{"id":83526,"date":"2026-04-21T06:01:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/through-my-bible-year-03-april-21-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T06:11:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:11:24","slug":"through-my-bible-year-03-april-21-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/through-my-bible-year-03-april-21-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Through My Bible Year 03 &#8211; April 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex_column av-ix68b9-24036f770dd632f82dcde08b36f44337 av_one_full first flex_column_div  \">\n<p>#top .av-special-heading.av-gs9o3p-d8640d88eccebc990df79103fca3649b{ padding-bottom:10px; } body .av-special-heading.av-gs9o3p-d8640d88eccebc990df79103fca3649b .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{ font-size:25px; } .av-special-heading.av-gs9o3p-d8640d88eccebc990df79103fca3649b .av-subheading{ font-size:15px; }<\/p>\n<div class=\"av-special-heading av-gs9o3p-d8640d88eccebc990df79103fca3649b av-special-heading-h3\">\n<h3 class=\"av-special-heading-tag \">Through My Bible Year 03 &#8211; April 21<\/h3>\n<div class=\"special-heading-border\">\n<div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av-fqni3p-2663e2a8f783a8a0640af44f43033ae8 av_one_full first flex_column_div  \">\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section av-cx360l-1f13c1eb033a709b054df1d0bf5d672f \">\n<div class=\"avia_textblock\">\n<h3>genesis 42<\/h3>\n<div style=\"float: right;margin: 20px;min-width: 325px;padding: 20px;background-color: #f8f8f8;border: 1px solid #e0e0e0;border-radius: 5px\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: lightgrey;margin: auto;width: 10rem;padding: 7px;font-size: 1.2rem;border-radius: 15px;font-weight: bold\" align=\"center\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wels2.blob.core.windows.net\/tmb-ehv\/03-0421db.mp3\">listen here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h6 style=\"color: #339900;text-transform: uppercase;margin-top: 15px\" align=\"center\">Through My Bible &#8211; April 21st<\/h6>\n<p>Genesis 42 (EHV)<br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-33784-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%\" controls=\"controls\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wels2.blob.core.windows.net\/tmb-ehv\/03-0421db.mp3\">https:\/\/wels2.blob.core.windows.net\/tmb-ehv\/03-0421db.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/>\n<em>Watch the series:<\/em> through my bible<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4><span id=\"en-EHV-1254\" class=\"text Gen-42-1\">Joseph and his brothers<\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"chapter-2\"><span class=\"text Gen-42-1\"><sup class=\"versenum\">1 <\/sup>When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, \u201cWhy are you standing here looking at one another?\u201d <\/span> <span id=\"en-EHV-1255\" class=\"text Gen-42-2\"><sup class=\"versenum\">2 <\/sup>He also said, \u201cLook, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down there and buy some for us, so that we may not die, but live.\u201d <\/span> <span id=\"en-EHV-1256\" class=\"text Gen-42-3\"><sup class=\"versenum\">3 <\/sup>So Joseph&#8217;s ten brothers went to Egypt to buy grain. <\/span> <span id=\"en-EHV-1257\" class=\"text Gen-42-4\"><sup class=\"versenum\">4 <\/sup>But Jacob did not send Joseph&#8217;s brother Benjamin with his other brothers because he said that something bad might happen to him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-EHV-1258\" class=\"text Gen-42-5\"><sup class=\"versenum\">5 <\/sup>The sons of Israel were also among those who came to buy grain because of the famine in the land of Canaan. <\/span> <span id=\"en-EHV-1259\" class=\"text Gen-42-6\"><sup class=\"versenum\">6 <\/sup>Yusuf was the governor of the country. He was the one who sold grains to all the people of the country. Joseph&#8217;s brothers came and bowed their faces to the ground. <\/span> <span id=\"en-EHV-1260\" class=\"text Gen-42-7\"><sup class=\"versenum\">7 <\/sup>Joseph saw and recognized his brothers, but he treated them like strangers and spoke harshly to them. He asked them, \u201cWhere have you come from?