Joseph involved Benjamin for several reasons:
1) He must have really wanted to see Benjamin in particular.
2) Jacob held Benjamin as the most precious after Rachel's death, and Joseph understood this.
3) Joseph was testing the hearts of his brothers to see if they had changed from the men who threw him in a pit, or if they would protect or use Benjamin for their own gain.
Joseph involved Benjamin for several reasons:
1) He must have really wanted to see Benjamin in particular.
2) Jacob held Benjamin as the most precious after Rachel's death, and Joseph understood this.
3) Joseph was testing the hearts of his brothers to see if they had changed from the men who threw him in a pit, or if they would protect or use Benjamin for their own gain.
Joseph involved Benjamin for several reasons:
1) He must have really wanted to see Benjamin in particular.
2) Jacob held Benjamin as the most precious after Rachel's death, and Joseph understood this.
3) Joseph was testing the hearts of his brothers to see if they had changed from the men who threw him in a pit, or if they would protect or use Benjamin for their own gain.
Joseph involved Benjamin for several reasons:
1) He must have really wanted to see Benjamin in particular.
2) Jacob held Benjamin as the most precious after Rachel's death, and Joseph understood this.
3) Joseph was testing the hearts of his brothers to see if they had changed from the men who threw him in a pit, or if they would protect or use Benjamin for their own gain.
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Joseph involved Benjamin for a number of reasons. First, he must have really wanted to see Benjamin in particular.
Benjamin's mother (Rachel) was also Joseph's mother. hey must have been particularly close to one another. !he died "ivin" birth to Benjamin. heir mother was their father's favorite wife. !he was not one of his concubines and so the sons she had bore him were most precious to him. (his also e#plains why Joseph was blessed by his father with the coat of many colors. !imply put, he was his father's favorite.) $ith the death of Rachel and Joseph believed dead, the person that Jacob held as most precious was his son Benjamin. Joseph was wise. %e understood this. %e was testin" the hearts of his brothers. $ere they still the men who had thrown him in a pit and then sold him into slavery, or had they chan"ed. $ould they protect Benjamin or use him to "ain what they needed and leave him in &"ypt. 'n the last part of the story when the cup is found in Benjamin's ba", we see the chan"e in the older brothers. (enesis ))*+,-.), Judah ac/nowled"es the sin they committed by sellin" Joseph, fa/in" his death and lyin" to their father. 'n the final two verses Judah offers himself as a replacement Benjamin. $hat does Joseph "ain by this, his brother's repentance which opened the door for the reconciliation eventually too/ place between them. $ithout the repentance he reconciliation would not have been possible. Why does Joseph involve Benjamin: he must have really wanted to see Benjamin in particular the person that Jacob held as most precious was his son Benjamin. Joseph was wise. He understood this. He was testing the hearts of his brothers. Were they still the men who had thrown him in a pit and then sold him into slavery, or had they changed. Would they protect Benjamin or use him to gain what they needed and leave him in Egypt. What does Joseph gain by this, his brothers repentance which opened the door for the reconciliation eventually too! place between them. Without the repentance he reconciliation would not have been possible. He could interpreter dreams so the dream he had as a child had to come true.... Joseph !new that this plan wouldn"t go astray due to his childhood dream involved Benjamin because he wanted to see his brother, and # thin! it was also because he saw it as a way to get his father to come to Egypt.
