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Text: Genesis 42: 25-28

MEDITATION

Genesis 42:25-28

25 Then Joseph gave a command to fill their sacks with grain, to restore every man’s money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. Thus he did for them.
26 So they loaded their donkeys with the grain and departed from there.
27 But as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey feed at the encampment, he saw his money; and there it was, in the mouth of his sack.
28 So he said to his brothers, “My money has been restored, and there it is, in my sack!” Then their hearts failed them and they were afraid, saying to one another, “What is this that God has done to us?”

MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE

1. A special command from Joseph

a. The sacks of the sons of Israel were to be filled with grain.

b. The money they paid for the grain would be returned to each one individually.

c. Provision for the long trip back to Canaan was also provided.

2. The sons of Israel

a. They made their way home, minus Simeon.

b. One of them stopped to give food to his donkey.

c. He opened his sack and found that his money had been returned to him.

d. He cried out to his brothers.

i. The money he had paid had been found in his sack.

ii. It had been returned intact.

e. The fear of the brothers.

i. They felt great fear.

ii. They had already been accused as spies.

iii. Simeon had been bound and put into an Egyptian jail.

iv. They felt that God was involved in this experience.

v. But they could not understand what God had done.
Their guilty conscience caused them to be in a great state of fear!

经文：创世记 42：25-28

沉思

《创世记 42：25-28》
25约瑟吩咐人把粮食装满他们的器具，把各人的银子归还在各人的口袋里，又给他们路上用的食物。人就照他的话办了。
26他们就把粮食驮在驴上，离开那里去了。
27到了住宿的地方，他们中间有一个人打开口袋，要拿料喂驴，才看见自己的银子仍在口袋里，

28就对弟兄们说：“我的银子归还了，看哪，仍在我口袋里！”他们就提心吊胆，战战兢兢地彼此说：“这是神向我们做什么呢？”

在生活里有意义地应用

1. 约瑟特别的吩咐

a. 把粮食装满以色列的儿子们的器具

b. 他们为粮食所支付的银子也会归还给他们

c. 他们也收到在回返迦南的路上所需的食物

2. 以色列的儿子们

a. 除了西缅，他们都开始回家的旅程

b. 他们其中一位停下来拿料喂驴

c. 他打开口袋时，发现银子已经归还给他了

d. 他对弟兄们说：

i. 他在口袋里找到了他所付的银子

ii. 完整无缺地归还了

e. 弟兄们的恐慌

i. 他们感到十分惧怕

ii. 他们已经被指责为奸细

iii. 西缅也已经被关进埃及的监狱

iv. 他们认为上帝必定参与了这次的经历

v. 不过他们无法明白上帝所做的一切

他们的歉疚导致他们身处在极大的恐惧中！