The Road to Forgiveness
Because of a "sore" famine in the land of Canaan, Jacob sent ten of his sons to Egypt for this reason. (Genesis 42)
What is to buy corn?
Joseph told his brothers not to be "grieved, nor angry" with themselves for selling him, because God had actually sent him to Egypt to do this. (Genesis 45)
What is preserving life?
When they first arrived, Joseph spoke roughly to his brothers and accused them of being this. (Genesis 42)
What are spies?
Jacob adopted these two sons of Joseph, declaring they would be his own just like Reuben and Simeon. (Genesis 48)
Who are Ephraim and Manasseh?
Before he died, Jacob made Joseph swear to bury him in this specific location in Canaan, where his fathers were buried. (Genesis 49)
What is the cave of the field of Machpelah?
When Joseph’s brothers first arrived in Egypt, they did this. (Genesis 42)
What is bowing down before him with their faces to the earth?
This was the specific land in Egypt where Joseph settled his father and brothers, which was considered the "best of the land." (Genesis 47)
What is the land of Goshen?
Joseph's brothers did not know that they were talking to them because he was using this. (Genesis 42)
What is an interpreter?
While blessing Joseph’s sons, Jacob intentionally crossed his hands to place his right hand on the head of this younger son. (Genesis 48)
Who is Ephraim?
This was the age of Joseph when he passed away. (Genesis 50)
What is 110 years old?
To prove they were "true men" and not spies, Joseph demanded that his brothers bring this specific person back to Egypt. (Genesis 42)
Who is Benjamin (the youngest son)?
When his brothers feared he would seek revenge after their father’s death, Joseph comforted them by saying, "God meant it unto" this. (Genesis 50)
What is good?
Upon returning home, the brothers and Jacob were afraid because they found this inside every man’s sack. (Genesis 42)
What is their bundle of money?
In his blessing to Judah, Jacob prophesied that the sceptre would not depart from his lineage until this person comes. (Genesis 49)
Who is Shiloh?
Joseph commanded the physicians to do this to his father’s body after his death. (Genesis 50)
What is embalming?
This brother offered to remain as a bondman in Egypt so that Benjamin could return safely to their father. (Genesis 44)
Who is Judah?
Joseph explained that although his brothers "thought evil" against him, God intended his situation for good to achieve this specific outcome. (Genesis 50)
What is to save much people alive?
Joseph commanded his steward to hide this specific item in Benjamin’s sack to test his brothers. (Genesis 44)
What is his silver cup?
Jacob described Joseph as this, which is by a well, whose branches run over the wall. (Genesis 49)
What is a fruitful bough?
!!!Daily Double!!! Joseph testified to his brothers that God would surely do this and that. (Genesis 50)
What is visiting them and bringing them out of Egypt?
Joseph did this after seeing that his brothers had truly changed, specifically through Judah's plea for Benjamin. (Genesis 45)
What is revealing his identity?
Joseph comforted his brothers by promising he would do this for them and their little ones. (Genesis 50)
What is nourishing them?
When the cup was found in Benjamin's sack, the brothers showed their intense grief by doing this. (Genesis 44)
What is renting (tearing) their clothes?
Before giving his sons their individual blessings, Jacob told them to gather so he could reveal what would happen to them in this specific time period. (Genesis 49)
What are the last days?
Joseph made the children of Israel take an oath that when God eventually led them out of Egypt, they would do this with his remains. (Genesis 50)
What is carried up his bones?