Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Genesis)
我夜间的歌曲《创世记》
Text: Genesis 42: 1-5
MEDITATION
Genesis 42:1-5
1 When Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”
2 And he said, “Indeed I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down to that place and buy for us there, that we may live and not die.”
3 So Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.
4 But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “Lest some calamity befall him.”
5 And the sons of Israel went to buy grain among those who journeyed, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. Famine in Canaan
a. The severe famine had also affected Canaan.
b. The sons of Jacob did not have a solution to the problem of the famine.
c. Jacob spoke to them firmly.
2. Jacob’s suggestion
a. He urged his sons to go to Egypt to buy grain.
b. They need to survive the famine.
c. If they did not have supplies, they would all die.
3. Ten brothers
a. There was safety in numbers,
b. Judah must have returned to the family, perhaps because of the famine.
c. Ten brothers
i. Joseph was in Egypt.
ii. Benjamin did not go with them.
4. Benjamin’s safety
a. Jacob did not forget the tragedy of losing his son Joseph.
b. He did not want to risk Benjamin’s life just in case a calamity befell him too.
5. The sons of Israel (Jacob. began to make their way to Egypt (Over 840 km away).
经文：创世记 42:1-5
沉思
《创世记 42:1-5》
1 雅各见埃及有粮，就对儿子们说：“你们为什么彼此观望呢？
2 我听见埃及有粮，你们可以下去，从那里为我们籴些来，使我们可以存活，不至于死。”
3 于是，约瑟的十个哥哥都下埃及籴粮去了。
4 但约瑟的兄弟便雅悯，雅各没有打发他和哥哥们同去，因为雅各说：“恐怕他遭害。”5 来籴粮的人中有以色列的儿子们，因为迦南地也有饥荒。