{"id":39691,"date":"2018-09-09T01:09:35","date_gmt":"2018-09-08T22:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=39691"},"modified":"2022-04-03T18:44:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T15:44:37","slug":"chapter-summary-genesis-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/chapter-summary-genesis-42\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter Summary – Genesis 42"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The famine is severe throughout the province including in Canaan, the land where Jacob\u2019s family lives. \u00a0What do they do? Jacob sends his sons to Egypt to purchase food. However, he does not send everyone. He keeps back Benjamin, the one sone who remains from Rachel \u201csince he feared that he might meet with disaster\u201d (Genesis 42:4).<\/span><\/p>\n

Joseph recognizes his brothers. They, however, do not recognize that the vizier (verse 6) standing in front of them as their brother whom they sold as a slave approximately 20 years earlier (Joseph\u2019s rise to power is still hard to imagine). \u201cRecalling the dreams that he had dreamed about them,\u201d (verse 9), Joseph begins to work to actualize them. <\/span><\/p>\n

He accuses them of being spies in Egypt and is prepared to clear them of their guilt only if they can proved that they have spoken the truth. Indeed, if their story proves true, i.e. that they have a younger brother who has remained in Canaan (as they told him in the initial interrogation), they must prove it. \u00a0He imprisons the brothers in a \u201cguardhouse\u201d (verse 17), a jail, for three days, and afterwards offers as a compromise that one of the brothers should remain as a hostage in jail until the other brothers bring their younger brother to Egypt. <\/span><\/p>\n

The difficult crisis in which the brothers find themselves arouses among them memories of the past which are accompanied by heavy feelings of guilt: \u201cAlas, we are guilty on account of our brother, because we looked on at his anguish, yet paid no heed as he pleaded with us. That is why this distress has come upon us.\u201d (verse 21).<\/span><\/p>\n

The conversation, which the brothers think is just among themselves, is understood also by Joseph, because the language they speak is Joseph\u2019s native language. \u201cHe turned away from them and wept\u201d (verse 24). <\/span><\/p>\n

Simeon remains in the jail in Egypt. \u00a0The other brothers leave for their journey with heavy bags and ostensibly with a heavy heart too. When the bags are opened, a disturbing surprise is discovered–the money they had paid for the produce had been placed in their bags. We know that Joseph is responsible for this. It is reasonable to assume that the brothers also suspect that the Egyptian vizier is responsible for this matter as part of a frame up that he fabricated against them and which causes them great anxiety. <\/span><\/p>\n

The brothers arrive home without Simeon and with a commitment to bring Benjamin to the vizier of Egypt. This request is met with stubborn refusal on the part of Jacob \u201cBut he said, \u2018My son must not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If he meets with disaster on the journey you are taking, you will send my white head down to Sheol in grief.\u2019\u201d (verse 38).<\/span><\/p>\n

Points to Ponder:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. The provider of rations: \u00a0\u201cNow Joseph was the vizier of the land; it was he who dispensed rations to all the people of the land\u201d (Genesis 42:6). \u00a0Follow the words connected to the root \u201cration\u201d which connotes in our story the purchasing of produce.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. \u201c[B]ut one is no more\u201d (Genesis 42:32): Joseph\u2019s brothers tell their family biography and do not explain exactly what happened to the brother who is no more. Their words, not accidentally, allude to Reuben\u2019s words (when he discovered that the pit was empty) \u201cThe boy is gone\u201d (Genesis 37:30).<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Things we did not know about the sale of Joseph: Verse 21 \u201cwe looked on at his anguish, yet paid no heed as he pleaded with us.\u201d Joseph pleaded for his life. \u00a0The brothers heard but…did not listen.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Reuben\u2019s strange idea: In an attempt to convince Jacob to allow them to take Benjamin to Egypt, Reuben says to Jacob: \u201cYou may kill my two sons if I do not bring him (Benjamin) back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him to you\u201d (verse 37). 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