I am so getting into Muse. Allan Aguirre tipped me off to them a few years ago, and I've been really enjoying their last two albums.
Every once in a while the Bible makes me laugh. And each time it also validates it as a living book and an authentic one, because it presents life in real terms. Case in point: Genesis 42
When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why do you just keep looking at each other?"
That is hilarious. He's kind of kicking them in the rear, calling them on being goofy and lazy.
He continued, "I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die."
Thus unfolds the drama of what began a while ago with Joseph's brothers becoming jealous, hateful, and murderous of Joseph. When his brothers arrived, they bowed down to the governor in charge, thus fulfilling what Joseph saw in his dream way back when. He acted like a stranger and spoke harshly to the brothers, who didn't recognize him. Joseph accused them of being spies. When they told him that they were a family of 12 sons, "the youngest of which is at home with his father and the other is no more." Joseph demanded that they bring the youngest son to him.
The guilt of their crime is still with these brothers. They assume that this has come upon them because of what they did. "We saw how distressed he was when he pleaded with us for his life, but we would not listen..." They felt it. They felt it hard. Joseph could hear these things they were saying, and he turned his back and wept in private. He bound up Simeon in front of the others and sent them home with orders to bring the youngest to him. He gave them sacks full of grain and had their silver money put back in them, which they later discovered, making them even more nervous. When they arrive home and tell their father of the orders, he doesn't want to let Benjiman go.
Poor guy. He's been through the supposed death of Joseph and now he doesn't want to lose Benjiman.
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at March 5, 2007 07:51 AMI can't imagine going through all that Jacob went through in his life. He sure had his share of trials and hardships. I never noticed that comment he made to his sons before! thanks for pointing it out! He verbally slapped 'em up the side of the head, didn't he?
It's interesting that one of his sons (Joseph) grew up to save his entire family, and another son (Benny) was what it took to bring it all together. God is awesome.