Did you know, when Joseph was cast into the pit by his brothers, and when they sold Joseph for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, that Joseph was anguished and distressed? Did you know, that Joseph begged his brothers to let him go? When we read the part where Joseph was thrown into the pit, we don’t actually read anything about Joseph’s emotions and feelings and how Joseph reacted to his brothers. Nor do we read anything about Joseph’s emotions and feelings, when Joseph was sold to the Ishmaelites. We don’t read anything about Joseph’s actual feelings and emotions until we read the 42nd chapter of the Book of Genesis.
Joseph was anguished and distressed
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us (Genesis 42:21)
In Genesis 42, Joseph’s brothers came to Joseph (after more than 20 years) to buy corn. We read, how Joseph really felt, by what his brothers were saying about Joseph. They saw Joseph’s suffering and when Joseph made an urgent appeal to his brothers, his brothers wouldn’t listen to Joseph, but they sold Joseph for 20 pieces of silver.
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