Genesis 44

And, you know, Judah begins his confessions at this point.

You know, in Genesis 44, verse 16, Judah says, what can we say, my Lord, to Joseph? What can we say? How can we prove our innocence? God has uncovered your servant's guilt.

We are now my lord's slave.

We ourselves and the one who was found to have the cup.

See, Judah's redemption story, God brought him back to a place where he had failed to show him what has changed.

Then Judah proposes selling Joseph as a slave.

Now, aka Genesis 44, Judah offers himself as a slave for Benjamin.

Then the brothers trade a brother for silver.

It's the feast.

And then the next scene as we jump into Genesis 44 is the trap, right? We go from the feast to the trap.

So the feast ends, the brothers wake up the next day, probably feeling the effects of all their eating and drinking the night before, and they set off for home.

Except Joseph has other things in mind, okay? Verse one and two say this: "Now Joseph gave these instructions to the steward of his house: 'Fill the men's sacks with as mu- with as much food as they can carry, and put each man's silver in the mouth of his sack,'" okay? "'Then put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one's sack, along with the silver for his grain.' And he did as Joseph said." So the trap is set, okay? The trap is set.

Or what are they gonna do now? So the deal is if Benjamin stays, they all get to go home.

Are they gonna take it? Well, the answer as we make our way to the end of that chapter is no.

Because up steps Judah, the one who had made the deal with his father, and the rest of Genesis 44 is really his impassioned speech to Joseph telling the whole family story and why the family is in such a mess.

And finally, he offers himself as a substitute for Benjamin.