:20.740
 god's

00:40:20.740 --> 00:40:20.980
 sovereign

00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:21.300
 plan

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:21.460
 in

00:40:21.460 --> 00:40:21.880
 joseph's

00:40:21.880 --> 00:40:22.180
 story

00:40:22.180 --> 00:40:24.059
 joseph

00:40:24.059 --> 00:40:24.680
 articulates

00:40:24.680 --> 00:40:24.820
 that

00:40:24.820 --> 00:40:24.960
 for

00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:25.059
 us

00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:25.160
 in

00:40:25.160 --> 00:40:25.340
 chapter

00:40:25.340 --> 00:40:26.019
 45

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:26.300
 verses

00:40:26.300 --> 00:40:26.619
 4

00:40:26.619 --> 00:40:26.780
 to

00:40:26.780 --> 00:40:27.160
 13

00:40:27.160 --> 00:40:27.740
 please

00:40:27.740 --> 00:40:27.960
 read

00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:28.119
 that

00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:28.300
 with

00:40:28.300 --> 00:40:28.440
 me

00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:28.660
 chapter

00:40:28.660 --> 00:40:29.280
 45

00:40:29.280 --> 00:40:29.920
 verses

00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:30.300
 4

00:40:30.300 --> 00:40:30.500
 to

00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:30.900
 13

00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:08.940
 so

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:09.239
 hurry

00:41:09.239 --> 00:41:09.599
 and

00:41:09.599 --> 00:41:09.780
 go

00:41:09.780 --> 00:41:09.900
 to

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:10.039
 my

00:41:10.039 --> 00:41:10.300
 father

00:41:10.300 --> 00:41:10.480
 and

00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:10.599
 say

00:41:10.599 --> 00:41:10.760
 to

00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:10.940
 him

00:41:10.940 --> 00:41:11.199
 thus

00:41:11.199 --> 00:41:11.460
 says

00:41:11.460 --> 00:41:11.639
 your

00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:11.940
 son

00:41:11.940 --> 00:41:12.420
 joseph

00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:13.159
 god

00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:13.599
 has

00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:13.840
 made

00:41:13.840 --> 00:41:14.199
 me

00:41:14.199 --> 00:41:14.619
 lord

00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:14.920
 of

00:41:14.920 --> 00:41:15.239
 all

00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:15.659
 egypt

00:41:15.659 --> 00:41:16.119
 come

00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:16.360
 down

00:41:16.360 --> 00:41:16.539
 to

00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:16.679
 me

00:41:16.679 --> 00:41:16.820
 do

00:41:16.820 --> 00:41:17.000
 not

00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:17.380
 tarry

00:41:17.380 --> 00:41:17.780
 you

00:41:17.780 --> 00:41:17.960
 shall

00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:18.280
 dwell

00:41:18.280 --> 00:41:18.460
 in

00:41:18.460 --> 00:41:18.579
 the

00:41:18.579 --> 00:41:18.880
 land

00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:19.059
 of

00:41:19.059 --> 00:41:19.400
 goshen

00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:19.559
 and

00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:19.699
 you

00:41:19.699 --> 00:41:19.880
 shall

00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:20.059
 be

00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:20.360
 near

00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:20.619
 me

00:41:20.619 --> 00:41:21.119
 you

00:41:21.119 --> 00:41:21.260
 and

00:41:21.260 --> 00:41:21.400
 your

00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:21.820
 children

00:41:21.820 --> 00:41:21.980
 and

00:41:21.980 --> 00:41:22.099
 your

00:41:22.099 --> 00:41:22.619
 children's

00:41:22.619 --> 00:41:22.920
 children

00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:23.300
 and

00:41:23.300 --> 00:41:23.440
 your

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:23.820
 flocks

00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:24.039
 your

00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:24.440
 herds

00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:24.679
 and

00:41:24.679 --> 00:41:24.920
 all

00:41:24.920 --> 00:41:25.079
 that

00:41:25.079 --> 00:41:25.199
 you

00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:25.519
 have

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:26.119
 there

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:26.260
 I

00:41:26.260 --> 00:41:26.360
 will

00:41:26.360 --> 00:41:26.679
 provide

00:41:26.679 --> 00:41:26.900
 for

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:27.000
 you

00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:27.159
 for

00:41:27.159 --> 00:41:27.360
 there

00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:34.440
 now

00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:34.920
 four

00:41:34.920 --> 00:41:35.400
 times

00:41:35.400 --> 00:41:36.159
 joseph

00:41:36.159 --> 00:41:36.599
 repeats

00:41:36.599 --> 00:41:36.920
 that

00:41:36.920 --> 00:41:37.480
 god

00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:37.760
 was

00:41:37.760 --> 00:41:37.900
 the

00:41:37.900 --> 00:41:38.340
 driving

00:41:38.340 --> 00:41:38.860
 force

00:41:38.860 --> 00:41:39.340
 behind

00:41:39.340 --> 00:41:39.880
 all

00:41:39.880 --> 00:41:40.099
 the

00:41:40.099 --> 00:41:40.539
 faithful

00:41:40.539 --> 00:41:41.179
 events

00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:41.820
 of

00:41:41.820 --> 00:41:42.219
 his

00:41:42.219 --> 00:41:42.760
 life

00:41:42.760 --> 00:41:43.659
 right

00:41:43.659 --> 00:41:44.059
 so

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:44.719
 this

00:41:44.719 --> 00:41:44.980
 is

00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:45.780
 staggering

00:41:45.780 --> 00:41:46.179
 because

00:41:46.179 --> 00:41:47.219
 joseph

00:41:47.219 --> 00:41:47.920
 was sold

00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:48.440
 against

00:41:48.440 --> 00:41:48.840
 his

00:41:48.840 --> 00:41:49.239
 will

00:41:49.239 --> 00:41:49.579
 into

00:41:49.579 --> 00:41:49.940
 slavery

00:41:49.940 --> 00:41:50.179
 by

00:41:50.179 --> 00:41:50.400
 his

00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:50.699
 brothers

00:41:50.699 --> 00:41:51.380
 right

00:41:51.380 --> 00:41:52.139
 joseph

00:41:52.139 --> 00:41:52.360
 was

00:41:52.360 --> 00:41:52.980
 imprisoned

00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:53.579
 against

00:41:53.579 --> 00:41:53.940
 his

00:41:53.940 --> 00:41:54.280
 will

00:41:54.280 --> 00:41:54.519
 by

00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:55.039
 potiphar

00:41:55.039 --> 00:41:55.199
 and

00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:55.340
 his

00:41:55.340 --> 00:41:55.679
 wife

00:41:55.679 --> 00:41:56.420
 right

00:41:56.420 --> 00:41:56.820
 and

00:41:56.820 --> 00:41:56.960
 then

00:41:56.960 --> 00:41:57.340
 joseph

00:41:57.340 --> 00:41:57.639
 really

00:41:57.639 --> 00:41:57.940
 to

00:41:57.940 --> 00:41:58.239
 no

00:41:58.239 --> 00:41:58.679
 will

00:41:58.679 --> 00:41:58.780
 of

00:41:58.780 --> 00:41:58.900
 his

00:41:58.900 --> 00:41:59.119
 own

00:41:59.119 --> 00:41:59.420
 was

00:41:59.420 --> 00:41:59.880
 raised

00:41:59.880 --> 00:42:00.119
 to

00:42:00.119 --> 00:42:00.280
 the

00:42:00.280 --> 00:42:00.519
 rank

00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:00.680
 of

00:42:00.680 --> 00:42:00.840
 his

00:42:00.840 --> 00:42:01.080
 ear

00:42:01.080 --> 00:42:01.940
 pharaoh

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:02.460
 yet

00:42:02.460 --> 00:42:02.680
 in

00:42:02.680 --> 00:42:03.240
 all

00:42:03.240 --> 00:42:03.460
 of

00:42:03.460 --> 00:42:03.840
 those

00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:04.360
 events

00:42:04.360 --> 00:42:05.400
 god

00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:05.880
 joseph

00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:06.200
 says

00:42:06.200 --> 00:42:06.519
 not

00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:06.940
 men

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:07.780
 god

00:42:07.780 --> 00:42:08.120
 was

00:42:08.120 --> 00:42:08.260
 the

00:42:08.260 --> 00:42:08.600
 driving

00:42:08.600 --> 00:42:08.980
 force

00:42:08.980 --> 00:42:09.460
 god

00:42:09.460 --> 00:42:09.780
 was

00:42:09.780 --> 00:42:09.940
 the

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:10.260
 ultimate

00:42:10.260 --> 00:42:10.620
 agent

00:42:10.620 --> 00:42:11.120
 god

00:42:11.120 --> 00:42:11.560
