After the big party, the brothers will be getting ready to
head home with all the most recently purchased grain. Joseph, however, still
has some embarrassing and revenge taking to do. He tells his steward to hide
Joseph’s own silver cup in Benjamin’s grain, as well as putting all of the
brothers’ money in with the grain. Then, the steward is to follow them out of
town, overtake them, and accuse them of stealing it all. The steward does
exactly as he’s told, and obviously the brothers are the most confused. They
all resent the accusation and begin unpacking their bags one by one, starting
with the oldest, to prove their innocence. The suspense must have been
palpable. When Benjamin opens his, the cup is finally found, and everyone goes
back to the city.
Joseph, the true perpetrator, again accuses his brothers.
Don’t they know how important this silver cup is? He uses it for divination and
everything! (Actually, it’s kind of a big deal… and by kind of, I mean it’s a
huge deal) Judah speaks up, asking what they can do to redeem themselves and go
home. Joseph tells them that everyone is free to go, except Benjamin, who has
to stay and be a slave. Hm… youngest brother as a slave… Well played Joseph.
Well played.
Judah can’t abide this. In fact, he’s had enough of all of
these games it would seem. He gives a long impassioned speech detailing everything
they’ve had to deal with since the start of the Joseph revenge escapades, and
the hardship it has put upon them and their father, who’s heart is strained by
the separation with Benjamin because Israel has already lost a youngest son,
and he fears to lose a second.
I wonder what this could possibly be building to…
<3 Agnostic in the Pews
No comments:
Post a Comment