tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503927.post8298455585112296519..comments2024-03-16T17:18:50.797+08:00Comments on The Agora: Marketplace CallingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503927.post-77910960279589845412008-02-11T23:54:00.000+08:002008-02-11T23:54:00.000+08:00Dear Alex, Hope this helps!http://dreamjoseph.blog...Dear Alex, Hope this helps!<BR/><BR/>http://dreamjoseph.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>"As it turned out, ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to Egypt to purchase grain . Benjamin stayed home with his father, being the only remaining son from Rachel. As soon as they bowed before him, Joseph could recognize them but maintained his composure to hide his real identity . Perhaps it was anger for their past misdeeds and the desire to detect repentance in their heart, Joseph accused them harshly for being spies and put them into custody. On the third day, he summoned them and demanded that one of his brothers stayed in prison while the rest brought the grain back to their starving households. In order to prove that they were not spies, they were required to bring Benjamin, the youngest brother to him (Genesis 42:20). Simeon was chosen to languish in prison possibly because Reuben the eldest had tried to rescue Joseph earlier. In doing so, Joseph recognized the partial fulfillment of his dreams (Genesis 42:9) and set in motion the events which would lead to its consummation. <BR/><BR/>D. A. Carson made the observation that Joseph’s action replayed the earlier situation when they went home, after abandoning a brother. Simeon was held hostage to “see whether they would trade food for him, as they had exchanged Joseph for cash. The brothers sensed the analogy, and their guilty consciences prompted them to see divine judgment in their predicament and to describe details of their sin ” (Genesis 42:21–22)."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503927.post-91093329902219495682008-02-10T05:53:00.000+08:002008-02-10T05:53:00.000+08:00What do you think, please, of Obadiah Shoher's int...What do you think, please, of Obadiah Shoher's interpretation of the story? (here: samsonblinded.org/blog/genesis-37.htm ) He takes the text literally to prove that the brothers played a practical joke on Yosef rather than intended to murder him or sell him into slavery. His argument seems fairly strong to me, but I'd like to hear other opinions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com