Genesis 44:1
I. There had been a strong combination, designed and undesigned, to
keep Joseph down. But it was in vain. "Light is sown for the
righteous." It is sometimes late in springing, but God's harvests are
large ones, if it is far on in the autumn before they are gathered.
They only linger to... [ Continue Reading ]
Genesis 44:12
I. That there is sorrow, and sorrow on a vast scale, is a great fact a
fact both too patent and too painful to be gainsaid. Joseph put the
cup in the sack to try his brothers' faith, love, and loyalty to their
father. (1) Sorrow was sent into the world as a preventive of greater
sorro... [ Continue Reading ]