 did

00:42:11.560 --> 00:42:11.800
 this

00:42:11.800 --> 00:42:11.960
 to

00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:12.160
 me

00:42:12.160 --> 00:42:12.380
 he

00:42:12.380 --> 00:42:12.880
 sent

00:42:12.880 --> 00:42:13.320
 me

00:42:13.320 --> 00:42:14.160
 right

00:42:14.160 --> 00:42:14.360
 and

00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:14.519
 the

00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:14.880
 purpose

00:42:14.880 --> 00:42:15.080
 of

00:42:15.080 --> 00:42:15.180
 it

00:42:15.180 --> 00:42:15.340
 all

00:42:15.340 --> 00:42:15.500
 was

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:15.660
 to

00:42:15.660 --> 00:42:16.060
 keep

00:42:16.060 --> 00:42:16.820
 alive

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:17.080
 for

00:42:17.080 --> 00:42:17.420
 you

00:42:17.420 --> 00:42:17.820
 many

00:42:17.820 --> 00:42:18.560
 survivors

00:42:18.560 --> 00:42:19.120
 the

00:42:19.120 --> 00:42:19.340
 word

00:42:19.340 --> 00:42:19.640
 keep

00:42:19.640 --> 00:42:19.980
 alive

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:20.260
 has

00:42:20.260 --> 00:42:20.780
 the

00:42:20.780 --> 00:42:21.000
 same

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:22.280
 used

00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:22.519
 when

00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:22.800
 god

00:42:22.800 --> 00:42:23.380
 preserves

00:42:23.380 --> 00:42:24.120
 humanity

00:42:24.120 --> 00:42:24.440
 from

00:42:24.440 --> 00:42:24.600
 the

00:42:24.600 --> 00:42:24.980
 judgment

00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:25.260
 in

00:42:25.260 --> 00:42:25.400
 the

00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:25.640
 flood

00:42:25.640 --> 00:42:25.960
 judgment

00:42:25.960 --> 00:42:26.180
 in

00:42:26.180 --> 00:42:26.540
 Noah's

00:42:26.540 --> 00:42:26.780
 story

00:42:26.780 --> 00:42:27.220
 so

00:42:27.219 --> 00:42:27.439
 god

00:42:27.439 --> 00:42:27.739
 wants

00:42:27.739 --> 00:42:27.939
 to

00:42:27.939 --> 00:42:28.759
 preserve

00:42:28.759 --> 00:42:29.159
 god's

00:42:29.159 --> 00:42:29.439
 people

00:42:29.439 --> 00:42:29.779
 in

00:42:29.779 --> 00:42:30.000
 this

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:30.359
 famine

00:42:30.359 --> 00:42:30.719
 and

00:42:30.719 --> 00:42:30.980
 also

00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:31.159
 be

00:42:31.159 --> 00:42:31.279
 a

00:42:31.279 --> 00:42:31.539
 blessing

00:42:31.539 --> 00:42:31.779
 to

00:42:31.779 --> 00:42:32.000
 other

00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:32.399
 nations

00:42:32.399 --> 00:42:32.639
 through

00:42:32.639 --> 00:42:32.939
 this

00:42:32.939 --> 00:42:34.099
 that

00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:34.379
 was

00:42:34.379 --> 00:42:34.539
 the

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:34.859
 reason

00:42:34.859 --> 00:42:35.079
 why

00:42:35.079 --> 00:42:35.279
 god

00:42:35.279 --> 00:42:35.659
 sent

00:42:35.659 --> 00:42:36.239
 joseph

00:42:36.239 --> 00:42:36.779
 to

00:42:36.779 --> 00:42:37.279
 egypt

00:42:37.279 --> 00:42:38.119
 and

00:42:38.119 --> 00:42:38.299
 this

00:42:38.299 --> 00:42:38.419
 is

00:42:38.419 --> 00:42:38.559
 an

00:42:38.559 --> 00:42:39.599
 astonishing

00:42:39.599 --> 00:42:40.239
 theological

00:42:40.239 --> 00:42:40.859
 truth

00:42:40.859 --> 00:42:41.039
 in

00:42:41.039 --> 00:42:41.419
 reality

00:42:41.419 --> 00:42:41.819
 and

00:42:41.819 --> 00:42:42.319
 later

00:42:42.319 --> 00:42:42.639
 in

00:42:42.639 --> 00:42:42.859
 chapter

00:42:42.859 --> 00:42:43.359
 50

00:42:43.359 --> 00:42:43.619
 verse

00:42:43.619 --> 00:42:44.000
 20

00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:44.659
 joseph

00:42:44.659 --> 00:42:45.119
 repeats

00:42:45.119 --> 00:42:45.279
 a

00:42:45.279 --> 00:42:45.500
 very

00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:46.019
 similar

00:42:46.019 --> 00:42:46.279
 and

00:42:46.279 --> 00:42:46.459
 even

00:42:46.459 --> 00:42:46.699
 more

00:42:46.699 --> 00:42:47.159
 pointed

00:42:47.159 --> 00:42:47.679
 sentiment

00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:48.379
 to

00:42:48.379 --> 00:42:48.539
 his

00:42:48.539 --> 00:42:48.859
 brothers

00:42:48.859 --> 00:42:49.039
 he

00:42:49.039 --> 00:42:49.279
 says

00:42:49.279 --> 00:42:49.599
 this

00:42:49.599 --> 00:42:50.819
 as

00:42:50.819 --> 00:42:51.019
 for

00:42:51.019 --> 00:42:51.319
 you

00:42:51.319 --> 00:42:52.079
 you

00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:52.579
 meant

00:42:52.579 --> 00:42:53.019
 evil

00:42:53.019 --> 00:42:53.419
 against

00:42:53.419 --> 00:42:53.739
 me

00:42:53.739 --> 00:42:54.399
 but

00:42:54.399 --> 00:42:54.939
 god

00:42:54.939 --> 00:42:55.599
 meant

00:42:57.219 --> 00:42:57.419
 it

00:42:57.419 --> 00:42:57.719
 about

00:42:57.719 --> 00:42:57.919
 that

00:42:57.919 --> 00:42:58.199
 many

00:42:58.199 --> 00:42:58.559
 people

00:42:58.559 --> 00:42:58.799
 should

00:42:58.799 --> 00:42:58.959
 be

00:42:58.959 --> 00:42:59.259
 kept

00:42:59.259 --> 00:42:59.779
 alive

00:42:59.779 --> 00:43:00.219
 as

00:43:00.219 --> 00:43:00.379
 they

00:43:00.379 --> 00:43:00.739
 are

00:43:00.739 --> 00:43:01.599
 today

00:43:01.599 --> 00:43:03.480
 notice

00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:03.719
 it

00:43:03.719 --> 00:43:04.000
 does

00:43:04.000 --> 00:43:04.239
 not

00:43:04.239 --> 00:43:04.559
 say

00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:05.159
 that

00:43:05.159 --> 00:43:05.480
 you

00:43:05.480 --> 00:43:05.919
 meant

00:43:05.919 --> 00:43:06.279
 evil

00:43:06.279 --> 00:43:06.679
 against

00:43:06.679 --> 00:43:07.000
 me

00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:07.319
 but

00:43:07.319 --> 00:43:07.719
 god

00:43:07.719 --> 00:43:08.199
 used

00:43:08.199 --> 00:43:08.439
 it

00:43:08.439 --> 00:43:08.639
 for

00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:08.939
 good

00:43:08.939 --> 00:43:09.739
 doesn't

00:43:09.739 --> 00:43:09.899
 say

00:43:09.899 --> 00:43:10.139
 that

00:43:10.139 --> 00:43:11.339
 you

00:43:11.339 --> 00:43:11.859
 meant

00:43:11.859 --> 00:43:12.279
 evil

00:43:12.279 --> 00:43:12.619
 against

00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:12.819
 me

00:43:12.819 --> 00:43:13.059
 but

00:43:13.059 --> 00:43:13.559
 god

00:43:13.559 --> 00:43:14.319
 meant

00:43:14.319 --> 00:43:14.619
 it

00:43:14.619 --> 00:43:15.000
 for

00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:15.399
 good

00:43:15.399 --> 00:43:16.259
 that

00:43:16.259 --> 00:43:16.799
 means

00:43:16.799 --> 00:43:17.419
 from

00:43:17.419 --> 00:43:17.959
 eternity

00:43:17.959 --> 00:43:18.579
 past

00:43:18.579 --> 00:43:19.039
 the

00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:19.539
 evil

00:43:19.539 --> 00:43:19.879
 that

00:43:19.879 --> 00:43:20.379
 came

00:43:20.379 --> 00:43:20.559
 to

00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:21.079
 joseph

00:43:21.079 --> 00:43:21.500
 was

00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:22.119
 intended

00:43:22.119 --> 00:43:22.500
 by

00:43:22.500 --> 00:43:22.879
 god

00:43:22.879 --> 00:43:23.179
 for

00:43:23.179 --> 00:43:23.579
 good

00:43:23.579 --> 00:43:25.019
 he's

00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:25.319
 not

00:43:25.319 --> 00:43:25.519
 a

00:43:25.519 --> 00:43:25.819
 god

00:43:25.819 --> 00:43:26.059
 that

00:43:26.059 --> 00:43:26.239
 you

00:43:26.239 --> 00:43:26.379
 know

00:43:26.380 --> 00:43:27.539
 salvages

00:43:27.539 --> 00:43:27.960
 some

00:43:27.960 --> 00:43:28.380
 stuff

00:43:28.380 --> 00:43:28.599
 from

00:43:28.599 --> 00:43:28.760
 a

00:43:28.760 --> 00:43:29.019
 sinking

00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:29.480
 ship

00:43:29.480 --> 00:43:30.480
 right

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:31.059
 he's

00:43:31.059 --> 00:43:31.320
 not

00:43:31.320 --> 00:43:31.480
 a

00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:31.740
 god

00:43:31.740 --> 00:43:31.980
 that

00:43:31.980 --> 00:43:32.539
 turns

00:43:32.539 --> 00:43:32.800
 you

00:43:32.800 --> 00:43:32.880
 know

00:43:32.880 --> 00:43:33.119
 makes

00:43:33.119 --> 00:43:33.320
 the

00:43:33.320 --> 00:43:33.660
 best

00:43:33.660 --> 00:43:33.880
 of

00:43:33.880 --> 00:43:34.000
 a

00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:34.300
 terrible

00:43:34.300 --> 00:43:34.880
 situation

00:43:34.880 --> 00:43:35.519
 that's

00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:35.680
 not

00:43:35.680 --> 00:43:35.880
 what

00:43:35.880 --> 00:43:36.119
 god

00:43:36.119 --> 00:43:36.240
