Genesis 42:1-2

When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you just keep looking at each other?”  He continued, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”

From Background Notes [BN] for Oct 4th & 5th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

Firmly established in his new role, matured by nearly fifty years of life experience, Joseph must face once more the reality of his covenant family.

Egypt is not the promised land, although the whole world comes to Egypt for bread. But it will take events once more out of his control to bring about this reconciliation. Nothing in the text suggests that Joseph contemplated a trip back to Canaan. Instead, driven by the severe famine in Canaan, Jacob sends all of his sons but Benjamin (Rachel's youngest, Joseph's full brother) to Egypt for food. Upon their arrival there commences another dramatic sequence in our story, complete with a bit of trickery on Joseph's part. [BN,3]

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