Genesis 45:9

III. THE MESSAGE TO THE FATHER.

9. Haste ye, and go up to my father.

Joseph will now send them back to their father with the exciting news, and an inviting message. How incredible to the aged patriarch that the son, long mourned as dead, is lord of all the land of Egypt, the greatest country in the world! Joseph would have them hasten and "tarry not." He longs to see his father, and to cheer and comfort his declining years, and to bind up the grievous wound that for twenty-two years has rankled in his heart. To his father he will place in the forefront of the matter, not his wicked brethren, but the providence of God, who hath elevated to such place and power the old man's long-lost son. Far better than abundance of corn it is to know that Joseph is alive and is lord of the granaries of Egypt, and that he is to come down to Joseph with all that are his.