Preparing To Return (Genesis 43:1-14)

The famine continues in its severity over the earth. Pharaoh’s dream revealed that it would be a seven year famine that would wipe any abundance accumulating during the seven years of prosperity. The grain that Jacob’s son purchased in Egypt has run out as we come to Genesis 43. Jacob instructs the sons to go back to Egypt and buy grain. But the sons remind him that they cannot go back without bringing Benjamin. There is no point in going if we do not bring Benjamin with us. Jacob is upset by this but the brothers defend themselves that they did not know that the ruler of Egypt would tell them to bring their brother back with them…

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