 is

00:43:36.240 --> 00:43:36.440
 doing

00:43:36.440 --> 00:43:36.800
 that's

00:43:36.800 --> 00:43:37.079
 that's

00:43:37.079 --> 00:43:37.180
 a

00:43:37.180 --> 00:43:37.420
 very

00:43:37.420 --> 00:43:38.000
 you

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:38.119
 know

00:43:38.119 --> 00:43:38.880
 diminished

00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:39.280
 view

00:43:39.280 --> 00:43:39.780
 of god's

00:43:39.780 --> 00:43:40.140
 sovereignty

00:43:40.140 --> 00:43:40.400
 no

00:43:40.400 --> 00:43:41.019
 god

00:43:41.019 --> 00:43:41.940
 intends

00:43:41.940 --> 00:43:42.360
 he

00:43:42.360 --> 00:43:43.019
 meant

00:43:43.019 --> 00:43:43.480
 for

00:43:43.480 --> 00:43:43.940
 good

00:43:43.940 --> 00:43:44.340
 all

00:43:44.340 --> 00:43:44.579
 the

00:43:44.579 --> 00:43:44.920
 evil

00:43:44.920 --> 00:43:45.119
 that

00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:45.519
 happened

00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:45.920
 to

00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:46.320
 joseph

00:43:46.320 --> 00:43:46.760
 he

00:43:46.760 --> 00:43:47.200
 meant

00:43:47.200 --> 00:43:47.619
 that

00:43:47.619 --> 00:43:48.119
 for

00:43:48.119 --> 00:43:48.579
 good

00:43:48.579 --> 00:43:48.840
 for

00:43:48.840 --> 00:43:49.260
 joseph

00:43:49.260 --> 00:43:49.660
 how

00:43:49.660 --> 00:43:51.200
 that's

00:43:51.200 --> 00:43:51.680
 amazing

00:43:51.680 --> 00:43:53.200
 what

00:43:53.200 --> 00:43:53.660
 freedom

00:43:53.660 --> 00:43:54.099
 and joy

00:43:54.099 --> 00:43:54.340
 we'd

00:43:54.340 --> 00:43:54.539
 have

00:43:54.539 --> 00:43:54.720
 if

00:43:56.380 --> 00:43:56.960
 happens

00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:57.119
 to

00:43:57.119 --> 00:43:57.380
 us

00:43:57.380 --> 00:43:58.400
 all

00:43:58.400 --> 00:43:58.579
 the

00:43:58.579 --> 00:43:58.860
 evil

00:43:58.860 --> 00:43:59.220
 things

00:43:59.220 --> 00:43:59.360
 that

00:43:59.360 --> 00:43:59.599
 happen

00:43:59.599 --> 00:43:59.800
 to

00:43:59.800 --> 00:44:00.160
 us

00:44:00.160 --> 00:44:00.660
 all

00:44:00.660 --> 00:44:00.860
 the

00:44:00.860 --> 00:44:01.160
 harm

00:44:01.160 --> 00:44:01.340
 that

00:44:01.340 --> 00:44:01.640
 others

00:44:01.640 --> 00:44:01.820
 do

00:44:01.820 --> 00:44:02.039
 to

00:44:02.039 --> 00:44:02.440
 us

00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:03.960
 god

00:44:03.960 --> 00:44:04.920
 meant

00:44:04.920 --> 00:44:05.180
 it

00:44:05.180 --> 00:44:05.440
 for

00:44:05.440 --> 00:44:05.820
 good

00:44:05.820 --> 00:44:06.200
 he

00:44:06.200 --> 00:44:06.480
 doesn't

00:44:06.480 --> 00:44:06.700
 just

00:44:06.700 --> 00:44:07.200
 salvage

00:44:07.200 --> 00:44:07.460
 it

00:44:07.460 --> 00:44:07.880
 he

00:44:07.880 --> 00:44:08.059
 doesn't

00:44:08.059 --> 00:44:08.280
 just

00:44:08.280 --> 00:44:08.599
 use

00:44:08.599 --> 00:44:08.860
 it

00:44:08.860 --> 00:44:10.039
 he's

00:44:10.039 --> 00:44:10.460
 sovereign

00:44:10.460 --> 00:44:10.980
 over

00:44:10.980 --> 00:44:11.300
 and

00:44:11.300 --> 00:44:11.519
 through

00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:11.740
 it

00:44:11.740 --> 00:44:12.400
 all

00:44:12.400 --> 00:44:13.820
 that's

00:44:13.820 --> 00:44:13.920
 why

00:44:13.920 --> 00:44:14.180
 we

00:44:14.180 --> 00:44:14.480
 can

00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:14.960
 trust

00:44:14.960 --> 00:44:15.099
 in

00:44:15.099 --> 00:44:15.240
 god

00:44:15.240 --> 00:44:15.539
 even

00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:15.720
 in

00:44:15.720 --> 00:44:15.820
 the

00:44:15.820 --> 00:44:16.000
 midst

00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:16.119
 of

00:44:16.119 --> 00:44:16.280
 sin

00:44:16.280 --> 00:44:16.420
 and

00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:16.800
 suffering

00:44:16.800 --> 00:44:20.519
 17th

00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:20.800
 century

00:44:20.800 --> 00:44:21.240
 pastor

00:44:21.240 --> 00:44:21.720
 thomas

00:44:21.720 --> 00:44:22.220
 watson

00:44:22.220 --> 00:44:22.720
 writes

00:44:22.720 --> 00:44:22.960
 this

00:44:22.960 --> 00:44:23.220
 in his

00:44:23.220 --> 00:44:23.480
 book

00:44:23.480 --> 00:44:23.860
 all

00:44:23.860 --> 00:44:24.180
 things

00:44:24.180 --> 00:44:24.400
 for

00:44:24.400 --> 00:44:24.599
 good

00:44:24.599 --> 00:44:24.740
 it

00:44:24.740 --> 00:44:24.920
 says

00:44:26.380 --> 00:44:26.900
 heart

00:44:26.900 --> 00:44:27.640
 quieting

00:44:27.640 --> 00:44:28.300
 consideration

00:44:28.300 --> 00:44:28.860
 in

00:44:28.860 --> 00:44:29.200
 all

00:44:29.200 --> 00:44:29.420
 the

00:44:29.420 --> 00:44:30.039
 afflictions

00:44:30.039 --> 00:44:30.220
 that

00:44:30.220 --> 00:44:30.579
 befall

00:44:30.579 --> 00:44:30.860
 us

00:44:30.860 --> 00:44:31.340
 that

00:44:31.340 --> 00:44:31.599
 god

00:44:31.599 --> 00:44:31.900
 has

00:44:31.900 --> 00:44:32.059
 a

00:44:32.059 --> 00:44:32.360
 special

00:44:32.360 --> 00:44:32.700
 hand

00:44:32.700 --> 00:44:32.880
 in

00:44:32.880 --> 00:44:33.119
 them

00:44:33.119 --> 00:44:34.760
 ruth

00:44:34.760 --> 00:44:35.039
 1

00:44:35.039 --> 00:44:35.420
 21

00:44:35.420 --> 00:44:35.599
 it

00:44:35.599 --> 00:44:35.720
 says

00:44:35.720 --> 00:44:35.880
 the

00:44:35.880 --> 00:44:36.420
 almighty

00:44:36.420 --> 00:44:36.900
 hath

00:44:36.900 --> 00:44:37.660
 afflicted

00:44:37.660 --> 00:44:38.000
 me

00:44:38.000 --> 00:44:39.380
 instruments

00:44:39.380 --> 00:44:39.720
 can

00:44:39.720 --> 00:44:39.940
 no

00:44:39.940 --> 00:44:40.180
 more

00:44:40.180 --> 00:44:40.599
 stir

00:44:40.599 --> 00:44:40.900
 till

00:44:40.900 --> 00:44:41.180
 god

00:44:41.180 --> 00:44:41.539
 gives

00:44:41.539 --> 00:44:41.720
 them

00:44:41.720 --> 00:44:41.840
 a

00:44:41.840 --> 00:44:42.180
 commission

00:44:42.180 --> 00:44:42.860
 than

00:44:42.860 --> 00:44:43.039
 the

00:44:43.039 --> 00:44:43.340
 axe

00:44:43.340 --> 00:44:43.559
 can

00:44:43.559 --> 00:44:43.880
 cut

00:44:43.880 --> 00:44:44.160
 of

00:44:44.160 --> 00:44:44.519
 itself

00:44:44.519 --> 00:44:44.820
 without

00:44:44.820 --> 00:44:45.039
 a

00:44:45.039 --> 00:44:45.440
 hand

00:44:45.440 --> 00:44:46.500
 job

00:44:46.500 --> 00:44:47.000
 eyed

00:44:47.000 --> 00:44:47.360
 god

00:44:47.360 --> 00:44:47.579
 in

00:44:47.579 --> 00:44:47.800
 his

00:44:47.800 --> 00:44:48.340
 affliction

00:44:48.340 --> 00:44:48.780
 therefore

00:44:48.780 --> 00:44:49.079
 as

00:44:49.079 --> 00:44:49.519
 augustine

00:44:49.519 --> 00:44:49.920
 observes

00:44:49.920 --> 00:44:50.099
 he

00:44:50.099 --> 00:44:50.280
 does

00:44:50.280 --> 00:44:50.500
 not

00:44:50.500 --> 00:44:50.820
 say

00:44:50.820 --> 00:44:51.240
 the

00:44:51.240 --> 00:44:51.559
 lord

00:44:51.559 --> 00:44:51.960
 gave

00:44:51.960 --> 00:44:52.140
 and

00:44:52.140 --> 00:44:52.300
 the

00:44:52.300 --> 00:44:52.579
 devil

00:44:52.579 --> 00:44:52.900
 took

00:44:52.900 --> 00:44:53.240
 away

00:44:53.240 --> 00:44:53.700
 but

00:44:53.700 --> 00:44:53.980
 the

00:44:53.980 --> 00:44:54.400
 lord

00:44:54.400 --> 00:44:54.900
 have

00:44:54.900 --> 00:44:55.360
 taken

00:44:55.360 --> 00:44:55.840
 away

00:44:55.840 --> 00:44:56.940
 whoever

00:44:56.940 --> 00:44:57.440
 brings

00:44:57.440 --> 00:44:57.599
 an

00:44:57.599 --> 00:44:58.019
 affliction

00:44:58.019 --> 00:44:58.260
 to

00:44:58.260 --> 00:44:58.519
 us

00:44:58.519 --> 00:44:58.860
 it

00:44:58.860 --> 00:44:59.039
 is

00:44:59.039 --> 00:44:59.480
 god

00:44:59.480 --> 00:45:00.099
 that

00:45:00.099 --> 00:45:01.079
 sends

00:45:01.079 --> 00:45:01.680
 it

00:45:01.680 --> 00:45:05.619
 if

00:45:05.619 --> 00:45:06.039
 god

00:45:06.039 --> 00:45:06.420
 were not

00:45:06.420 --> 00:45:06.880
 sovereign

00:45:06.880 --> 00:45:07.380
 then the

00:45:07.380 --> 00:45:07.880
 ultimate

00:45:07.880 --> 00:45:08.980
 explanation

00:45:08.980 --> 00:45:09.619
 for sin

00:45:09.619 --> 00:45:10.039
 and suffering

00:45:10.039 --> 00:45:10.320
 in our

00:45:10.320 --> 00:45:10.700
 lives

00:45:10.700 --> 00:45:11.059
 is

00:45:11.059 --> 00:45:11.880
 us

00:45:11.880 --> 00:45:14.220
 that

00:45:14.220 --> 00:45:14.360
 would

00:45:14.360 --> 00:45:14.539
 make

00:45:14.539 --> 00:45:14.780
 my

00:45:14.780 --> 00:45:15.039
 job

00:45:15.039 --> 00:45:15.300
 as a

00:45:15.300 --> 00:45:15.539
 pastor

00:45:15.539 --> 00:45:15.860
 really

00:45:15.860 --> 00:45:16.119
 really

00:45:16.119 --> 00:45:16.599
 difficult

00:45:16.599 --> 00:45:18.119
 someone

00:45:18.119 --> 00:45:18.619
 suffering

00:45:18.619 --> 00:45:18.960
 comes

00:45:18.960 --> 00:45:19.340
 to me

00:45:19.340 --> 00:45:19.880
