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',Lason. XI.
.TIIE'•BROTHERLY LOVE. ? :I
OFJUBAII •
(Genesis 42: 1--45 '15.)
Printed Text—Getresis, 44;; 18-34.
Golden Text—Let. !eve of the broth,
' The )Veset In Its
Sett
ing.
Time• —The opts in this T
n.
occurred, •during tle; seven ,years Of
farnii e, i e,';13.0 .1710-13.C. 1710: .
'Place —The faintly of Jacob was
probably res-iding near Beer=slieba' in,.
southern Paloetin;' Joseph:; was''liv-'.
inginthe capital of Egypt, Zoan,::in."
the eastern' part of .'the , Nile Delta.•
The „Plan of . the Lesson
Subject;—The Perfect Purposes of
God and 'Hie Divine Overruling' 'to
Accomplish _'chem..
"Then Judah came nearunto him,.
and said, Oh, m•y "lord,' let thy sere•-
—
„. •,;. .. ' 1tordsears,and• et thne an er burn
'against sinal •th serve t• for thou art
even...,as ' 'Pharaoh.” - Judah first
acknowledges the absolute supremacy,
f the.one;to:vrhom he is; eak n
ofiP i B
h
askedi n
• M ,lord e�a is sa
' ing„ Have.•ye: a father, ,or 'a brother?
•
And .we - Sail mita •M'lord � h' ve
a..father, .,an; .old; man, and 'a child of
.i .l little _ hi
his old .•aye .' a itt a cite• and s
fro h is1
b terdead and, he • a on is left'
of his Mother; 'arid and his father •loveth-
hath. Almost' . eve ' 'word here is
a:•.'; :, boon to,.''� el d. ; .. to• .the heart'•: of
�
a',,,
•Jose h ak °f' her -an oldman a •
. 9 •.c ild of ..,hi i
h rsold ae `a little one,"
"hie ,,.. "he .,y.
.brother.
'
is dead,'.!, •' alone ' is. •
ft...hi
le s .mother his fa h•e 'vet
t r.l. lr
;.
''"And,then saids'
u fo `•thY ' s•
ry
' :ants, Bring
g him down 'unto me,that:
• I'm i set Mine eyes upon hirn. And
we itaid no'
a d u t thylord,The he .lad can,
'',not • leave his
' fa h.
er:. forif hesiould
1
lea e hisfather,: .his•:wou1d
die. And thou
sadst unto: thy sery=•.
,. 'ants, : Except
your young es
t, :brother
come. nWith yeti, Yeh
see. my
face 'no•'..inore. .,And `it'_came .tai pass
when w
When a ca mo :up unto: thy servant h.
my lather, •we. told; him` the: words of•.
•• my .lord., And our; father said, Go•
again; buy'9-a little food. And we
said, :,We cannot go.'down; 1f` our
youngest 'brother, be with '.,us, then
swill ewe down; '
, goa , ► f or' we mar .not see
:mai
the `'man's :face exce • t.'
, p coir Yaun''eat:.
,:r „_
g.
bother be � i •ti
w th us: Tho h :
ug , , Judah
• is. too burdenedan
d his• heart torn
with•'too great, an•anguishe, to'=chink
r
e
of clew ness yet. et .`
he "`could never :
• • have 'spoken more •ovin'
gt
Y to
the
one' before: whom 'he; stood' if' he had
h
i= oa t -out -•his-- e
pis ap ech for -'weeks -be='-•
fere,'.because,..he is; sim P `l ;telling Y : ' t ng 'the
one who. now=,demands • that 'Benjamin
remain ,in` .Egypt': that ell'of. this
tragedy; ,and . trouble Caine'..' about be-
cause .,the one •before' whom he; was ,
speaking.,d'emanded:that`:Benjamin' be
• 'b ugh"t down into :Egypt • against the
strong wishes of the boy's ;father:,
"And, thy 'servant..my father' said
„1 unto
ns; Ye know,, that my wife bare
ane two: 'sons. Arid: the .one went out
• from ' ane, : and L :said, • Surely he is .
torsi; in pieces; and I have note seen
him.=since.' And ye take this one
also
'from :me,: and; harm befall .him;
ye Will. bring down my ..gray hairs
with~'sorrow-•to -Sheol. "Now"' the"r`e
fore When, I`come :to thy'servant-e�iny
father, and 'the lad is not, with us.
seeing that his life. is `bound up in
"the lad's life; it will come to 'pass,' i
• when he•..seeth that; the lad ''is not
with us, that •he will die,•• and. • thy
.servants, will- lung down the . gray
a:...r+
or'row to Sheol " Let the lora ' be-
e Whom h
or i
h
w e shea ice • reg1ire that to
;go' back to Canaan: vi%ithout , this:;
youngest., soli •.'Will' bring, theold',
father' Prematurely, in sorrow ,to the
grave. ' Here Judah' :seems to. aPPeal
,to the deepest.ieniotions,lof.thc,1 uman;
heart, • love for an aged parent, and
a regard for ultimate consequences.:
"For- thy .servant became surety'
for the.la°d unto my father, 'Saying,
If 'I bring hint' not. 'unto ;thee, then
shall I bear. the blame to my :father '•
for ever. Now therefore, , let (thy'
servant, I' pray thee, abide instead
of the lad.,a bondman to my lord; and.
let ;the lad go up 'with his brethren.
For; how shall:Igo up. to my father,•
. w .
•
•
t'e'i that h l
ev 1 t a s 1• come ' on niy
father."—The:' whole ar.gument2; a s
.
powerfully concluded by.. Judah's'.'of-
fering :to take Benjamin'a Place.- This:
appeal was ot. sir lY a, succession,
'of' words ,superficially'. expressed, but
the profoundest, confessions of ' a
• broken °heart. are here roved Judah •
would rather live the rest of his days' '
in Egyptian` slavery than to see ,hie
father'. die with a broken heart.when
,
at "'knew' that•7,Ben'ainin woul • not;
ga.
come home again. The ;sublime, here-
,stn of, his -'noble° act' of self-sacrifice'•
on the
part Judah
wo
uld beint-
possible
im
-
possible to over-
estime e. :The
forgetfulmagnanmrt -
of•suchari'
action' has. never been" eel, aged" and
P.
s dem vsrll�ed. Ai`ter. wo da so .
exquisitely . beauu t
iful; and profoundly
prophetic, it .;was ; impossible for
Jose ph •'••to doubt: `that' a '.cemplete
chane .h
ad paised u• on ' is•.brethren •'
' and inar l" r
p t cu a
• upon Judah,. since
•the clay whenhehad eloquentlyur =
-ed,andat a .had ick" dly copsented
:
to sell' their brother
Joseph, into
E8'Ypt
"Christ;
is •
`•'
our surety „ He makes
hams f eo `i ". 7. ne w th us ($eb 2;,i>i}. He,
sprangfrom.,J`udah (H'eb',1: '14). He
:was 'accepted as our •,substit te, was
.. '
-AMMO,bused �• .
a d`,.:
an uc
c
e•
bore the curse; for us (Gal: 3:'. 13).
::Christ" died for ; us; who were' Below
lsim. Furthermore, Ch istpleads
.leads
„�
,us' before •tbo throne of ;the ::F :Father •
(Herb •7:•' 25)e
.. e,
'
T:'.haracter of Judah :
Jgiven
.
, :. ' •:
Mime. had been gi
ven, to
•hiin at his 'birth
of - amid cirhc
ummstoatnhe
e
s
hope the. nark, of :
,
for' Judah. means "praise." • His early •
Mouth.' did not .however' afford':'a
proof whatever that he 'wag :