On this week's episode Tim and Stephen discuss Genesis 46, where Jacob sets out for Egypt, stops at Beersheba to offer sacrifices, and hears God's assurance in his dreams. God does not scold Jacob for treasuring Joseph, but answers the long, unhealed grief of a bereaved father. They notice the 70 nations of Genesis 10 echoed in the 70 persons who went down to Egypt, which in turn looks ahead to Jesus sending out the 70: Abraham's family as a microcosm, set apart to bless the world. As the family moves, the emphasis remains on Judah and Joseph: Judah going ahead to scout the way, and Joseph finally reunited with his father. Israel says, "Now let me die, since I have seen your face." The episode closes on "every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians" as God's way of preserving Israel as the separate people of God for 400 years, with Joseph and Moses as bookends around the slavery: the shepherd who became a father to Pharaoh, and the prince of Pharaoh's house who became a shepherd.
7 Oct 2026
Genesis 45
On this week's episode, Ryan joined the discussion of Genesis 45. Joseph reveals his identity: he clears the room, weeps loud enough for Pharaoh's household to hear it, and tells his brothers "I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt." He does not flinch at what they did, and he does not leave them in it either, but acknowledges God's sovereign direction over the whole thing: it was not you who sent me here, but God, to preserve life and to keep a posterity for His chosen people. They talk about Joseph as the brother who has held on to the covenant promises and can say God is trustworthy even from the pit. He kisses every one of them and not only Benjamin and gives them all new garments. He demonstrates pastoral care in his instructions on the road home: here is what to tell our father, and do not fall to quarreling on the way.
1 Oct 2026
Genesis 44
On this week's episode Tim and Stephen discuss Genesis 44, where Joseph sets his last test for his brothers and they pass it. When the silver cup is found in favored Benjamin's sack, the brothers refuse to let him be taken to Egypt as a slave; they tear their clothes (their own this time) and all of them turn back to the city. Judah, who once talked his brothers into selling Joseph for profit, now offers himself in Benjamin's place. Tim and Stephen discuss how this points to Jesus own sacrifice and his encouragement for all of us to lay down our lives for our friends.
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