 ask

00:45:19.880 --> 00:45:20.039
 for

00:45:20.039 --> 00:45:20.380
 counsel

00:45:20.380 --> 00:45:21.460
 well

00:45:21.460 --> 00:45:22.260
 it's

00:45:22.260 --> 00:45:22.660
 kind

00:45:22.660 --> 00:45:22.720
 of

00:45:22.720 --> 00:45:22.880
 your

00:45:22.880 --> 00:45:23.220
 fault

00:45:23.220 --> 00:45:26.340
 god

00:45:26.340 --> 00:45:27.500
 you know

00:45:27.500 --> 00:45:27.760
 god

00:45:27.760 --> 00:45:28.100
 maybe

00:45:28.100 --> 00:45:29.940
 i'm

00:45:29.940 --> 00:45:30.100
 sure

00:45:30.100 --> 00:45:30.280
 god

00:45:30.280 --> 00:45:30.460
 didn't

00:45:30.460 --> 00:45:30.620
 want

00:45:30.620 --> 00:45:30.760
 that

00:45:30.760 --> 00:45:30.920
 for

00:45:30.920 --> 00:45:31.040
 you

00:45:31.040 --> 00:45:31.200
 but

00:45:31.200 --> 00:45:31.420
 really

00:45:31.420 --> 00:45:31.600
 there

00:45:31.600 --> 00:45:31.900
 wasn't

00:45:31.900 --> 00:45:32.180
 much

00:45:32.180 --> 00:45:32.320
 he

00:45:32.320 --> 00:45:32.420
 could

00:45:32.420 --> 00:45:32.560
 do

00:45:32.560 --> 00:45:32.780
 about

00:45:32.780 --> 00:45:33.220
 it

00:45:33.220 --> 00:45:34.940
 brothers

00:45:34.940 --> 00:45:35.560
 sisters

00:45:35.560 --> 00:45:36.020
 that's

00:45:36.020 --> 00:45:36.360
 not

00:45:36.360 --> 00:45:36.740
 the

00:45:36.740 --> 00:45:36.960
 god

00:45:36.960 --> 00:45:37.140
 we

00:45:37.140 --> 00:45:37.500
 serve

00:45:37.500 --> 00:45:38.980
 he

00:45:38.980 --> 00:45:39.200
 is

00:45:39.200 --> 00:45:39.760
 powerful

00:45:39.760 --> 00:45:40.320
 he

00:45:40.320 --> 00:45:40.580
 is

00:45:40.580 --> 00:45:41.300
 sovereign

00:45:41.300 --> 00:45:42.400
 and

00:45:42.400 --> 00:45:42.820
 through

00:45:42.820 --> 00:45:43.340
 all

00:45:43.340 --> 00:45:44.020
 situations

00:45:44.020 --> 00:45:44.500
 sin

00:45:44.500 --> 00:45:44.700
 and

00:45:44.700 --> 00:45:45.060
 suffering

00:45:45.060 --> 00:45:45.500
 he

00:45:45.500 --> 00:45:45.900
 works

00:45:45.900 --> 00:45:46.360
 his

00:45:46.360 --> 00:45:47.140
 sovereign

00:45:47.140 --> 00:45:48.100
 purposes

00:45:48.100 --> 00:45:48.380
 and

00:45:48.380 --> 00:45:48.800
 that's

00:45:48.800 --> 00:45:49.060
 why

00:45:49.060 --> 00:45:49.220
 we

00:45:49.220 --> 00:45:49.380
 can

00:45:49.380 --> 00:45:49.820
 trust

00:45:49.820 --> 00:45:50.480
 in

00:45:50.480 --> 00:45:50.760
 him

00:45:50.760 --> 00:45:52.260
 and

00:45:52.260 --> 00:45:52.440
 of

00:45:52.440 --> 00:45:52.700
 course

00:45:52.700 --> 00:45:53.040
 the

00:45:53.040 --> 00:45:53.840
 consummate

00:45:53.840 --> 00:45:54.680
 example

00:45:54.680 --> 00:45:54.880
 of

00:45:54.880 --> 00:45:55.120
 that

00:45:55.120 --> 00:45:55.640
 is

00:45:55.640 --> 00:45:55.800
 what

00:45:55.800 --> 00:45:56.100
 god

00:45:56.100 --> 00:45:56.500
 did

00:45:56.500 --> 00:45:56.940
 through

00:45:56.940 --> 00:45:57.420
 jesus

00:45:57.420 --> 00:45:58.740
 the

00:45:58.740 --> 00:45:59.000
 son

00:45:59.000 --> 00:45:59.140
 of

00:45:59.140 --> 00:45:59.300
 god

00:45:59.300 --> 00:45:59.620
 comes

00:45:59.620 --> 00:45:59.760
 to

00:45:59.760 --> 00:46:00.360
 us

00:46:00.360 --> 00:46:02.620
 people

00:46:02.620 --> 00:46:02.940
 kill

00:46:02.940 --> 00:46:03.220
 him

00:46:03.220 --> 00:46:04.120
 on

00:46:04.120 --> 00:46:04.260
 the

00:46:04.260 --> 00:46:04.620
 cross

00:46:04.620 --> 00:46:05.460
 like

00:46:05.460 --> 00:46:05.580
 a

00:46:05.580 --> 00:46:05.840
 common

00:46:05.840 --> 00:46:06.220
 criminal

00:46:06.220 --> 00:46:08.980
 he

00:46:08.980 --> 00:46:09.280
 humbled

00:46:09.280 --> 00:46:09.800
 himself

00:46:09.800 --> 00:46:10.440
 he

00:46:10.440 --> 00:46:10.760
 died

00:46:10.760 --> 00:46:10.920
 on

00:46:10.920 --> 00:46:11.040
 the

00:46:11.040 --> 00:46:11.380
 cross

00:46:11.380 --> 00:46:12.240
 but

00:46:12.240 --> 00:46:12.620
 that

00:46:12.620 --> 00:46:13.260
 death

00:46:13.260 --> 00:46:13.920
 becomes

00:46:13.920 --> 00:46:14.140
 the

00:46:14.140 --> 00:46:14.700
 means

00:46:14.700 --> 00:46:15.240
 by

00:46:15.240 --> 00:46:15.560
 which

00:46:15.560 --> 00:46:16.120
 god's

00:46:16.120 --> 00:46:16.700
 grace

00:46:16.700 --> 00:46:17.400
 is

00:46:17.400 --> 00:46:17.660
 given

00:46:17.660 --> 00:46:18.040
 out

00:46:18.040 --> 00:46:18.620
 to

00:46:18.620 --> 00:46:18.780
 his

00:46:18.780 --> 00:46:19.140
 people

00:46:19.139 --> 00:46:19.539
 to

00:46:19.539 --> 00:46:19.839
 all

00:46:19.839 --> 00:46:20.059
 who

00:46:20.059 --> 00:46:20.199
 would

00:46:20.199 --> 00:46:20.539
 entrust

00:46:20.539 --> 00:46:21.059
 themselves

00:46:21.059 --> 00:46:21.599
 to

00:46:21.599 --> 00:46:21.859
 him

00:46:21.859 --> 00:46:22.079
 so

00:46:22.079 --> 00:46:22.420
 acts

00:46:22.420 --> 00:46:22.719
 2

00:46:22.719 --> 00:46:23.179
 23

00:46:23.179 --> 00:46:23.359
 to

00:46:23.359 --> 00:46:23.719
 24

00:46:23.719 --> 00:46:24.279
 describes

00:46:24.279 --> 00:46:24.420
 it

00:46:24.420 --> 00:46:24.599
 this

00:46:24.599 --> 00:46:24.779
 way

00:46:24.779 --> 00:46:25.500
 jesus

00:46:25.500 --> 00:46:26.119
 delivered

00:46:26.119 --> 00:46:26.379
 up

00:46:26.379 --> 00:46:26.839
 according

00:46:26.839 --> 00:46:27.339
 to

00:46:27.339 --> 00:46:27.839
 the

00:46:27.839 --> 00:46:28.420
 definite

00:46:28.420 --> 00:46:29.000
 plan

00:46:29.000 --> 00:46:29.219
 and

00:46:29.219 --> 00:46:29.960
 foreknowledge

00:46:29.960 --> 00:46:30.139
 of

00:46:30.139 --> 00:46:30.460
 god

00:46:30.460 --> 00:46:31.099
 you

00:46:31.099 --> 00:46:31.679
 crucified

00:46:31.679 --> 00:46:32.000
 and

00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:32.319
 killed

00:46:32.319 --> 00:46:32.500
 by

00:46:32.500 --> 00:46:32.659
 the

00:46:32.659 --> 00:46:32.940
 hands

00:46:32.940 --> 00:46:33.099
 of

00:46:33.099 --> 00:46:33.460
 lawless

00:46:33.460 --> 00:46:33.759
 men

00:46:33.759 --> 00:46:34.400
 god

00:46:34.400 --> 00:46:34.799
 raised

00:46:34.799 --> 00:46:34.940
 him

00:46:34.940 --> 00:46:35.119
 up

00:46:35.119 --> 00:46:35.599
 losing

00:46:35.599 --> 00:46:35.779
 the

00:46:35.779 --> 00:46:36.039
 pangs

00:46:36.039 --> 00:46:36.199
 of

00:46:36.199 --> 00:46:36.460
 death

00:46:36.460 --> 00:46:36.920
 because

00:46:36.920 --> 00:46:37.059
 it

00:46:37.059 --> 00:46:37.179
 was

00:46:37.179 --> 00:46:37.400
 not

00:46:37.400 --> 00:46:37.779
 possible

00:46:37.779 --> 00:46:38.000
 for

00:46:38.000 --> 00:46:38.179
 him

00:46:38.179 --> 00:46:38.319
 to

00:46:38.319 --> 00:46:38.460
 be

00:46:38.460 --> 00:46:38.719
 held

00:46:38.719 --> 00:46:39.039
 by

00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:39.400
 it

00:46:39.400 --> 00:46:40.159
 though

00:46:40.159 --> 00:46:40.779
 lawless

00:46:40.779 --> 00:46:41.119
 men

00:46:41.119 --> 00:46:41.679
 killed

00:46:41.679 --> 00:46:42.639
 jesus

00:46:42.639 --> 00:46:42.960
 it

00:46:42.960 --> 00:46:43.079
 was

00:46:43.079 --> 00:46:43.579
 according

00:46:43.579 --> 00:46:44.000
 to

00:46:44.000 --> 00:46:44.400
 the

00:46:44.400 --> 00:46:44.820
 definite

00:46:44.820 --> 00:46:45.400
 plan

00:46:45.400 --> 00:46:46.160
 of

00:46:46.160 --> 00:46:46.880
 god

00:46:46.880 --> 00:46:50.000
 this

00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:50.320
 doesn't

00:46:50.320 --> 00:46:50.480
 mean

00:46:50.480 --> 00:46:50.619
 that

00:46:50.619 --> 00:46:50.760
 we're

00:46:50.760 --> 00:46:50.940
 not

00:46:50.940 --> 00:46:51.460
 responsible

00:46:51.460 --> 00:46:51.760
 for

00:46:51.760 --> 00:46:51.900
 our

00:46:51.900 --> 00:46:52.220
 choices

00:46:52.220 --> 00:46:52.480
 we

00:46:52.480 --> 00:46:52.720
 are

00:46:52.720 --> 00:46:53.220
 right

00:46:53.220 --> 00:46:54.340
 we

00:46:54.340 --> 00:46:54.519
 do

00:46:54.519 --> 00:46:54.860
 sin

00:46:54.860 --> 00:46:55.000
 and

00:46:55.000 --> 00:46:55.119
 we

00:46:55.119 --> 00:46:55.200
 will

00:46:55.200 --> 00:46:55.300
 be

00:46:55.300 --> 00:46:55.460
 held

00:46:55.460 --> 00:46:55.880
 accountable

00:46:55.880 --> 00:46:56.119
 for

00:46:56.119 --> 00:46:56.320
 our

00:46:56.320 --> 00:46:56.599
 sins

00:46:56.599 --> 00:46:56.920
 and

00:46:56.920 --> 00:46:57.280
 there

00:46:57.280 --> 00:46:57.519
 are

00:46:57.519 --> 00:46:58.360
 implications

00:46:58.360 --> 00:46:59.320
 consequences

00:46:59.320 --> 00:46:59.559
 to

00:46:59.559 --> 00:46:59.780
 that

00:46:59.780 --> 00:47:01.160
 but

00:47:01.160 --> 00:47:01.480
 in

00:47:01.480 --> 00:47:01.660
 and

00:47:01.660 --> 00:47:01.840
 through

00:47:01.840 --> 00:47:02.360
 everything

00:47:02.360 --> 00:47:02.599
 god

00:47:02.599 --> 00:47:02.920
 works

00:47:02.920 --> 00:47:03.119
 his

00:47:03.119 --> 00:47:03.360
 sovereign

00:47:03.360 --> 00:47:03.720
 purpose

00:47:03.720 --> 00:47:03.940
 is

00:47:03.940 --> 00:47:04.079
 for

00:47:04.079 --> 00:47:04.240
