BIBLE STUDY TEAM

Jane Machado

GENESIS
SEXTA FEIRA

2021

43 JOSEPH & FAM

 Joseph the second most powerful men in the kingdom

CHECK Judah remembers Joseph's request and brings it up

Remember: THERE WAS A HUGE FAMINE!
Israel/Jacob : Save Benjamin(Starve to death) or Send

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Benjamin(Risk and eat)
V11 & V12: Jacob tries to bribe the govenor ( Gifts vs
Mercy );V14: May El Shaddai (God Almighty) give you mercy

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Remember: Genesis 35:11 God says to Jacob, "I am El
Shaddai: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company
of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy
loins". - Jacob did not forget God & His Promise.
V23 Peace vs Fear. The Steward recognized their God.
The gifts are from his father (memories); his brother the
son of his mother (memories) --> Joseph Cries V30
 Based upon what we have read to this point, it seems pretty clear that
Benjamin was born BEFORE Joseph was sold into slavery (at 17). There are
several additional points that seem to bolster this argument. First, just before
Joseph was sold into slavery (at 17), he had two dreams, with “sheaves of

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wheat” (Gen 37:5-8) and “11 stars” (Gen 37:9-11) bowing down to him. These
dreams foretold when his brothers would come to Egypt in the future, and

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bow down before him asking for food. When Joseph said “11 stars,” it seems
to infer pretty clearly that Benjamin had already been born (or else the

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dream really wouldn’t make sense to anyone). Second, when Jacob and his
descendants travelled to Egypt, it says in (Gen 46:26) that 66 people made
the trip, INCLUDING Benjamin and his 10 sons (Gen 46:21). This almost
certainly has to make Benjamin somewhere in his 30’s when he went to Egypt.
Third, it seems odd that if Rachel had been alive when Joseph was sold
into slavery (meaning Benjamin had not yet been born), it is not
mentioned that she grieved over the (supposed) death of her only son
when the brothers told Jacob that Joseph was dead (Gen 37:31-35).
Surely this would have been included. Fourth, when Benjamin went to Egypt,
he was old enough to eat a lot of food (Gen 43:34).

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 WHY?
V32 - This would imply that Egyptians considered the Hebrew culinary customs
abominable, and raises some questions. How did Joseph’s cooks know to prepare
food according to Hebrew culinary customs?