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Pray the Word with David Platt

#1,283 - God Works in the Details (Genesis 43:8–9)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

Christian, Bible, Baptist, Devotional, Spirituality, John Piper, Prayer, Bible Study, Religion & Spirituality, Louie Giglio, Christianity, David Platt, Pray, Radical

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🗓️ 10 February 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

The Lord works in even the smallest situations. View the 2021 McLean Bible Church Reading Plan here.

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Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net

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Genesis chapter 43 verses 8 and 9.

0:08.4

And Judah said to Israel, his Father,

0:11.2

sin the boy with me, and we will arise and go that we may live and not die,

0:16.4

both we and you and also our little ones.

0:19.9

I will be a pledge of his safety. From my hand you shall require him.

0:25.2

If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you,

0:28.6

then let me bear the blame forever.

0:33.2

And the reason I read verses 8 and 9,

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and Genesis chapter 43 about Judah,

0:39.6

speaking to his Father Israel or Jacob, saying,

0:43.0

sin the boy with me and the boy that is being referenced here is Benjamin.

0:47.7

So to summarize, Joseph had encountered his brother,

0:52.6

so did not have Benjamin with them,

0:55.3

when they originally came to get grain from him in Egypt.

1:00.0

And Joseph said, go back home and when you come back,

1:04.7

bring your other brother. And he was referring to Benjamin.

1:09.4

And so when they went back, Jacob said, no, I don't want to send

1:14.5

Benjamin. And even now in Genesis chapter 43, he's resistant to sending

1:20.1

Benjamin. But Judah steps up and says, we don't have a choice.

1:24.0

We must go with him. We told this master who they didn't know was Joseph

1:30.5

that we would bring Benjamin with us. And so Judah is the one who steps in

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