 his

00:47:04.240 --> 00:47:04.579
 people

00:47:04.579 --> 00:47:06.220
 maybe

00:47:06.220 --> 00:47:06.599
 some

00:47:06.599 --> 00:47:06.740
 of

00:47:06.740 --> 00:47:06.900
 you

00:47:06.900 --> 00:47:07.160
 like

00:47:07.160 --> 00:47:07.579
 joseph

00:47:07.579 --> 00:47:08.220
 have

00:47:08.220 --> 00:47:08.380
 a

00:47:08.380 --> 00:47:08.680
 dream

00:47:08.680 --> 00:47:08.880
 that

00:47:08.880 --> 00:47:09.139
 god

00:47:09.139 --> 00:47:09.360
 has

00:47:09.360 --> 00:47:09.599
 given

00:47:09.599 --> 00:47:09.840
 you

00:47:09.840 --> 00:47:10.500
 maybe

00:47:10.500 --> 00:47:10.700
 not

00:47:10.700 --> 00:47:10.840
 a

00:47:10.840 --> 00:47:11.059
 literal

00:47:11.059 --> 00:47:11.519
 dream

00:47:11.519 --> 00:47:11.700
 but

00:47:11.700 --> 00:47:11.900
 maybe

00:47:11.900 --> 00:47:12.079
 a

00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:12.480
 calling

00:47:12.480 --> 00:47:12.679
 that

00:47:12.679 --> 00:47:12.759
 you

00:47:12.759 --> 00:47:12.880
 have

00:47:12.880 --> 00:47:13.179
 received

00:47:13.179 --> 00:47:13.400
 from

00:47:13.400 --> 00:47:13.699
 god

00:47:13.699 --> 00:47:15.579
 maybe

00:47:15.579 --> 00:47:15.840
 some

00:47:15.840 --> 00:47:15.960
 of

00:47:15.960 --> 00:47:16.019
 you

00:47:16.019 --> 00:47:16.139
 I

00:47:16.139 --> 00:47:16.299
 know

00:47:16.299 --> 00:47:16.559
 some

00:47:16.559 --> 00:47:16.699
 of

00:47:16.699 --> 00:47:16.840
 you

00:47:16.840 --> 00:47:17.039
 you

00:47:17.039 --> 00:47:17.219
 feel

00:47:17.219 --> 00:47:17.599
 called

00:47:17.599 --> 00:47:17.880
 into

00:47:17.880 --> 00:47:18.420
 ministry

00:47:18.420 --> 00:47:20.380
 but

00:47:20.380 --> 00:47:21.079
 it

00:47:21.079 --> 00:47:21.440
 feels

00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:21.759
 like

00:47:21.759 --> 00:47:22.239
 maybe

00:47:22.239 --> 00:47:22.440
 that

00:47:22.440 --> 00:47:22.799
 calling

00:47:22.799 --> 00:47:23.079
 has

00:47:23.079 --> 00:47:23.299
 been

00:47:23.299 --> 00:47:23.980
 indefinitely

00:47:23.980 --> 00:47:24.619
 delayed

00:47:24.619 --> 00:47:25.500
 or only

00:47:25.500 --> 00:47:25.960
 partially

00:47:25.960 --> 00:47:26.480
 fulfilled

00:47:26.480 --> 00:47:27.539
 and

00:47:27.539 --> 00:47:27.659
 you

00:47:27.659 --> 00:47:27.960
 wonder

00:47:27.960 --> 00:47:28.299
 if

00:47:28.299 --> 00:47:28.539
 and

00:47:28.539 --> 00:47:28.799
 when

00:47:28.799 --> 00:47:28.960
 it

00:47:28.960 --> 00:47:29.059
 will

00:47:29.059 --> 00:47:29.319
 ever

00:47:29.319 --> 00:47:29.739
 come

00:47:29.739 --> 00:47:29.980
 to

00:47:29.980 --> 00:47:30.420
 fruition

00:47:30.420 --> 00:47:32.599
 or

00:47:32.599 --> 00:47:32.880
 maybe

00:47:32.880 --> 00:47:33.119
 you

00:47:33.119 --> 00:47:33.460
 feel

00:47:33.460 --> 00:47:33.679
 like

00:47:33.679 --> 00:47:33.940
 you're

00:47:33.940 --> 00:47:34.159
 a

00:47:34.159 --> 00:47:34.619
 damaged

00:47:34.619 --> 00:47:34.940
 good

00:47:34.940 --> 00:47:37.539
 too

00:47:37.539 --> 00:47:37.880
 old

00:47:37.880 --> 00:47:38.779
 too

00:47:38.779 --> 00:47:39.199
 sinful

00:47:39.199 --> 00:47:40.440
 too

00:47:40.440 --> 00:47:40.719
 messed

00:47:40.719 --> 00:47:41.039
 up

00:47:41.039 --> 00:47:41.619
 to

00:47:41.619 --> 00:47:41.739
 be

00:47:41.739 --> 00:47:41.880
 able

00:47:41.880 --> 00:47:42.059
 to

00:47:42.059 --> 00:47:42.440
 do

00:47:42.440 --> 00:47:43.340
 god's

00:47:43.340 --> 00:47:43.860
 will

00:47:43.860 --> 00:47:46.219
 maybe

00:47:46.219 --> 00:47:46.400
 there

00:47:46.400 --> 00:47:46.500
 are

00:47:46.500 --> 00:47:46.719
 people

00:47:46.719 --> 00:47:46.920
 who

00:47:46.920 --> 00:47:47.099
 can

00:47:47.099 --> 00:47:47.599
 who

00:47:47.599 --> 00:47:47.739
 have

00:47:47.739 --> 00:47:48.019
 brought

00:47:48.019 --> 00:47:48.219
 you

00:47:48.219 --> 00:47:48.759
 unspeakable

00:47:48.759 --> 00:47:49.099
 pain

00:47:49.099 --> 00:47:49.300
 and

00:47:49.300 --> 00:47:49.719
 suffering

00:47:49.719 --> 00:47:50.820
 but

00:47:50.820 --> 00:47:51.340
 joseph's

00:47:51.340 --> 00:47:51.559
 story

00:47:51.559 --> 00:47:52.019
 reminds

00:47:52.019 --> 00:47:52.199
 us

00:47:52.199 --> 00:47:52.440
 that

00:47:52.440 --> 00:47:52.759
 we

00:47:52.759 --> 00:47:53.119
 can

00:47:53.119 --> 00:47:53.659
 trust

00:47:53.659 --> 00:47:54.119
 in

00:47:54.119 --> 00:47:54.519
 god

00:47:54.519 --> 00:47:54.940
 in

00:47:54.940 --> 00:47:55.079
 the

00:47:55.079 --> 00:47:55.400
 midst

00:47:55.400 --> 00:47:55.619
 of

00:47:55.619 --> 00:47:55.940
 sin

00:47:55.940 --> 00:47:56.139
 and

00:47:56.139 --> 00:47:56.480
 suffering

00:47:56.480 --> 00:47:57.079
 because

00:47:57.079 --> 00:47:57.500
 god's

00:47:57.500 --> 00:47:57.840
 sovereign

00:47:57.840 --> 00:47:58.179
 plan

00:47:58.179 --> 00:47:58.739
 prevails

00:47:58.739 --> 00:47:59.519
 through

00:47:59.519 --> 00:48:00.300
 it

00:48:00.300 --> 00:48:00.699
 all

00:48:00.699 --> 00:48:02.960
 and

00:48:02.960 --> 00:48:03.139
 now

00:48:03.139 --> 00:48:03.679
 a short

00:48:03.679 --> 00:48:04.380
 final

00:48:04.380 --> 00:48:05.420
 point

00:48:05.420 --> 00:48:05.920
 from

00:48:05.920 --> 00:48:06.360
 jacob

00:48:06.360 --> 00:48:07.099
 chapters

00:48:07.099 --> 00:48:07.559
 46

00:48:07.559 --> 00:48:08.159
 to 47

00:48:08.159 --> 00:48:10.139
 the first

00:48:10.139 --> 00:48:10.480
 time

00:48:10.480 --> 00:48:11.359
 joseph's

00:48:11.359 --> 00:48:11.779
 brothers

00:48:11.779 --> 00:48:12.159
 returned

00:48:12.159 --> 00:48:12.639
 to jacob

00:48:12.639 --> 00:48:13.119
 after selling

00:48:13.119 --> 00:48:13.599
 joseph into

00:48:13.599 --> 00:48:14.039
 slavery

00:48:14.039 --> 00:48:14.460
 jacob

00:48:14.460 --> 00:48:14.819
 said

00:48:14.819 --> 00:48:15.779
 i will

00:48:15.779 --> 00:48:16.179
 down

00:48:16.179 --> 00:48:16.379
 to

00:48:16.379 --> 00:48:16.659
 shield

00:48:16.659 --> 00:48:16.819
 to

00:48:16.819 --> 00:48:16.980
 my

00:48:16.980 --> 00:48:17.219
 son

00:48:17.219 --> 00:48:17.559
 mourning

00:48:17.559 --> 00:48:18.139
 he

00:48:18.139 --> 00:48:18.460
 says

00:48:18.460 --> 00:48:18.639
 a

00:48:18.639 --> 00:48:18.839
 similar

00:48:18.839 --> 00:48:19.059
 thing

00:48:19.059 --> 00:48:19.359
 again

00:48:19.359 --> 00:48:19.539
 the

00:48:19.539 --> 00:48:19.759
 second

00:48:19.759 --> 00:48:20.079
 time

00:48:20.079 --> 00:48:20.239
 his

00:48:20.239 --> 00:48:20.480
 brothers

00:48:20.480 --> 00:48:20.899
 returned

00:48:20.899 --> 00:48:21.259
 and

00:48:21.259 --> 00:48:21.420
 the

00:48:21.420 --> 00:48:21.639
 third

00:48:21.639 --> 00:48:21.960
 time

00:48:21.960 --> 00:48:22.119
 when

00:48:22.119 --> 00:48:22.259
 his

00:48:22.259 --> 00:48:22.519
 brothers

00:48:22.519 --> 00:48:22.980
 returned

00:48:22.980 --> 00:48:23.179
 with

00:48:23.179 --> 00:48:23.319
 the

00:48:23.319 --> 00:48:23.519
 news

00:48:23.519 --> 00:48:23.699
 of

00:48:23.699 --> 00:48:24.059
 joseph

00:48:24.059 --> 00:48:24.259
 he

00:48:24.259 --> 00:48:24.639
 says

00:48:24.639 --> 00:48:25.199
 it's

00:48:25.199 --> 00:48:25.379
 been

00:48:25.379 --> 00:48:25.639
 great

00:48:25.639 --> 00:48:26.159
 reversal

00:48:26.159 --> 00:48:26.379
 he

00:48:26.379 --> 00:48:26.559
 says

00:48:26.559 --> 00:48:27.019
 joseph

00:48:27.019 --> 00:48:27.259
 my

00:48:27.259 --> 00:48:27.559
 son

00:48:27.559 --> 00:48:27.699
 is

00:48:27.699 --> 00:48:27.899
 still

00:48:27.899 --> 00:48:28.399
 alive

00:48:28.399 --> 00:48:28.879
 i

00:48:28.879 --> 00:48:29.139
 will

00:48:29.139 --> 00:48:29.460
 go

00:48:29.460 --> 00:48:29.679
 and

00:48:29.679 --> 00:48:29.920
 see

00:48:29.920 --> 00:48:30.139
 him

00:48:30.139 --> 00:48:30.420
 before

00:48:30.420 --> 00:48:30.599
 i

00:48:30.599 --> 00:48:30.899
 die

00:48:30.900 --> 00:48:31.220
 again

00:48:31.220 --> 00:48:31.539
 here

00:48:31.539 --> 00:48:32.599
 reversing

00:48:32.599 --> 00:48:33.039
 jacob's

00:48:33.039 --> 00:48:33.579
 fortunes

00:48:33.579 --> 00:48:34.059
 and

00:48:34.059 --> 00:48:34.440
 working

00:48:34.440 --> 00:48:34.639
 his

00:48:34.639 --> 00:48:34.860
 sovereign

00:48:34.860 --> 00:48:35.160
 plan

00:48:35.160 --> 00:48:35.380
 through

00:48:35.380 --> 00:48:35.780
 jacob's

00:48:35.780 --> 00:48:36.039
 life

00:48:36.039 --> 00:48:36.539
 as well

00:48:36.539 --> 00:48:37.420
 and then

00:48:37.420 --> 00:48:37.740
 here

00:48:37.740 --> 00:48:38.559
 when

00:48:38.559 --> 00:48:39.119
 and this

00:48:39.119 --> 00:48:39.300
 is

00:48:39.300 --> 00:48:40.079
 there's

00:48:40.079 --> 00:48:40.240
 still

00:48:40.240 --> 00:48:40.539
 some

00:48:40.539 --> 00:48:41.099
 reluctance

00:48:41.099 --> 00:48:41.340
 on

00:48:41.340 --> 00:48:41.780
 jacob's

00:48:41.780 --> 00:48:41.960
 part

00:48:41.960 --> 00:48:42.240
 because

00:48:42.240 --> 00:48:42.440
