THE K I N G ’ S BUS I NESS rest of his life, and of course the father was very happy to know his Joseph was alive and near him, Joseph showed a forgiving spirit and all were happy. Teach memory verse. Closing Prayer. We thank thee dear Lord, for father and mother, brothers and sisters, and help us to be kind and forgiving in all our actions. Ü
1088 years more of famine, and they must hurry home and get the father, whom he was longing to see. Then Joseph’s father and brothers with their families and all their cattle came down to Egypt to live, and Joseph gave them the best of the land and a lovely house to live in. There he took care of them and could be near his dear father the
DECEMBER 22, 1918 JOSEPH CARES FOR HIS KINDRED
Golden Text.— “ Honor thy father and mother.” Eph. 6:2. LESSON TEXT Gen. 47:1-12. (Additional material, Gen. 45:16-50:26). ( 1 ) T h e n J o s e p h c a m e a n d t o ld
a n d i f t h o u k n o w e s t a n y m e n o f a c t i v i t y a m o n g th e m , t h e n m a k e th e m l u le r s o v e r m y c a t t le . ( 7 ) A n d J o s e p h b r o u g h t in J a c o b h is f a t h e r , a n d s e t h im b e fo r e P h a r a o h : a n d J a c o b b le s s e d P h a r a o h . ( 8 ) A n d P h a r a o h s a id u n t o J a c o b , H o w o ld a r t th o u ? ^ 9 ) A n d J a c o b s a id u n t o P h a r a o h , T h e d a y s o f t h e y e a r s o f m y p i l g r im a g e a r e a n h u n d r e d a n d t h i r t y y e a r s : f e w a n d e v il h a v e th e d a y s o f m y l i f e b e e n , a n d I h a v e n o t a t ta in e d u n t o t h e d a y s o f t h e y e a r s o f t h e l i f e o f m y f a t h e r s in t h e d a y s o f t h e i r p ilg r im a g e . ( 1 0 ) A n d J a c o b b le s s e d P h a r a o h , a n d w e n t o u t f r o m b e f o r e P h a r a o h . ( 1 1 ) A n d J o s e p h p la c e d h is f a t h e r a n d h is b r e t h r e n , a n d g a v e th e m a p o s s e s s io n in th e la n d o f E g y p t , in t h e b e s t o f t h e la n d , in t h e la n d o f R a m e s e s , a s P h a r a o h h a d c o m m a n u e d . ( 1 2 ) A n d J o s e p h n o u r is h e d h is f a t h e r , a n d h is b r e t h r e n , a n d a l l h is f a t h e r ’s h o u s e h o ld , w i t h b re a d , a c c o r d in g t o t h e i r f a m ilie s . tie his brethren in Goshen, yet, it was the wiser thing to have Pharaoh do it rather than himself. Joseph was not ashamed to confess the people to whom he belonged, even though he had reached such a high station. Neither was he ashamed to present his brethren, as his brothers, to Pharaoh. We read in the New Testament that our Lord Jesus is not ashamed to call us His brethren. Heb. 2:11. And that God is not ashamed to be called our God. Heb. 11:16. Joseph also put high honor upon his brethren by presenting them personally
P h a r a o h , a n d s a id , M y f a t h e r a n d m y b r e t h r e n , a n d t h e i r flo c k s , a n d t h e i r h e r d s , a n d a l l t h a t t h e y h a v e , a r e c o m e o u t o f t h e la n d o f C a n a a n ; a n d , b e h o ld , t h e y a r e in t h e la n d o f G o s h e n . ( 2 ) A n d h e t o o k s o m e o f h is b r e t h r e n , e v e n fiv e m e n , a n d p r e s e n te d t h e m u n t o P h a r a o h . ( 3 ) A n d P h a r a o h s a id u n t o h is b r e t h r e n , W h a t is y o u r o c c u p a tio n ? A n d t h e y s a id u n t o P h a r a o h , T h y s e r v a n t s a re s h e n h e r d s , b o t h w e , a n d a ls o o u r f a t h e r s . ( 4 ) T h e y s a id m o r e o v e r u n t o P h a r a o h , F o r to s o jo u r n in th e la n d a r * w e c o m e ; f o r t h y s e r v a n t s h a v e n o p a s tu r e f o r t h e i r flo c k s ; f o r th e f a m in e is s o r e in th e la n d o f C a n a a n : n o w th e r e f o r e , w e p r a y th e e , l e t t h y s e r v a n t s d w e ll in t h e la n d o f G o s h e n . ( 5 ) A n d P h a r a o h s p a k e u n t o J o s e p h , s a y in g , T h y f a t h e r a n d t h y b r e t h r e n a r e c o m e u n t o th e e : ( 6 ) T h e la n d o f E g y p t is b e fo r e th e e ; in t h e b e s t o f t h e la n d m a k e t h y f a t h e r a n d t h y b r e t h r e n to d w e ll; in t h e la n d o f G o s h e n l e t th e m d w e ll: Intervening Events. Between the last lesson and this one, we have the return of the brethren to Hebron and the arrival of Jacob and his clan in Egypt. We have also the affect ing meeting of Joseph LESSON and his father and the EXPOSITION instructions w h i c h Joseph gave his breth ren about their coming interview with Pharaoh. I. Joseph Presents His Brethren to Pharaoh, vs. 1-6. Though Joseph was the second ruler and undoubtedly had the right to set-
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