{"id":39739,"date":"2018-09-11T21:53:41","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T18:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=39739"},"modified":"2022-04-05T10:16:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T07:16:12","slug":"chapter-summary-genesis-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/chapter-summary-genesis-44\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter Summary – Genesis 44"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It is reasonable to assume that the previous chapter ended from the standpoint of the brothers with great relief. \u00a0Not only did the capricious Egyptian vizier not accuse them (neither of spying nor of theft) but he also hosted them generously, drank with them to the point of drunkenness, and even gave them gifts. Benjamin, whose safe return is thrust on their shoulders, is with them. \u00a0Simeon is released. It is now possible to breathe and to return home peacefully.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, Joseph has other plans. He orders that the money is put back into the brothers\u2019 bags and to plant his personal silver goblet in Benjamin\u2019s bag. \u201cThey had just left the city and had not gone far\u201d (Verse 4) and Joseph sends his steward to chase after them for having stolen his goblet. The brothers are convinced of their innocence and offer \u201cWhichever of your servants it is found with shall die; the rest of us, moreover, shall become slaves to my lord.\u201d (verse 9). Joseph\u2019s representative offers an alternative–whoever is found in possession of the goblet will be Joseph\u2019s slave. Everyone else will be released.<\/span><\/p>\n

The search begins and\u2026 the goblet is found in Benjamin\u2019s bag. \u201cAt this they rent their clothes. Each reloaded his pack animal, and they returned to the city.\u201d (verse 13). <\/span><\/p>\n

Judah handles the negotiations with Joseph. \u00a0His suggestion \u201cHere we are, then, slaves of my lord, the rest of us as much as he in whose possession the goblet was found\u201d (verse 16) is rejected. Then, Judah offers the speech of a lifetime (the most dramatic speech of the entire Book of Genesis), a speech whose purpose is to convince the tyrannical vizier not to take Benjamin as a slave and to return Benjamin to his father at home as Judah had promised to do.<\/span><\/p>\n

Judah mentions the events through the lens of the pain of his elderly father who has already lost one beloved son and will not be able to endure another tragedy \u201cFor how can I go back to my father unless the boy is with me? Let me not be witness to the woe that would overtake my father!\u201d (verse 34).<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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  1. The goblet is used not just for wine. \u00a0It is also used for fortune telling (like reading the tea leaves) \u201cIt is the very one from which my master drinks and which he uses for divination.\u201d (verse 5).<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Feelings of guilt pop again for the brothers (for those who want to know the first time, see Genesis 42:21). \u00a0They did not sin now, but what is happening to them now is understood to be a punishment for the sin that has been accompanying them since Chapter 37. \u00a0\u201cWhat can we say to my lord? How can we plead, how can we prove our innocence? God has uncovered the crime of your servants\u201d (Genesis 44:16).<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. This is the first time Joseph hears the cover-up story that was told to his father: \u00a0\u201cBut one is gone from me, and I said: Alas, he was torn by a beast! And I have not seen him since\u201d (Genesis 44:28).<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. 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