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Returning to Egypt - The Book of Genesis · Bible in a Year with Jack Graham

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  Speaker 1: Let us pray. And he said, Behold, I have heard
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  Speaker 1: that there is corn in Egypt. Get you down thither,
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  Speaker 1: and buy for us from thence, that we may live
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  Speaker 1: and not die. Genesis 42.2 Heavenly Father, today I choose
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  Speaker 1: to praise you, Lord, in the midst of famines, recessions,
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  Speaker 1: and lack throughout the nation and in other countries, because
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  Speaker 1: I know that I will not be affected. You've given
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  Speaker 1: me divine strategy to experience abundance and provision. I praise you, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: for the simple fact that in the economy of heaven,
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  Speaker 1: there is no such thing as a recession. I declare
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  Speaker 1: that as your child, you give me access to your
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  Speaker 1: resources that never run out. Therefore, I will position myself
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  Speaker 1: for increase. I will go to the places where your
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  Speaker 1: provision and peace are in abundance. I confess that when
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  Speaker 1: I come in contact with those who've wronged me, I
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  Speaker 1: will not use my position of power and influence to
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  Speaker 1: get revenge, but instead will use it to show grace
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  Speaker 1: and forgiveness, generosity and kindness. Every good gift comes from you, God.
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  Speaker 1: And with this truth, I will remind myself that I
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  Speaker 1: am blessed to be a blessing. I will remind myself
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  Speaker 1: that I walk through open doors because I am called
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  Speaker 1: to help others walk through them. Hallelujah. I thank you, God,
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  Speaker 1: that opportunities and increase are all around me. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for making prayer a priority in your day.
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  Speaker 1: To learn more about the Bible, stay tuned for today's story.
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  Speaker 1: Brought to you.
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  Speaker 2: Returning to Egypt. Before this story, we learned about how
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  Speaker 2: Joseph waited patiently in prison. He was finally able to
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  Speaker 2: interpret dreams, which eventually promoted him to be second in command.
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  Speaker 2: Joseph was put in charge of preparing for the coming famine.
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  Speaker 2: which would eventually spread throughout the entire land. Now we
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  Speaker 2: will learn about how Joseph's brothers went to Egypt to
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  Speaker 2: buy grain during that great famine. However, they were unable
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  Speaker 2: to recognize Joseph. Inspired by the book of Genesis.
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  Speaker 3: Hello, I'm Jack Graham with today's episode of the Bible
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  Speaker 3: in a Year podcast. In our last episode, we learned
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  Speaker 3: that Joseph was able to rise to a position of
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  Speaker 3: incredible power. the second most powerful man in all of Egypt,
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  Speaker 3: the prime minister. God used Joseph to interpret Pharaoh's disturbing
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  Speaker 3: dreams and warn him about an upcoming seven-year famine that
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  Speaker 3: would follow seven years of abundance. Joseph was then put
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  Speaker 3: in charge of the plan to store grain and prepare
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  Speaker 3: for the lean years. And when we catch up with
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  Speaker 3: him in today's reading, the plentiful years have passed, and
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  Speaker 3: under Joseph's careful guidance and governance, Food has been stored
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  Speaker 3: in preparation for the famine, and now the famine comes.
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  Speaker 3: We'll see how this time of great need has swept
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  Speaker 3: far and wide beyond Egypt and into Canaan, where Jacob,
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  Speaker 3: Joseph's father, and Jacob's sons, Joseph's brothers, were living. Joseph's
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  Speaker 3: brothers will travel into the land of Egypt to beg
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  Speaker 3: for help, not knowing that it was the brother whom
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  Speaker 3: they had betrayed that they were their face. There's so
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  Speaker 3: much to watch for in this reading. Pay close attention
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  Speaker 3: to Joseph's reaction when he recognizes his brothers Reuben and
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  Speaker 3: Judah and the others. Imagine how you would feel in
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  Speaker 3: a situation like this. Now you are finally able to
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  Speaker 3: either take revenge or show mercy. What will Joseph do
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  Speaker 3: with this opportunity? Will he continue to show kindness and
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  Speaker 3: integrity as he did for such a long time in captivity?
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  Speaker 3: Or will bitterness get the best of him? Will he
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  Speaker 3: seethe with anger and rage and bring judgment on those
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  Speaker 3: who harmed him? Let's listen now to find out exactly
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  Speaker 3: what happens.
