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He said, "I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock."
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A Picture of Christ
Commentators highlight that Joseph is a type of Christ. Just as Joseph, the beloved son, was sent by his father to seek his hostile brothers, Jesus, the beloved Son of God, was sent from heaven to seek and save humanity. Joseph's simple quest prefigures Christ's redemptive mission to a world that would reject him.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
17. דתין dotayı̂n Dothain, “two wells?” (Gesenius)
25. נכאת neko't “tragacanth” or goat’s-tho…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he said, I seek my brethren Whom, no doubt, he described to the man, and told him who they were, and to whom the…
How readily Joseph awaits his father's orders! Those children who are most beloved by their parents should be the most ready to obey them. See how …