 he

00:48:42.440 --> 00:48:42.760
 knows

00:48:42.760 --> 00:48:43.000
 that

00:48:43.000 --> 00:48:43.180
 and

00:48:43.180 --> 00:48:43.320
 we

00:48:43.320 --> 00:48:43.500
 know

00:48:43.500 --> 00:48:43.820
 from

00:48:43.820 --> 00:48:44.240
 being

00:48:44.240 --> 00:48:44.400
 in

00:48:44.400 --> 00:48:44.639
 genesis

00:48:44.639 --> 00:48:44.920
 all

00:48:44.920 --> 00:48:45.079
 this

00:48:45.079 --> 00:48:45.380
 time

00:48:45.380 --> 00:48:45.980
 every

00:48:45.980 --> 00:48:46.360
 time

00:48:46.360 --> 00:48:46.960
 someone

00:48:46.960 --> 00:48:47.240
 a

00:48:47.240 --> 00:48:47.539
 god's

00:48:47.539 --> 00:48:47.780
 people

00:48:47.780 --> 00:48:48.400
 settle

00:48:48.400 --> 00:48:49.000
 in

00:48:49.000 --> 00:48:49.280
 any

00:48:49.280 --> 00:48:49.780
 place

00:48:49.780 --> 00:48:50.079
 other

00:48:50.079 --> 00:48:50.420
 than

00:48:50.420 --> 00:48:50.619
 the

00:48:50.619 --> 00:48:50.860
 land

00:48:50.860 --> 00:48:51.000
 of

00:48:51.000 --> 00:48:51.340
 promise

00:48:51.340 --> 00:48:51.559
 the

00:48:51.559 --> 00:48:51.740
 land

00:48:51.740 --> 00:48:51.880
 of

00:48:51.880 --> 00:48:52.160
 Canaan

00:48:52.160 --> 00:48:52.740
 it's

00:48:52.740 --> 00:48:53.119
 bad

00:48:53.119 --> 00:48:53.480
 right

00:48:53.480 --> 00:48:53.760
 bad

00:48:53.760 --> 00:48:54.019
 things

00:48:54.019 --> 00:48:54.380
 happen

00:48:54.380 --> 00:48:54.780
 and

00:48:54.780 --> 00:48:54.960
 it's

00:48:54.960 --> 00:48:55.300
 condemned

00:48:55.300 --> 00:48:55.519
 by

00:48:55.519 --> 00:48:55.680
 the

00:48:55.680 --> 00:48:56.019
 narrator

00:48:56.019 --> 00:48:56.800
 and

00:48:56.800 --> 00:48:56.940
 so

00:48:56.940 --> 00:48:57.280
 here

00:48:57.280 --> 00:48:57.519
 they're

00:48:57.519 --> 00:48:57.800
 going

00:48:57.800 --> 00:48:58.220
 into

00:48:58.220 --> 00:48:58.600
 egypt

00:48:58.600 --> 00:48:58.880
 to

00:48:58.880 --> 00:48:59.400
 settle

00:48:59.400 --> 00:48:59.860
 and

00:48:59.860 --> 00:49:00.340
 that's

00:49:00.340 --> 00:49:00.640
 a

00:49:00.640 --> 00:49:00.940
 warning

00:49:00.940 --> 00:49:01.200
 like

00:49:01.200 --> 00:49:01.400
 oh

00:49:01.400 --> 00:49:01.660
 why

00:49:01.660 --> 00:49:01.800
 are

00:49:01.800 --> 00:49:01.880
 they

00:49:01.880 --> 00:49:02.080
 going

00:49:02.080 --> 00:49:02.240
 to

00:49:02.240 --> 00:49:02.420
 egypt

00:49:02.420 --> 00:49:02.580
 to

00:49:02.580 --> 00:49:02.740
 settle

00:49:02.740 --> 00:49:02.900
 so

00:49:02.900 --> 00:49:03.300
 because

00:49:03.300 --> 00:49:03.900
 lest

00:49:03.900 --> 00:49:04.160
 we

00:49:04.160 --> 00:49:04.420
 think

00:49:04.420 --> 00:49:04.580
 that

00:49:04.580 --> 00:49:04.700
 that

00:49:04.700 --> 00:49:04.840
 was

00:49:04.840 --> 00:49:05.140
 not

00:49:05.140 --> 00:49:05.840
 sanctioned

00:49:05.840 --> 00:49:05.960
 by

00:49:05.960 --> 00:49:06.180
 god

00:49:06.180 --> 00:49:06.580
 himself

00:49:06.580 --> 00:49:06.940
 the

00:49:06.940 --> 00:49:07.200
 narrator

00:49:07.200 --> 00:49:07.780
 explicitly

00:49:07.780 --> 00:49:08.160
 tells

00:49:08.160 --> 00:49:08.260
 us

00:49:08.260 --> 00:49:08.400
 that

00:49:08.400 --> 00:49:08.700
 god

00:49:08.700 --> 00:49:09.040
 appeared

00:49:09.040 --> 00:49:09.140
 in

00:49:09.140 --> 00:49:09.240
 a

00:49:09.240 --> 00:49:09.440
 vision

00:49:09.440 --> 00:49:09.640
 to

00:49:09.640 --> 00:49:09.960
 jacob

00:49:09.960 --> 00:49:10.320
 to

00:49:10.320 --> 00:49:10.580
 send

00:49:10.580 --> 00:49:10.740
 him

00:49:10.740 --> 00:49:10.960
 to

00:49:10.960 --> 00:49:11.160
 go

00:49:11.160 --> 00:49:11.360
 to

00:49:11.360 --> 00:49:11.720
 egypt

00:49:11.720 --> 00:49:12.680
 and

00:49:12.680 --> 00:49:12.780
 and

00:49:12.780 --> 00:49:13.160
 then

00:49:13.160 --> 00:49:13.440
 as

00:49:13.440 --> 00:49:13.600
 he

00:49:13.600 --> 00:49:13.860
 goes

00:49:13.860 --> 00:49:14.560
 makes

00:49:14.560 --> 00:49:15.000
 the

00:49:15.000 --> 00:49:15.440
 promises

00:49:15.440 --> 00:49:16.579
 reaffirms

00:49:16.579 --> 00:49:17.099
 the promises

00:49:17.099 --> 00:49:17.440
 that he

00:49:17.440 --> 00:49:17.760
 had made

00:49:17.760 --> 00:49:18.139
 previously

00:49:18.139 --> 00:49:18.380
 to

00:49:18.380 --> 00:49:18.659
 all

00:49:18.659 --> 00:49:18.820
 the

00:49:18.820 --> 00:49:19.480
 patriarchs

00:49:19.480 --> 00:49:19.700
 i

00:49:19.700 --> 00:49:19.800
 will

00:49:19.800 --> 00:49:20.079
 make

00:49:20.079 --> 00:49:20.220
 you

00:49:20.220 --> 00:49:20.380
 into

00:49:20.380 --> 00:49:20.519
 a

00:49:20.519 --> 00:49:20.740
 great

00:49:20.740 --> 00:49:21.240
 nation

00:49:21.240 --> 00:49:21.659
 and

00:49:21.659 --> 00:49:21.800
 i

00:49:21.800 --> 00:49:21.900
 will

00:49:21.900 --> 00:49:22.079
 go

00:49:22.079 --> 00:49:22.400
 down

00:49:22.400 --> 00:49:22.740
 with

00:49:22.740 --> 00:49:22.980
 you

00:49:22.980 --> 00:49:23.300
 and

00:49:23.300 --> 00:49:23.400
 then

00:49:23.400 --> 00:49:23.579
 i

00:49:23.579 --> 00:49:23.720
 will

00:49:23.720 --> 00:49:24.099
 eventually

00:49:24.099 --> 00:49:24.460
 bring

00:49:24.460 --> 00:49:24.619
 you

00:49:24.619 --> 00:49:24.860
 up

00:49:24.860 --> 00:49:25.280
 again

00:49:25.280 --> 00:49:25.539
 to

00:49:25.539 --> 00:49:25.840
 cana

00:49:25.840 --> 00:49:26.000
 so

00:49:26.000 --> 00:49:26.280
 three

00:49:26.280 --> 00:49:26.679
 parts

00:49:26.679 --> 00:49:26.800
 to

00:49:26.800 --> 00:49:26.900
 the

00:49:26.900 --> 00:49:28.000
 patriarchal

00:49:28.000 --> 00:49:28.260
 promise

00:49:28.260 --> 00:49:28.840
 one

00:49:28.840 --> 00:49:29.059
 i

00:49:29.059 --> 00:49:29.179
 will

00:49:29.179 --> 00:49:29.340
 give

00:49:29.340 --> 00:49:29.460
 you

00:49:29.460 --> 00:49:29.599
 a

00:49:29.599 --> 00:49:32.400
 place

00:49:32.400 --> 00:49:32.740
 the

00:49:32.740 --> 00:49:32.940
 land

00:49:32.940 --> 00:49:33.059
 of

00:49:33.059 --> 00:49:33.380
 promise

00:49:33.380 --> 00:49:33.760
 and

00:49:33.760 --> 00:49:34.059
 third

00:49:34.059 --> 00:49:34.220
 i

00:49:34.220 --> 00:49:34.320
 will

00:49:34.320 --> 00:49:34.440
 give

00:49:34.440 --> 00:49:34.500
 you

00:49:34.500 --> 00:49:34.679
 my

00:49:34.679 --> 00:49:35.159
 presence

00:49:35.159 --> 00:49:35.380
 to

00:49:35.380 --> 00:49:35.519
 be

00:49:35.519 --> 00:49:35.780
 with

00:49:35.780 --> 00:49:35.980
 you

00:49:35.980 --> 00:49:36.380
 he

00:49:36.380 --> 00:49:36.500
 is

00:49:36.500 --> 00:49:36.720
 giving

00:49:36.720 --> 00:49:37.019
 all

00:49:37.019 --> 00:49:37.139
 of

00:49:37.139 --> 00:49:37.320
 these

00:49:45.440 --> 00:49:45.679
 six

00:49:45.679 --> 00:49:45.900
 verse

00:49:45.900 --> 00:49:46.179
 four

00:49:46.179 --> 00:49:47.019
 and

00:49:47.019 --> 00:49:47.740
 joseph's

00:49:47.740 --> 00:49:48.300
 hand

00:49:48.300 --> 00:49:48.860
 shall

00:49:48.860 --> 00:49:49.599
 close

00:49:49.599 --> 00:49:50.300
 your

00:49:50.300 --> 00:49:51.139
 eyes

00:49:51.139 --> 00:49:53.960
 after

00:49:53.960 --> 00:49:55.360
 reiterating

00:49:55.360 --> 00:49:56.119
 the

00:49:56.119 --> 00:49:56.679
 promises

00:49:56.679 --> 00:49:56.960
 of

00:49:56.960 --> 00:49:57.619
 national

00:49:57.619 --> 00:49:58.179
 importance

00:49:58.179 --> 00:49:58.679
 international

00:49:58.679 --> 00:49:59.579
 importance

00:49:59.579 --> 00:50:00.300
 and

00:50:00.300 --> 00:50:00.960
 cosmic

00:50:00.960 --> 00:50:01.679
 spiritual

00:50:01.679 --> 00:50:02.500
 significance

00:50:02.500 --> 00:50:03.039
 god

00:50:03.039 --> 00:50:03.420
 comes

00:50:03.420 --> 00:50:03.780
 down

00:50:03.780 --> 00:50:04.019
 to

00:50:04.019 --> 00:50:04.260
 eye

00:50:04.260 --> 00:50:04.539
 level

00:50:04.539 --> 00:50:05.039
 with

00:50:05.039 --> 00:50:05.440
 jacob

00:50:05.440 --> 00:50:05.619
 and

00:50:05.619 --> 00:50:05.900
 tells

00:50:05.900 --> 00:50:06.179
 him

00:50:06.179 --> 00:50:08.099
 joseph's

00:50:08.099 --> 00:50:08.360
 hand

00:50:08.360 --> 00:50:08.880
 shall

00:50:08.880 --> 00:50:09.380
 close

00:50:09.380 --> 00:50:09.900
 your

00:50:09.900 --> 00:50:10.480
 eyes

00:50:10.480 --> 00:50:11.880
 jacob's

00:50:11.880 --> 00:50:12.200
 most

00:50:12.200 --> 00:50:12.780
 intimate

00:50:12.780 --> 00:50:14.159
 immediate

00:50:14.159 --> 00:50:15.139
 personal

00:50:15.139 --> 00:50:15.739
 concern

00:50:15.739 --> 00:50:16.519
 he

00:50:16.519 --> 00:50:16.799
 misses

00:50:16.799 --> 00:50:17.039
 his

00:50:17.039 --> 00:50:17.279
 son

00:50:17.279 --> 00:50:18.480
 that's

00:50:18.480 --> 00:50:18.639
 what

00:50:18.639 --> 00:50:19.000
 he

00:50:19.000 --> 00:50:19.539
 longs

00:50:19.539 --> 00:50:19.719
 for

00:50:19.719 --> 00:50:19.879
 more

00:50:19.879 --> 00:50:20.019
 than

00:50:20.019 --> 00:50:20.319
 anything

00:50:20.319 --> 00:50:24.699
 i hope

00:50:24.699 --> 00:50:25.000
 you see

