45:1-3
Finally the deception had to come to an end. The reality of the situation got to Joseph. He sent out all the Egyptians so it was just Joseph and his brothers. Even so, Joseph wept so loudly that the Egyptians could still hear it. At last he declared openly to his brothers that he was Joseph, and he inquired about the well being of his father. The brothers were in shock, knowing what they had done to Joseph.
45:4-6
Joseph then explains all that had happened to him. Most importantly, he explains God’s hand in all that had happened. He does not gloss over what the brothers had done. In our merely human attempts to achieve peace, often the truth has to be glossed over, or even not mentioned at all, pretending it never happened. When the grace of God is on the scene it is possible for the truth to be faced up to. “God sent me before you to preserve life”. He also warns them that there are still five years of famine to come.
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