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Lesson #18
The Truth Will Out
(44: 1 45: 28)
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Entering Lesson #17, Joseph has risen from a slave tobecome Prime Minister of Egypt; seven years of
plenty have passed, during which Joseph brilliantly
expands Egypts agricultural land; builds massive
food reserves; and now, during the years of famine,
has cornered the grain market, selling provisions at a
hefty profit to all who come to Egypt . . . including his
brothers, whom he sees for the first time in 20
yearsthe brothers who wanted him dead.
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As we move from Lesson #17 to #18, when Joseph
sees his brothers standing before him, a storm of
emotions surges in his heart: anger, vengeance, self-
righteousness, longing, love, hate . . . Theseare the
brothers who betrayed him. Theseare the brothers
who hated him. Theseare the brothers who now
need his help in a time of famine. The anger and
heartbreak, love and loss that Joseph buried deep
inside for twenty years erupt. Nowhere else inScripture do we have such a kaleidoscope of
emotions on full display.
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5.
National Gallery, London.
Raphael de Mercatelli. Illuminated Bible, late 15thcentury. Ghent Cathedral, Ms. 10, fol. 74.
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Why is the silver returned . . . again?
As Joseph has time to process the encounter with his
brothers and to sort out the storm of emotions raging
within, he determines to test his brothers, to discern
their motives and to ensure the safety of his brother,Benjamin.
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Each move Joseph makes is designed to
keep his brothers off balance, to make
them feel trapped in a network of
uncanny circumstances they can neither
control nor explain, much as he himselfwas trapped in a nightmare when sold
as a slave into Egypt.
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As the silver reappearsalong with thesilver cup (accompanied by the
repeated suggestion of supernatural
divination)the brothers are caught,
as Robert Alter observes, in a net of
dream logic; the harder they struggle
to escape the net, the more entangled
in it they become.
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The brothers who wanted to receivesilver for selling Joseph into slavery in
Egypt cannot seem to return the silver,
no matter how hard they try!
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The is the final turn of the screw: will the brothers
allow Benjamin to be enslaved, as Joseph was
enslaved? Will they sell him out?
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Jean-Charles Tardieu. Joseph Recognized by His Brothers (oil
on canvas), 1788. Private collection [auctioned at Christis,
1997, Sale 8756, Lot 252].
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1. Why does Joseph return the brothers silver
again, as well as place his cup in Benjaminssack?
2. There are several instances of irony in
Chapter 44. What are they?
3. Why does Judah step up and offer himself inplace of Benjamin?
4. When Joseph reveals himself to his brothers,
how do they react? Why?5. When Jacob is told that Joseph is still alive,
how does he react? Why?
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