00:50:25.000 --> 00:50:25.519
 god's

00:50:25.519 --> 00:50:26.420
 compassion

00:50:26.420 --> 00:50:27.279
 and

00:50:27.279 --> 00:50:27.940
 tenderness

00:50:27.940 --> 00:50:28.779
 in

00:50:28.779 --> 00:50:29.159
 this

00:50:29.159 --> 00:50:30.019
 example

00:50:30.019 --> 00:50:31.279
 see

00:50:31.279 --> 00:50:31.699
 god's

00:50:31.699 --> 00:50:32.039
 not

00:50:32.039 --> 00:50:32.420
 this

00:50:32.420 --> 00:50:32.960
 grand

00:50:32.960 --> 00:50:33.299
 chess

00:50:33.299 --> 00:50:33.699
 master

00:50:33.699 --> 00:50:34.019
 right

00:50:34.019 --> 00:50:34.299
 who

00:50:34.299 --> 00:50:35.179
 ruthlessly

00:50:35.179 --> 00:50:36.179
 sacrifices

00:50:36.179 --> 00:50:36.599
 all of

00:50:36.599 --> 00:50:36.739
 his

00:50:36.739 --> 00:50:37.119
 pawns

00:50:37.119 --> 00:50:37.219
 to

00:50:37.219 --> 00:50:37.539
 advance

00:50:37.539 --> 00:50:37.719
 his

00:50:37.719 --> 00:50:38.000
 grand

00:50:38.000 --> 00:50:38.440
 plan

00:50:38.440 --> 00:50:39.000
 no

00:50:39.000 --> 00:50:39.199
 he

00:50:39.199 --> 00:50:39.819
 cares

00:50:39.819 --> 00:50:40.559
 intimately

00:50:40.559 --> 00:50:41.039
 about

00:50:41.039 --> 00:50:41.579
 every

00:50:41.579 --> 00:50:42.159
 one

00:50:42.159 --> 00:50:42.440
 of

00:50:42.440 --> 00:50:42.599
 his

00:50:42.599 --> 00:50:43.000
 people

00:50:43.000 --> 00:50:43.960
 he

00:50:43.960 --> 00:50:44.379
 cares

00:50:44.379 --> 00:50:44.619
 for

00:50:44.619 --> 00:50:45.000
 us

00:50:45.000 --> 00:50:47.920
 he

00:50:47.920 --> 00:50:48.460
 cares

00:50:48.460 --> 00:50:49.679
 about

00:50:49.679 --> 00:50:50.280
 jacob

00:50:50.280 --> 00:50:55.800
 sometimes

00:50:55.800 --> 00:50:56.199
 as

00:50:56.199 --> 00:50:56.579
 christians

00:50:56.579 --> 00:50:56.960
 like we

00:50:56.960 --> 00:50:57.340
 believe

00:50:57.340 --> 00:50:57.739
 that god

00:50:57.739 --> 00:50:57.860
 is

00:50:57.860 --> 00:50:58.139
 sovereign

00:50:58.139 --> 00:50:58.760
 and we

00:50:58.760 --> 00:50:59.079
 believe

00:50:59.079 --> 00:50:59.420
 that he

00:50:59.420 --> 00:50:59.599
 is

00:50:59.599 --> 00:50:59.860
 good

00:50:59.860 --> 00:51:00.199
 and that

00:51:00.199 --> 00:51:00.400
 he's

00:51:00.400 --> 00:51:00.659
 going to

00:51:00.659 --> 00:51:00.980
 work out

00:51:00.980 --> 00:51:01.179
 all

00:51:01.179 --> 00:51:01.500
 things

00:51:01.500 --> 00:51:01.840
 for his

00:51:01.840 --> 00:51:02.159
 glory

00:51:02.159 --> 00:51:02.440
 and our

00:51:02.440 --> 00:51:02.679
 good

00:51:02.679 --> 00:51:03.380
 but at

00:51:03.380 --> 00:51:03.739
 the same

00:51:03.739 --> 00:51:04.139
 time we

00:51:04.139 --> 00:51:04.599
 still have

00:51:04.599 --> 00:51:05.380
 this fear

00:51:05.380 --> 00:51:05.599
 in the

00:51:05.599 --> 00:51:05.860
 back of

00:51:05.860 --> 00:51:05.960
 our

00:51:05.960 --> 00:51:06.280
 minds

00:51:06.280 --> 00:51:07.179
 oh but

00:51:07.179 --> 00:51:07.400
 i

00:51:07.400 --> 00:51:07.860
 really

00:51:07.860 --> 00:51:08.119
 don't

00:51:08.119 --> 00:51:08.360
 want

00:51:08.360 --> 00:51:08.739
 that

00:51:08.739 --> 00:51:09.079
 plan

00:51:09.079 --> 00:51:09.360
 that's

00:51:09.360 --> 00:51:09.639
 ultimately

00:51:09.639 --> 00:51:09.860
 going to

00:51:09.860 --> 00:51:10.099
 be good

00:51:10.099 --> 00:51:10.380
 for me

00:51:10.380 --> 00:51:10.639
 to be

00:51:10.639 --> 00:51:11.079
 immediately

00:51:11.079 --> 00:51:11.440
 really

00:51:11.440 --> 00:51:11.800
 bad

00:51:11.800 --> 00:51:12.239
 and painful

00:51:12.239 --> 00:51:12.639
 for me

00:51:12.639 --> 00:51:12.940
 right

00:51:12.940 --> 00:51:13.739
 and we

00:51:13.739 --> 00:51:14.219
 have that

00:51:14.219 --> 00:51:14.800
 reservation

00:51:14.800 --> 00:51:17.000
 but if

00:51:17.000 --> 00:51:17.360
 that is

00:51:17.360 --> 00:51:17.700
 you you

00:51:17.700 --> 00:51:18.400
 can look

00:51:18.400 --> 00:51:18.880
 to jacob

00:51:18.880 --> 00:51:19.200
 and be

00:51:19.200 --> 00:51:19.760
 comforted

00:51:19.760 --> 00:51:20.180
 jacob

00:51:20.180 --> 00:51:20.840
 said few

00:51:20.840 --> 00:51:21.380
 and evil

00:51:21.380 --> 00:51:21.740
 have been

00:51:21.740 --> 00:51:22.120
 the years

00:51:22.120 --> 00:51:22.400
 of his

00:51:22.400 --> 00:51:22.760
 life

00:51:22.760 --> 00:51:24.060
 yet even

00:51:24.060 --> 00:51:24.800
 then if

00:51:24.800 --> 00:51:25.300
 through all

00:51:25.300 --> 00:51:25.539
 of his

00:51:25.539 --> 00:51:25.920
 suffering

00:51:25.920 --> 00:51:26.420
 and sin

00:51:26.420 --> 00:51:27.420
 god cares

00:51:27.420 --> 00:51:27.920
 for him

00:51:27.920 --> 00:51:28.460
 personally

00:51:28.460 --> 00:51:30.160
 knows his

00:51:30.160 --> 00:51:30.660
 losses

00:51:30.660 --> 00:51:31.300
 knows his

00:51:31.300 --> 00:51:31.740
 suffering

00:51:31.740 --> 00:51:32.480
 and struggles

00:51:32.480 --> 00:51:35.480
 and all

00:51:35.480 --> 00:51:35.900
 of his

00:51:35.900 --> 00:51:39.460
 and all

00:51:39.460 --> 00:51:39.599
 and we see

00:51:39.599 --> 00:51:40.099
 examples

00:51:40.099 --> 00:51:40.860
 of god's

00:51:40.860 --> 00:51:41.559
 promises

00:51:41.559 --> 00:51:41.820
 being

00:51:41.820 --> 00:51:42.260
 fulfilled

00:51:42.260 --> 00:51:43.079
 and the

00:51:43.079 --> 00:51:43.599
 chief among

00:51:43.599 --> 00:51:44.000
 them is

00:51:44.000 --> 00:51:44.440
 not only

00:51:44.440 --> 00:51:45.320
 the multitude

00:51:45.320 --> 00:51:46.099
 of children

00:51:46.099 --> 00:51:46.420
 he has

00:51:46.420 --> 00:51:46.719
 he says

00:51:46.719 --> 00:51:47.159
 they have

00:51:47.159 --> 00:51:47.699
 seventy

00:51:47.699 --> 00:51:48.480
 which is a

00:51:48.480 --> 00:51:49.320
 symbolic number

00:51:49.320 --> 00:51:49.740
 representing

00:51:49.740 --> 00:51:50.360
 fullness

00:51:50.360 --> 00:51:51.480
 a full nation

00:51:51.480 --> 00:51:51.920
 of israel

00:51:51.920 --> 00:51:52.500
 in jacob

00:51:52.500 --> 00:51:54.480
 but most

00:51:54.480 --> 00:51:55.039
 pointedly in

00:51:55.039 --> 00:51:55.760
 chapter 47

00:51:55.760 --> 00:51:56.539
 7 to 10

00:51:56.539 --> 00:51:57.599
 when jacob

00:51:57.599 --> 00:51:58.400
 has an audience

00:51:58.400 --> 00:51:59.039
 with pharaoh

00:51:59.039 --> 00:52:00.119
 and it's

00:52:00.119 --> 00:52:00.739
 very interesting

00:52:00.739 --> 00:52:01.599
 what happens

00:52:01.599 --> 00:52:01.860
 it says

00:52:01.860 --> 00:52:02.579
 then joseph

00:52:02.579 --> 00:52:03.000
 brought in

00:52:03.000 --> 00:52:03.480
 jacob his

00:52:03.480 --> 00:52:03.900
 father

00:52:03.900 --> 00:52:04.679
 and stood

00:52:04.679 --> 00:52:05.139
 him before

00:52:05.139 --> 00:52:05.579
 pharaoh

00:52:05.579 --> 00:52:06.239
 and jacob

00:52:06.239 --> 00:52:07.079
 blessed pharaoh

00:52:07.079 --> 00:52:07.900
 and pharaoh

00:52:07.900 --> 00:52:08.579
 said to jacob

00:52:08.579 --> 00:52:09.039
 how many

00:52:09.039 --> 00:52:09.599
 are the days

00:52:09.599 --> 00:52:10.079
 of the years

00:52:10.079 --> 00:52:10.320
 of your

00:52:10.320 --> 00:52:10.639
 life

00:52:10.639 --> 00:52:11.320
 and jacob

00:52:11.320 --> 00:52:11.920
 said to pharaoh

00:52:11.920 --> 00:52:12.539
 the days

00:52:12.539 --> 00:52:13.119
 of the years

00:52:13.119 --> 00:52:13.420
 of my

00:52:13.420 --> 00:52:13.800
 sojourning

00:52:13.800 --> 00:52:14.159
 are hundred

00:52:14.159 --> 00:52:14.579
 and thirty

00:52:14.579 --> 00:52:14.960
 years

00:52:14.960 --> 00:52:16.019
 few and evil

00:52:16.019 --> 00:52:16.340
 have been

00:52:16.340 --> 00:52:16.759
 the days

00:52:16.759 --> 00:52:17.199
 of the years

00:52:17.199 --> 00:52:17.779
 of my life

00:52:17.779 --> 00:52:18.300
 and they have

00:52:18.300 --> 00:52:18.940
 not attained

00:52:18.940 --> 00:52:19.420
 to the days

00:52:19.420 --> 00:52:19.800
 of the years

00:52:19.800 --> 00:52:20.259
 of the life

00:52:20.259 --> 00:52:20.759
 of the fathers

00:52:20.759 --> 00:52:21.219
 and the days

00:52:21.219 --> 00:52:21.480
 of their

00:52:21.480 --> 00:52:21.920
 sojourning

00:52:21.920 --> 00:52:22.739
 and jacob

00:52:22.739 --> 00:52:23.460
 blessed pharaoh

00:52:23.460 --> 00:52:24.279
 and went out

00:52:24.279 --> 00:52:24.960
 from the presence

00:52:24.960 --> 00:52:25.860
 of pharaoh

00:52:25.860 --> 00:52:26.820
 right

00:52:26.820 --> 00:52:28.240
 usually when you

00:52:28.240 --> 00:52:29.039
 address pharaoh

00:52:29.039 --> 00:52:30.139
 you address yourself

00:52:30.139 --> 00:52:31.220
 as your servant

00:52:31.220 --> 00:52:32.300
 that's what

00:52:32.300 --> 00:52:33.179
 his that's what

00:52:33.179 --> 00:52:33.760
 joseph's brothers

00:52:33.760 --> 00:52:34.740
 do but jacob

00:52:34.740 --> 00:52:35.519
 does not address

00:52:35.519 --> 00:52:36.480
 himself as your

00:52:36.480 --> 00:52:37.079
 servant

00:52:37.079 --> 00:52:38.159
 instead he uses