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  Speaker 2: Just as God had revealed through Joseph, the famine spread
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  Speaker 2: like wildfire throughout the land. Blighted and desolate, farmlands became
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  Speaker 2: barren and livestock starved and died. It came like a
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  Speaker 2: plague and the entire countryside fell in despair. Egypt, however,
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  Speaker 2: was able to withstand the fatal famine. As Joseph instructed,
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  Speaker 2: one-fifth of all that was grown the past seven years
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  Speaker 2: were kept safe and distributed carefully. Across the plains towards
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  Speaker 2: the north, Jacob and his family hurt from the famine.
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  Speaker 2: Their food had become scarce, and the family had no
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  Speaker 2: choice but to look to Egypt for help. Israel looked
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  Speaker 2: at his sons, doing nothing, and said,' Why do you
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  Speaker 2: all look at each other?' he asked. I have heard
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  Speaker 2: that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down
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  Speaker 2: and buy grain for us there, so that we may
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  Speaker 2: not die. So ten of Joseph's brothers journeyed south to Egypt.
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  Speaker 2: But Israel did not send Benjamin, Joseph's younger brother, for
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  Speaker 2: fear that he would be hurt as Joseph was. The
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  Speaker 2: sons of Israel ventured forth to Egypt, not knowing they
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  Speaker 2: would be coming face to face with their past sins.
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  Speaker 2: Joseph was the governor over the land and oversaw all
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  Speaker 2: transactions between other countries and the grain. A long line
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  Speaker 2: of people stood before Joseph, pleading for food. Joseph peered
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  Speaker 2: across the sea of faces and caught glimpses of his brothers.
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  Speaker 2: Waves of memories began flooding back to him. Memories of
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  Speaker 2: being thrown into a pit, shackled and shipped away. He
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  Speaker 2: recognized them instantly, but they stood before him with no
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  Speaker 2: clue of who he really was. When they stood before him,
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  Speaker 2: Joseph treated them like strangers and said, Where do you
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  Speaker 2: come from? He spoke with a rough voice, reeling from
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  Speaker 2: the emotions of seeing his betrayers again. From the land
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  Speaker 2: of Canaan to buy food, they answered in a tone
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  Speaker 2: of reverence, for they were speaking to the second most
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  Speaker 2: powerful man in all Egypt. They bowed before him. Instantly,
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  Speaker 2: a rush of images flooded back into Joseph's mind. the
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  Speaker 2: dreams he had once dreamed of his brothers bowing before
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  Speaker 2: him now coming to fruition. Joseph did his best to
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  Speaker 2: compose himself. You are spies, he said crossly. You will
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  Speaker 2: come to see the vulnerability of the land so you
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  Speaker 2: can take it, he pointed to them. They trembled at
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  Speaker 2: Joseph's accusations. No, Lord, they shouted. Your servants have come
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  Speaker 2: to buy food, and that is all. We are sons
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  Speaker 2: of one man, and we are ten of twelve. One
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  Speaker 2: brother is at home with our father, and the other
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  Speaker 2: is dead. We are honest men, we promise. Joseph scoffed
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  Speaker 2: at the sound of them claiming to be honest men,
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  Speaker 2: knowing full well what they had done to him. Joseph
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  Speaker 2: decided to test their claims by keeping them captive until
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  Speaker 2: one of them brought back their youngest brother. For three
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  Speaker 2: days he held them in custody. Joseph's heart ached every
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  Speaker 2: moment he was in the presence of his brothers. On
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  Speaker 2: the third day Joseph came to the brothers and said
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  Speaker 2: to them, I fear God. Do this and I will
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  Speaker 2: let you free. Let one of your brothers remain here
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  Speaker 2: while the rest of you take grain to your father.
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  Speaker 2: Then bring your youngest brother back to me so I
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  Speaker 2: can verify your claims. The brothers did exactly as Joseph ordered.
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  Speaker 2: They began packing, afraid of what would happen next. God
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  Speaker 2: began to work in the hearts of the brothers. They
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  Speaker 2: spoke among one another, saying, We all know why this
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  Speaker 2: is happening to us. We caused our youngest brother Joseph
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  Speaker 2: pain and suffering, and he begged us to show him mercy,
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  Speaker 2: but we did not. Now we are being punished by
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  Speaker 2: putting Benjamin at risk. Reuben, the oldest, answered them and said,
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  Speaker 2: Did I not tell you to leave the boy alone?
