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. Genesis 43:30 ● Gen 43:30 . .Then Joseph made a hasty exit because he was overcome with emotion for his brother and wanted to sob. Going into his private room, he wept there. Only people who have found long-lost relatives can understand the wave of emotion that swept Joseph at this moment...

. Shaunti Feldhahn, author of "For Women Only" relates a survey taken among segregated groups of men and women with this question: Given a choice; would you rather be disrespected, or would you rather be alone and unloved? The majority of the ladies chose to be disrespected rather than alone...

. Genesis 43:15-29 ● Gen 43:15-18a . . So the men took that gift, and they took with them double the money; as well as Benjamin. They made their way down to Egypt, where they reported to Joseph. . . .When Joseph saw Benjamin with them; he said to his house steward: Take the men into the house...

. When people waken at night within a burning home, and the hallways are obscured by smoke and fire: at that moment, all things-- bank accounts, cars, clothing, mementos, charge cards, pets, taxes, sex, careers, 401Ks, incomes, the glass ceiling, GMO, water on Mars, women's rights, LGBT...

. ● 1Pet 3:7b . . giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, The koiné Greek word for "honor" is time (tee-may') which means: a value, i.e. money paid. The word for "weaker" is asthenes (as-then-ace') which means: having no strength, i.e. fragile. And the word for "vessel" is...

. Genesis 43:1-14 ● Gen 43:1-7 . . But the famine in the land was severe. And when they had eaten up the rations which they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them: Go again and procure some food for us. . . . But Judah said to him: The man warned us "Do not let me see your faces...

. I'm confident a gender hierarchy was needful all along just as there was always a need for Adam's suitable companion. However, the need for a gender hierarchy wasn't evident until Eve acted independent of her husband; just as Adam's need of a suitable companion wasn't evident until he had no...

. Genesis 42:37-38 ● Gen 42:37 . .Then Reuben said to his father: You may put both of my sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him back. It would have been interesting to ask Reuben's boys how they felt about their dad's rash offer to trade...

. ● Gen 3:16 . . and he shall rule over you. That is probably one of the most hated verses in the whole Bible. Eve's daughters do not like to be subjugated to and/or dominated by men. It really goes against their grain; and if the women's suffrage movement that took place in America's early...

. Genesis 42:29b-36 ● Gen 42:29b-34 . . they told him all that had befallen them, saying; The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the land. We said to him: We are honest men; we have never been spies! There were twelve of us brothers, sons by the same...

. Many years ago-- when I was a young single guy in his early twenties, living alone in a cheap rental --as I was listening to a radio preacher talk about hell, something in my mind took over; and I had the strangest sensation of falling off the earth into an abyss and nobody cared, nor did...

. Genesis 42:24b-29a ● Gen 42:24b . . Returning, he talked some more with them. He then chose Simeon from among them and had him shackled in their sight. Rueben had shown some good colors back at the pit in chapter 37, so the lot fell to Simeon seeing as how he was next in the line of...

. Genesis 42:15-24a ● Gen 42:15-17 . . By this you shall be put to the test: unless your youngest brother comes here, by Pharaoh, you shall not depart from this place! Let one of you go and bring your brother, while the rest of you remain confined, that your words may be put to the test whether...

. Genesis 42:9-14 ● Gen 42:9a . .Then he remembered his dreams about them When Joseph had those dreams back in chapter 37, he probably had no clue as to how they would be fulfilled. He was only aware, from his father Jacob's interpretations, that he would be lord over his whole family...

. Genesis 42:1-8 ● Gen 42:1 . .When Jacob learned that there were rations of grain in Egypt, he said to his sons; Why do you just keep looking at each other? You can just picture what was going on. One brother would turn to another and ask; What are we going to do for food? And the other would...

. You really shouldn't be hounding me the way you do Jay Ross; it isn't safe. Persecution is a hell-worthy behavior. ● 2Thess 1:6-8 . . God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus...

. Back in 1980 there was a thirteen-part series on television called "COSMOS: A Personal Voyage" hosted by Carl Sagan. I didn't watch the series at that time; and only recently began viewing it on YouTube. It's my first experience with Mr. Sagan. I'd heard of him, but never actually listened to...

. Genesis 41:53-57 ● Gen 41:53-54 . . At last the seven years of plenty came to an end. Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had predicted. There were crop failures in all the surrounding countries, too, but in Egypt there was plenty of grain in the storehouses. Joseph had made...

. Genesis 41:47-52 ● Gen 41:47-49 . . During the seven years of abundance the land produced plentifully. Joseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in the cities. In each city he put the food grown in the fields surrounding it. Joseph stored...

. Genesis 41:46b ● Gen 41:46b . . Leaving Pharaoh's presence, Joseph traveled through all the land of Egypt. That reminds me of how U.S. Presidents fly over disaster areas in a helicopter to "assess" the situation. Well Joseph didn't have a whirlybird at his disposal. If he was going to assess...