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Joseph tricks his  brothers Genesis 43:29 Genesis 44:13 & Jacob Goes to Egypt Genesis 44:3 Genesis 45:28

·        When Joseph  saw Benjamin he was so happy, he began to cry. However, Joseph did not let anyone see his tears. He gave the brothers grain they wanted. But he tricked them. He put his cup in Benjamin's sack. The rule was that whoever took something from the ruler had to be his servant forever. Benjamin could not go home. Therefore,  Joseph tricked his brothers, because he wanted to see if their hearts had changed or they would let someone take another brother.

·        The brothers begged Joseph not to keep Benjamin. Joseph saw that their hearts had changed. Joseph said to his brothers that Joseph was their  brother who sold him became a slave; however, God sent Joseph Egypt to save their lives. ''Hurry go home and get our father and your families and bring them here.'' And that is how God's people the Israelites, came to live in Egypt. The Lord always has a plan for you too.  

·        Joseph and his family lived far away. However, all of them traveled to Egypt to stay when Jacob saw his long lost boy. He hugged him and kissed him and cried for joy!

Genesis 50:22-23   (The death of Joseph)

·        22 So Joseph and his brothers and their families continued to live in Egypt. Joseph was 110 years old when he died.

·        23 He lived to see three generations of descendants of his son Ephraim and the children of Manasseh's son Makir who were treated as if they were his own.

            Genesis 50:26 Joseph died at the age of 110. They embalmed him and his body was placed in a  coffin in Egypt.