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  Speaker 2: You didn't listen. Now God has required a reckoning from
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  Speaker 2: us for his blood. All the while Joseph was listening,
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  Speaker 2: for they did not know that he spoke their language
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  Speaker 2: because he used an interpreter. As the brothers continued packing,
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  Speaker 2: Joseph turned away and wept alone. In secret he looked
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  Speaker 2: to God, his heart breaking over what he was doing
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  Speaker 2: to his brothers. Yet a part of him did not
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  Speaker 2: trust them enough to reveal himself. Wiping away his tears,
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  Speaker 2: he came back to them. He took Simon from them,
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  Speaker 2: and bound him in ropes in front of his brothers.
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  Speaker 2: Joseph gave orders to his servants to give his brothers
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  Speaker 2: their money back in the bags of grain. He also
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  Speaker 2: ordered for them to be given extra for the journey home.
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  Speaker 2: Though Joseph was cross with them, he would not show
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  Speaker 2: them the same cruelty they once showed him. The brothers
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  Speaker 2: loaded their donkeys with grain and departed swiftly. On their
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  Speaker 2: way home they discovered money was returned to them. Instead
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  Speaker 2: of being glad, they trembled feeling unworthy and uneasy about
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  Speaker 2: the blessing. What is God doing to us? they asked themselves.
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  Speaker 2: They returned home to their father and told him everything
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  Speaker 2: that had happened, and how they needed to bring Benjamin
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  Speaker 2: back to Egypt to get Simon. Israel was furious at
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  Speaker 2: his sons. You are stripping me of my children, he yelled.
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  Speaker 2: Joseph is gone, and now Simon is gone, and you
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  Speaker 2: expect me to give you Benjamin? Reuben could no longer
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  Speaker 2: stand himself As the oldest, he was responsible for all
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  Speaker 2: his brothers. He stood firm and said,' Kill my two
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  Speaker 2: sons if I do not bring them back to you.
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  Speaker 2: I will not let them fall.'' If anything would happen
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  Speaker 2: to my boy, I would surely die,' Israel said, for
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  Speaker 2: he had already endured so much pain from Joseph.' So
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  Speaker 2: the family delayed in leaving for Egypt again. The famine
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  Speaker 2: had grown more severe and Israel's family had gone through
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  Speaker 2: all their grain. He gathered his sons again and said,
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  Speaker 2: Go again to Egypt to buy us more food. Judah
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  Speaker 2: replied saying, We were strictly warned to not come back
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  Speaker 2: without Benjamin. The governor needed proof that we were not
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  Speaker 2: lying and needed us to bring him back or he
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  Speaker 2: would kill Simon.
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  Speaker 1: Send him with me.
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  Speaker 2: He will be my responsibility. Their father relented and sent
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  Speaker 2: his sons with Benjamin and many gifts of honey, gum, myrrh, pistachios,
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  Speaker 2: and almonds, along with double the money. So the men
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  Speaker 2: took the gifts, Benjamin, and double the money as before
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  Speaker 2: to stand before Joseph. When Joseph saw Benjamin with them,
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  Speaker 2: he ordered his servants to prepare an extravagant feast back
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  Speaker 2: at his home. When the brothers arrived to meet Joseph,
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  Speaker 2: he was not present. Rather, his servant invited them into
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  Speaker 2: his home. Fear overcame the brothers, for they fully expected
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  Speaker 2: to be punished because they took the money back with them.
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  Speaker 2: They climbed the stairs that led to Joseph's house, anxiously
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  Speaker 2: wondering what would happen to them next. They expected to
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  Speaker 2: walk through the doors to Joseph sitting on a throne,
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  Speaker 2: ordering the guards to behead them. They finally approached the
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  Speaker 2: entrance of Joseph's home, opened the doors, all to find
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  Speaker 2: a royal welcome. Joseph had his servants take their coats,
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  Speaker 2: wash their feet, and give them water. The brothers apologized
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  Speaker 2: for taking the money back to their home. Joseph smiled
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  Speaker 2: and said, Peace to you. There is no need to fear.
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  Speaker 2: Your God and the God of your father put that
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  Speaker 2: money back in your sacks. I received your payment. The
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  Speaker 2: brothers let themselves relax, and Simon was released to be
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  Speaker 2: with them. They waited for Joseph to return at noon.
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  Speaker 2: and prepared their father's gifts to give him. Hours passed,
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  Speaker 2: and Joseph finally returned home. The brothers immediately bowed down
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  Speaker 2: to the ground when they saw him. Again the memories
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  Speaker 2: of Joseph's dreams came flooding back to him. He thought
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  Speaker 2: of his father, his mother, and his homeland. Joseph had
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  Speaker 2: so many questions for them, yet he did not want
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  Speaker 2: to let his guard down. How is your father? he
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  Speaker 2: asked while swishing a cup of wine in his hand.
