Take Joseph’s brothers. One among them (the oldest, Reuben), stood up and said, “wait. Let’s not kill him. Let’s put him in a pit until we decide what to do.” And later, his brother Judah suggested: “yeah, guys, let’s not kill him.

He demands that whoever stole the cup serve as his slave. When it turns up in Benjamin’s bag, the brothers prostrate themselves before Joseph (as in his dream). Judah pleads eloquently for Joseph to spare Benjamin, saying it would kill their father. He implores Joseph to take him as a slave instead.

Did the brothers recognise Joseph when they first saw him? He hid a silver cup in the youngest brother’s bag (Benjamin). He then accused one of them of stealing the cup.

The Bible tells us that Joseph and Benjamin are the sons of Jacob’s second wife, while all the other sons are from different wives. While Joseph was being taken to Egypt, his brothers faked his death by rubbing goat’s blood into the multi-coloured coat.

Joseph was one of Jacob’s 12 sons. His father loved him more than any of the others and gave him a coloured cloak. His brothers were jealous of him and sold him into slavery.

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Yeshua

Jesus (IPA: /ˈdʒiːzəs/) is a masculine given name derived from the name Iēsous (Greek: Ἰησοῦς), the Greek form of the Hebrew name Yeshua or Y’shua (Hebrew: ישוע‎). As its roots lie in the name Yeshua/Y’shua, it is etymologically related to another biblical name, Joshua.

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