“I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. And now do not be distressed, or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life.”

Stop a moment and consider what an amazing statement this is….

Last week, in Genesis 37, we heard about Joseph, a young boy of seventeen, and the story of a terrible evil committed against him by his brothers. This week we read the story of Joseph’s incredible response to the perpetrators of that evil. How was this possible?

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