Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Genesis)
我夜间的歌曲《创世记》
Text: Genesis 42: 6-8
MEDITATION
Genesis 42:6-8
6 Now Joseph was governor over the land; and it was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the earth.
7 Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he acted as a stranger to them and spoke roughly to them. Then he said to them, “Where do you come from?” And they said, “From the land of Canaan to buy food.”
8 So Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. Joseph the governor of Egypt
a. He was in charge of selling grain to all the people in the land.
b. Grain was also sold to non-Egyptians.
2. The brothers of Joseph
a. They had come to purchase grain.
b. They bowed their faces to the ground to Joseph.
c. This was required.
3. Recognition of the brothers
a. Joseph recognized them; however, the brothers did not recognize him.
b. He chose to act like a stranger to them.
c. He spoke roughly to them
i. As an Egyptian official.
ii. As the governor of the land.
d. He questioned their presence in Egypt.
Where had they come from?
4. The response of the brothers
a. They answered honestly and humbly.
b. They had come to Egypt from Canaan to purchase food.
经文:创世记 42:6-8
沉思
《创世记 42:6-8》
6 当时治理埃及地的是约瑟,粜粮给那地众民的就是他。约瑟的哥哥们来了,脸伏于地,向他下拜。
7 约瑟看见他哥哥们,就认得他们,却装作生人,向他们说些严厉话,问他们说:“你们从哪里来?”他们说:“我们从迦南地来籴粮。”8 约瑟认得他哥哥们,他们却不认得他。