JOSEPH’S BROTHERS REPENT (93 downloads)
Genesis 42-44
Key verse 44:33 “Now then, please let your servant remain here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers.”
- Why did Jacob send 10 of his sons to Egypt? (42:1-5, 41:57) Why did he not send Benjamin?
- What is the significance of Joseph remembering his dreams when his brothers bowed down before him? (42:9a) Why did he accuse them of being spies? (42:9-17)
- When the brothers were being questioned, what did they reveal about their burden of guilt? (42:21-33) What shows that Joseph was not acting according to his emotions? (42:24)
- Why did Joseph put each man’s silver back in their grain sack? (42:25)What was the brothers’ reaction when they discovered the silver and why? (42:28,35)
- Why did Jacob accept Judah’s suggestion over Reuben’s? (42:37-43:14) When the brothers were taken to Joseph’s house, why were they so frightened? (43:16-18) Describe the banquet in Joseph’s house and what astonished the brothers? (43:31-34)
- How did Joseph test the brothers once more? (44:1-17) In what way does Judah’s plea show his repentance? (44:18-34) How did God use Joseph to bring his brothers to repentance?