The Jesse Tree ~ December 8: Joseph

Symbols: tunic

Gen: 37:23-28; 45:3-15
²³ So, when Joseph reached his brothers, they pulled off his tunic, the decorated tunic which he was wearing,²⁴ and catching hold of him, threw him into the well. The well was empty, with no water in it.²⁵ They then sat down to eat. Looking up, they saw a group of Ishmaelites who were coming from Gilead, their camels laden with gum tragacanth, balsam and resin, which they were taking to Egypt.

²⁶ Then Judah said to his brothers, ‘What do we gain by killing our brother and covering up his blood?²⁷ Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, then we shall not have laid hands on him ourselves. After all, he is our brother, and our own flesh.’ His brothers agreed.²⁸ Now some Midianite merchants were passing, and they pulled Joseph out of the well. They sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver, and these men took Joseph to Egypt..

³ Joseph said to his brothers, ‘I am Joseph. Is my father really still alive?’ His brothers could not answer him, they were so dumbfounded at seeing him.⁴ Then Joseph said to his brothers, ‘Come closer to me.’ When they had come closer to

him he said, ‘I am your brother Joseph whom you sold into Egypt.⁵ But now, do not grieve, do not reproach yourselves for having sold me here, since God sent me before you to preserve your lives.⁶ For this is the second yar there has been famine in the country, and there are still five years to come without ploughing or harvest.⁷ God sent me before you to assure the survival of your race on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

⁸ So it was not you who sent me here but God, and he has set me up as a father to Pharaoh, as lord of all his household and governor of the whole of Egypt.⁹ ‘Return quickly to your father and tell him, “Your son Joseph says this: ‘God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.¹⁰ You will live in the region of Goshen where you will be near me, you, your children and your grandchildren, your flocks, your cattle and all your possessions.¹¹ There I shall provide for you — for there are five years of famine still to come — so that you, your household and all yours are not reduced to penury.’ ”

¹² You can see with your own eyes, and my brother Benjamin can see too, that I am who I say I am.¹³ Give my father a full report of all the honour I enjoy in Egypt, and of all you have seen; and quickly bring my father down here.’¹⁴ Then throwing his arms round the neck of his brother Benjamin he wept; and Benjamin wept on his shoulder.¹⁵ He kissed all his brothers, weeping on each one. Only then were his brothers able to talk to him.

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