Genesis 42:1-6 They bowed down before him!

1When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”

2“Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”

3So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt. 4But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”

5So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan. 6Now Joseph was the ruler of the land, who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

“Why are you staring at one another?” They looked perplexed because of the famine which is believed to be in the first year. 

Could it be that they knew Egypt had grain and their past deed of selling Joseph was haunting them?

“I am afraid that harm might befall him.”

Benjamin was the last son Jacob had with Rachel and he was fearful of loosing him like Joseph.

“So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.” Joseph’s dream comes true!

Genesis 37:5 Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more. 6 He said to them, “Hear this dream that I have dreamed: 7 Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf.” 

Notice the significance of the sheaves.

Sheaf: A quantity of the stalksand earsof wheat, rye, or other grain, boundtogether; a bundleof grain or straw.

Do the brothers recognize Joseph?

Does Joseph recognize his brothers?

Blessings, David