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  Speaker 2: The old man you spoke of before, is he well?
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  Speaker 2: Joseph did his best to not seem too concerned. They
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  Speaker 2: bowed their heads still, not answering. Joseph saw his brother Benjamin,
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  Speaker 2: his mother's son. Is this the youngest brother you spoke of?
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  Speaker 2: he asked. He looked into Benjamin's eyes. He had his
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  Speaker 2: mother's eyes.
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  Speaker 3: How he missed her.
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  Speaker 2: He missed his father. He missed Canaan. Joseph could feel
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  Speaker 2: himself losing his composure. Tears began streaming down his stoic face.
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  Speaker 2: Joseph excused himself and wept in his room. Anguish, anger, bitterness, love,
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  Speaker 2: all these emotions overcame him. Joseph washed his face and
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  Speaker 2: came out again. Controlling himself again, he clapped to his
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  Speaker 2: servants and said, Serve the food. And immediately an entire
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  Speaker 2: feast was brought out before them. He served every brother,
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  Speaker 2: though he did not eat with them. Yet he served
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  Speaker 2: Benjamin five times the amount as the others. Joseph wanted
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  Speaker 2: to see how the brothers reacted to favoritism towards the
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  Speaker 2: younger brother. Have they changed? Joseph must have thought to himself.
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  Speaker 2: They ate, drank, and were married together. Joseph then sent
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  Speaker 2: them on their way with their grain. However, he put
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  Speaker 2: his silver cup in Benjamin's sack so that he might
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  Speaker 2: trick them later. As the brothers packed up and began leaving,
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  Speaker 2: Joseph ran out to them. One of you was stolen
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  Speaker 2: from me, he shouted. Why have you repaid my hospitality
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  Speaker 2: with evil? Joseph acted as the angry king, willing to
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  Speaker 2: behead anyone who defied him. He watched as his brothers
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  Speaker 2: trembled with fear. Joseph took a tagger and walked towards
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  Speaker 2: them slowly, starting with the oldest son, working his way
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  Speaker 2: down to the youngest. He tore apart their sacks, looking
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  Speaker 2: for the silver cup. When he came to Benjamin, he
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  Speaker 2: found the He turned to his brothers and said, You
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  Speaker 2: may all go your way in peace, but Benjamin will
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  Speaker 2: be my slave forever. The brothers tore their clothes and
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  Speaker 2: bowed before Joseph. Please take me instead, all the brothers
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  Speaker 2: began to shout. They were willing to take the place
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  Speaker 2: of their brother so he could return back to his father.
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  Speaker 2: Joseph welled up at the sight of his brothers. They
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  Speaker 2: had truly changed. Now they were willing to lay down
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  Speaker 2: their own lives... so their youngest brother could be saved.
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  Speaker 2: Joseph couldn't hold in his feelings any longer.
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  Speaker 3: It's been a very long 13 years since his brothers
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  Speaker 3: threw Joseph into the pit and betrayed him, selling him
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  Speaker 3: as a slave into Egypt. But God in his providence
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  Speaker 3: and perfect plan blessed and protected Joseph. And he has
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  Speaker 3: now become a very powerful official in Egypt, next to
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  Speaker 3: Pharaoh himself. Pharaoh's right-hand man, the prime minister of the nation.
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  Speaker 3: And as we just learned in the story, after seven
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  Speaker 3: years of prosperity, the whole land was then hit with
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  Speaker 3: seven years of scarcity and hunger. It happened just as
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  Speaker 3: God said it would. This catastrophe of famine struck not
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  Speaker 3: only Egypt, but surrounding nations, including Canaan, where Joseph's family lived.
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  Speaker 3: And these nations all turned to Egypt to find the
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  Speaker 3: food they desperately needed. So Jacob's sons, Joseph's brothers, journeyed
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  Speaker 3: to purchase provisions for their families. Jacob, still hurting, grieving
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  Speaker 3: from the loss of Joseph, had not allowed the youngest son, Benjamin,
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  Speaker 3: to make this journey. He held him back because he
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  Speaker 3: did not want harm to befall him. Was he simply
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  Speaker 3: being protective or did he sense, did he somehow know
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  Speaker 3: that these other sons had played a part in Joseph's demise?
