Q&A for Genesis 42

Chapter
Question/Answer 1
Question 1

1. How does Joseph treat his brothers when he first sees them?

Answer 1

v 7 Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognised them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, “Where did you come from?” ...

v 9 Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamt about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land.”

Question/Answer 2
Question 2

2.  Why did the brothers think this distress had come on them?

Answer 2

v 21 They said to one another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn’t listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.”

Question/Answer 3
Question 3

3. What was Jacob's reaction to the idea of Benjamin going to Egypt with his brothers?

Answer 3

v 36 Jacob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me.”

v 38 He said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”