00:52:38.159 --> 00:52:38.639
 the simple

00:52:38.639 --> 00:52:39.380
 personal first

00:52:39.380 --> 00:52:40.019
 personal pronoun

00:52:40.019 --> 00:52:41.039
 oh my sons

00:52:41.039 --> 00:52:41.559
 did this

00:52:41.559 --> 00:52:42.699
 and i did this

00:52:42.699 --> 00:52:42.940
 you know

00:52:42.940 --> 00:52:44.139
 and then he says

00:52:44.139 --> 00:52:45.019
 and then he says

00:52:45.019 --> 00:52:46.059
 that he blessed

00:52:46.059 --> 00:52:47.159
 pharaoh twice

00:52:47.159 --> 00:52:48.320
 and when upon

00:52:48.320 --> 00:52:48.900
 his entrance

00:52:48.900 --> 00:52:49.679
 and upon him

00:52:49.679 --> 00:52:50.740
 before his exit

00:52:50.740 --> 00:52:51.920
 and as hebrews

00:52:51.920 --> 00:52:52.699
 7 7 says

00:52:52.699 --> 00:52:53.400
 it is beyond

00:52:53.400 --> 00:52:53.900
 dispute

00:52:53.900 --> 00:52:54.579
 that the

00:52:54.579 --> 00:52:55.179
 inferior

00:52:55.179 --> 00:52:56.059
 is blessed

00:52:56.059 --> 00:52:56.980
 by the superior

00:52:56.980 --> 00:52:59.019
 here jacob

00:52:59.019 --> 00:52:59.980
 is pharaoh's

00:52:59.980 --> 00:53:00.400
 superior

00:53:00.400 --> 00:53:01.779
 everyone who's

00:53:01.779 --> 00:53:02.460
 watching the scene

00:53:02.460 --> 00:53:03.460
 thinks that you know

00:53:03.460 --> 00:53:04.779
 pharaoh is granting

00:53:04.779 --> 00:53:05.940
 jacob an audience

00:53:05.940 --> 00:53:07.299
 but jacob is the one

00:53:07.299 --> 00:53:07.960
 that's granting

00:53:07.960 --> 00:53:09.400
 pharaoh an audience

00:53:09.400 --> 00:53:10.880
 and why is this

00:53:10.880 --> 00:53:11.739
 infirm

00:53:11.739 --> 00:53:12.779
 old man

00:53:12.779 --> 00:53:13.500
 who has to be

00:53:13.500 --> 00:53:14.460
 carried to places

00:53:14.460 --> 00:53:15.179
 and stood up

00:53:15.179 --> 00:53:15.880
 by his sons

00:53:15.880 --> 00:53:17.179
 why is he

00:53:17.179 --> 00:53:18.299
 pharaoh's superior

00:53:18.299 --> 00:53:19.940
 because of the

00:53:19.940 --> 00:53:20.980
 abrahamic promise

00:53:20.980 --> 00:53:22.139
 genesis 12

00:53:22.139 --> 00:53:23.480
 i will make you

00:53:23.480 --> 00:53:24.079
 a great nation

00:53:24.079 --> 00:53:25.019
 i will bless you

00:53:25.019 --> 00:53:25.579
 and make your

00:53:25.579 --> 00:53:26.099
 name great

00:53:26.099 --> 00:53:26.799
 so that you

00:53:26.799 --> 00:53:27.380
 will be

00:53:27.380 --> 00:53:28.179
 a blessing

00:53:28.179 --> 00:53:29.299
 and in you

00:53:29.299 --> 00:53:30.199
 all the families

00:53:30.199 --> 00:53:30.819
 of the earth

00:53:30.819 --> 00:53:31.980
 shall be blessed

00:53:31.980 --> 00:53:34.079
 jacob is blessed

00:53:34.079 --> 00:53:35.480
 by god almighty

00:53:35.480 --> 00:53:37.480
 that's why he's

00:53:37.480 --> 00:53:38.199
 pharaoh's

00:53:38.199 --> 00:53:38.819
 superior

00:53:38.820 --> 00:53:40.640
 god's promises

00:53:40.640 --> 00:53:41.640
 are being

00:53:41.640 --> 00:53:42.620
 fulfilled

00:53:42.620 --> 00:53:45.180
 and even in the

00:53:45.180 --> 00:53:45.680
 midst of that

00:53:45.680 --> 00:53:46.500
 we also see

00:53:46.500 --> 00:53:47.260
 glimpses of the

00:53:47.260 --> 00:53:48.019
 promise of land

00:53:48.019 --> 00:53:48.519
 going to be

00:53:48.519 --> 00:53:48.920
 fulfilled

00:53:48.920 --> 00:53:49.760
 so jacob

00:53:49.760 --> 00:53:50.519
 insists that he

00:53:50.519 --> 00:53:51.180
 gets buried in

00:53:51.180 --> 00:53:51.580
 the land of

00:53:51.580 --> 00:53:51.900
 canaan

00:53:51.900 --> 00:53:52.680
 not in the

00:53:52.680 --> 00:53:53.000
 land of

00:53:53.000 --> 00:53:53.300
 egypt

00:53:53.300 --> 00:53:54.440
 and all of this

00:53:54.440 --> 00:53:55.140
 shows that we

00:53:55.140 --> 00:53:55.900
 can trust in

00:53:55.900 --> 00:53:56.360
 god in the

00:53:56.360 --> 00:53:56.880
 midst of sin

00:53:56.880 --> 00:53:57.380
 and suffering

00:53:57.380 --> 00:53:58.720
 because god's

00:53:58.720 --> 00:53:59.480
 sovereign purposes

00:53:59.480 --> 00:54:01.039
 prevail through

00:54:01.039 --> 00:54:02.000
 it all

00:54:02.000 --> 00:54:04.159
 and for us

00:54:04.159 --> 00:54:05.039
 this points

00:54:05.039 --> 00:54:05.860
 ultimately to

00:54:05.860 --> 00:54:06.480
 jesus

00:54:06.480 --> 00:54:06.900
 right

00:54:06.900 --> 00:54:09.139
 because jacob's

00:54:09.139 --> 00:54:09.840
 promise the

00:54:09.840 --> 00:54:10.340
 promise that god

00:54:10.340 --> 00:54:11.300
 gives to jacob is

00:54:11.300 --> 00:54:12.300
 fulfilled literally

00:54:12.300 --> 00:54:13.260
 in in

00:54:13.260 --> 00:54:14.380
 basically the

00:54:14.380 --> 00:54:15.139
 conquest of the

00:54:15.139 --> 00:54:15.699
 land of canaan

00:54:15.699 --> 00:54:16.440
 and the

00:54:16.440 --> 00:54:17.079
 establishment of

00:54:17.079 --> 00:54:17.579
 the davidic

00:54:17.579 --> 00:54:18.000
 monarchy

00:54:18.000 --> 00:54:19.219
 but it's

00:54:19.219 --> 00:54:19.679
 fulfilled

00:54:19.679 --> 00:54:20.679
 typologically

00:54:20.679 --> 00:54:21.860
 theologically

00:54:21.860 --> 00:54:23.440
 fulfilled ultimately

00:54:23.440 --> 00:54:24.659
 in the coming of

00:54:24.659 --> 00:54:25.440
 jesus christ

00:54:25.440 --> 00:54:26.320
 as the new

00:54:26.320 --> 00:54:27.099
 israel as the

00:54:27.099 --> 00:54:27.599
 new testament

00:54:27.599 --> 00:54:28.460
 describes him

00:54:28.460 --> 00:54:29.860
 and and it's

00:54:29.860 --> 00:54:30.639
 so that when we

00:54:30.639 --> 00:54:31.679
 are saved and

00:54:31.679 --> 00:54:32.599
 we lay hold of

00:54:32.599 --> 00:54:33.480
 the promises that

00:54:33.480 --> 00:54:34.380
 these patriarchs

00:54:34.380 --> 00:54:35.480
 had not by

00:54:35.480 --> 00:54:36.420
 becoming a jew

00:54:36.420 --> 00:54:37.960
 ethnically but by

00:54:37.960 --> 00:54:38.960
 believing in jesus

00:54:38.960 --> 00:54:40.199
 christ with faith

00:54:40.199 --> 00:54:41.279
 repenting of our

00:54:41.279 --> 00:54:42.159
 sins and saying i

00:54:42.159 --> 00:54:42.819
 will believe in

00:54:42.819 --> 00:54:43.940
 jesus cling to

00:54:43.940 --> 00:54:45.039
 him align myself

00:54:45.039 --> 00:54:45.920
 to his purposes

00:54:45.920 --> 00:54:47.400
 and live for him

00:54:47.400 --> 00:54:48.159
 and no longer for

00:54:48.159 --> 00:54:49.500
 myself that's when

00:54:49.500 --> 00:54:50.839
 you become heirs to

00:54:50.839 --> 00:54:51.559
 the promises that

00:54:51.559 --> 00:54:52.679
 these patriarchs have

00:54:52.679 --> 00:54:55.099
 received and it's

00:54:55.099 --> 00:54:56.360
 only when you have

00:54:56.360 --> 00:54:57.539
 done that you can

00:54:57.539 --> 00:54:59.320
 trust in god in

00:54:59.320 --> 00:54:59.960
 the midst of sin

00:54:59.960 --> 00:55:00.440
 and suffering

00:55:00.440 --> 00:55:01.179
 because this

00:55:01.179 --> 00:55:02.059
 promise is not

00:55:02.059 --> 00:55:02.519
 for those who

00:55:02.519 --> 00:55:03.139
 have not entrusted

00:55:03.139 --> 00:55:03.820
 themselves to

00:55:03.820 --> 00:55:06.320
 jesus so i urge

00:55:06.320 --> 00:55:06.820
 you this morning

00:55:06.820 --> 00:55:07.980
 if you have not

00:55:07.980 --> 00:55:08.840
 yet aligned

00:55:08.840 --> 00:55:09.500
 yourself to god

00:55:09.500 --> 00:55:09.900
 and his sovereign

00:55:09.900 --> 00:55:10.739
 purposes to do

00:55:10.739 --> 00:55:11.840
 so so you can

00:55:11.840 --> 00:55:13.259
 have a joy and

00:55:13.259 --> 00:55:13.840
 peace that we

00:55:13.840 --> 00:55:14.820
 enjoy as believers

00:55:14.820 --> 00:55:15.820
 in being able to

00:55:15.820 --> 00:55:16.679
 trust god in the

00:55:16.679 --> 00:55:17.340
 midst of the

00:55:17.340 --> 00:55:18.279
 severest sin and

00:55:18.279 --> 00:55:19.759
 suffering because

00:55:19.759 --> 00:55:20.320
 god's sovereign

00:55:20.320 --> 00:55:21.179
 purposes prevail

00:55:21.179 --> 00:55:22.199
 through it all so

00:55:22.199 --> 00:55:22.960
 let's pray together

00:55:22.960 --> 00:55:32.599
 god we thank you

00:55:32.599 --> 00:55:33.519
 for this wonderful

00:55:33.519 --> 00:55:36.400
 promise we pray

00:55:36.400 --> 00:55:36.980
 that you would

00:55:36.980 --> 00:55:37.880
 really help us to

00:55:37.880 --> 00:55:38.559
 live in light of

00:55:38.559 --> 00:55:40.179
 this truth because

00:55:40.179 --> 00:55:41.019
 it would transform

00:55:41.019 --> 00:55:42.920
 our perspective our

00:55:42.920 --> 00:55:44.519
 attitudes the way

00:55:44.519 --> 00:55:45.519
 we engage with

00:55:45.519 --> 00:55:46.880
 interact with all

00:55:46.880 --> 00:55:48.119
 the circumstances in

00:55:48.119 --> 00:55:49.639
 our lives so help

00:55:49.639 --> 00:55:53.519
 us god we want to

00:55:53.519 --> 00:55:54.579
 honor you by

00:55:54.579 --> 00:55:55.379
 trusting in you

00:55:55.379 --> 00:55:56.799
 in jesus name we

00:55:56.799 --> 00:55:57.739
 pray amen