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  Speaker 3: Whatever the reason, it's clear that 13 years have not
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  Speaker 3: been enough time to blow away the darkness and the
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  Speaker 3: sadness in Joseph's disappearance from the family that still shadowed
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  Speaker 3: Jacob's heart. Knowing full well what happened, the brothers' guilt
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  Speaker 3: for what they had done weighed heavily on them, coloring
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  Speaker 3: every moment of their lives. They were living in guilt.
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  Speaker 3: You see, there's no way getting away from sin and
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  Speaker 3: the effect and consequences of sin. Sin will catch up
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  Speaker 3: with you. When they arrive in Egypt and go before Joseph,
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  Speaker 3: the governor, they bow down before him and Joseph recognizes them.
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  Speaker 3: They do not recognize him. So as a test, he
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  Speaker 3: accuses them of being spies. Of course, they claim to
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  Speaker 3: be honest men, but they knew from experience they were
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  Speaker 3: not honest men. They were very dishonest, very deceitful. Joseph
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  Speaker 3: had a choice. He could now enact vengeance or he
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  Speaker 3: could once again see his father and his youngest brother again.
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  Speaker 3: So Joseph chooses the latter and gives his brother a test.
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  Speaker 3: One of them will stay behind in security while the
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  Speaker 3: others return home and bring back the youngest brother to
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  Speaker 3: prove that their claims are true. Now there's a lesson
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  Speaker 3: here about dealing with those who have betrayed you, wronged you,
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  Speaker 3: disappoint you. While vengeance is not ours to give, a
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  Speaker 3: cautious approach to reconciliation is always a good thing, especially
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  Speaker 3: when the wrong has been so wrong. Trust must be
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  Speaker 3: earned again even if there has been forgiveness. Before they leave,
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  Speaker 3: we already see Joseph's heart softening towards his brothers as
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  Speaker 3: he returns to them without their knowledge, the money that
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  Speaker 3: they had given for the food that they would take
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  Speaker 3: back home. Leaving Simeon behind, the brothers return home and
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  Speaker 3: give a report. Jacob is not at first willing to
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  Speaker 3: let Benjamin, his beloved youngest son, make the trip to Egypt.
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  Speaker 3: But he knew the food that they now had would
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  Speaker 3: soon run out and they must go back to Egypt
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  Speaker 3: and take Benjamin with them. Jacob relents, regretfully. Upon their return,
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  Speaker 3: Joseph provides a feast, a big party. It's an opportunity
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  Speaker 3: to observe the brothers more closely, especially to see how
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  Speaker 3: they are treating Benjamin. Joseph goes to great length to
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  Speaker 3: show Benjamin very special treatment so he can watch how
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  Speaker 3: the other brothers react. Joseph is in a struggle. He's
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  Speaker 3: struggling between the kindness that he's giving towards his brothers
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  Speaker 3: and yet still thinking, still scheming how he can find
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  Speaker 3: vengeance and how he can keep Benjamin for himself. Hiding
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  Speaker 3: his cup in Benjamin's pack, he accuses the men of stealing.
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  Speaker 3: When the cup is found, he says Benjamin must be
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  Speaker 3: his slave forever and they must return home. The brothers
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  Speaker 3: cannot bear to think of returning to Jacob without Benjamin.
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  Speaker 3: They plead for him to be released. Finally, Joseph's brother
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  Speaker 3: Judah speaks up and offers himself as a slave in
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  Speaker 3: Benjamin's place. This appears to be a changed man. And
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  Speaker 3: this realization breaks Joseph. The next time we're going to
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  Speaker 3: see how he responds and how God in his faithfulness
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  Speaker 3: brings about reconciliation between long lost brothers. Dear Lord, we
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  Speaker 3: know that you can bring healing even in the most
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  Speaker 3: broken situation. Help us to reflect upon your grace and
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  Speaker 3: mercy and how much you have forgiven us and that
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  Speaker 3: we can actually forgive others when they have wronged us,
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  Speaker 3: as you have taught us. Thank you for your faithfulness
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  Speaker 3: always in our lives. In Christ's name, amen. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: day we will unpack the most prominent stories happening in
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  Speaker 1: the news and offer a Christian perspective. We won't shy
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  Speaker 1: away from the hard topics and we won't dilute the
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  Speaker 1: hopeful message of Christ. This is more than a daily
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  Speaker 1: brief on the news.
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  Speaker 2: It's a way to be informed and transformed.
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  Speaker 1: Listen to Pray News on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,
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  Speaker 1: or wherever you get your podcasts.