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text Gen-42-7\">They said, \u201cBuy food from the land of Canaan.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-EHV-1261\" class=\"text Gen-42-8\"><sup class=\"versenum\">8 <\/sup>Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him. <\/span> <span id=\"en-EHV-1262\" class=\"text Gen-42-9\"><sup class=\"versenum\">9 <\/sup>Joseph remembered the dream he had seen about them, and said to them, You are spies, you have come to see where the land is open.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-EHV-1263\" class=\"text Gen-42-10\"><sup class=\"versenum\">10 <\/sup>They said to him, No, Lord, your servants have come to buy food. <\/span> <span id=\"en-EHV-1264\" class=\"text Gen-42-11\"><sup class=\"versenum\">11 <\/sup>We are all sons of the same man. We are honest men. Your servants are not spies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-EHV-1265\" class=\"text Gen-42-12\"><sup class=\"versenum\">12 <\/sup>He said to them, \u201cNo, you have come to see where the land is open!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-EHV-1266\" class=\"text Gen-42-13\"><sup class=\"versenum\">13 <\/sup>They said, We are your servants twelve brothers, and sons of one man in the land of Canaan. Listen, at this time the younger child lives with our father only, and there is no one left.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-EHV-1267\" class=\"text Gen-42-14\"><sup class=\"versenum\">14 <\/sup>Joseph said to them, &#8220;It&#8217;s just as I said. You are spies! <\/span> <span id=\"en-EHV-1268\" class=\"text Gen-42-15\"><sup class=\"versenum\">15 <\/sup>Your test will be like this: I swear on the life of Pharaoh, you will never leave this place until your youngest brother comes here. <\/span> <span id=\"en-EHV-1269\" class=\"text Gen-42-16\"><sup class=\"versenum\">16 <\/sup>Send one of you to call your brother. The rest of you will be kept under house arrest, so that your words can be tested to see whether you are telling the truth or not. Otherwise, as the Pharaoh lives, you are a spy. <\/span> <span id=\"en-EHV-1270\" class=\"text Gen-42-17\"><sup class=\"versenum\">17 <\/sup>He kept them all imprisoned for three days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-EHV-1271\" class=\"text Gen-42-18\"><sup class=\"versenum\">18 <\/sup>On the third day Joseph said to them, Do what I tell you, and you will live, for I fear God. <\/span> <span id=\"en-EHV-1272\" class=\"text Gen-42-19\"><sup class=\"versenum\">19 <\/sup>If you are an honest man, then put one of your brothers in prison, but the rest go and deliver food to their homes to relieve the famine. <\/span> <span id=\"en-EHV-1273\" class=\"text Gen-42-20\"><sup class=\"versenum\">20 <\/sup>Bring your youngest brother to me, so that your words may be confirmed, and you will not die.\u201d So they did as he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-EHV-1274\" class=\"text Gen-42-21\"><sup class=\"versenum\">21 <\/sup>They said to one another, \u201cWe are certainly guilty about our brother, because we saw the plight of his soul when he pleaded with us, but we did not listen to him; that is why this disaster has come on us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-EHV-1275\" class=\"text Gen-42-22\"><sup class=\"versenum\">22 <\/sup>Reuben answered them, &#8220;Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now we are being demanded for his blood.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-EHV-1276\" class=\"text Gen-42-23\"><sup class=\"versenum\">23 <\/sup>They did not know that Joseph understood them, because an interpreter was being used between them. <\/span> <span id=\"en-EHV-1277\" class=\"text Gen-42-24\"><sup class=\"versenum\">24 <\/sup>Joseph turned away from them and started crying. And he returned and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them and bound him before them. <\/span> <span id=\"en-EHV-1278\" class=\"text Gen-42-25\"><sup class=\"versenum\">25 <\/sup>Then Joseph ordered to fill their vessels with grain, and put each man&#8217;s money in his sack, and give them food for the journey. So all this was done for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-EHV-1279\" class=\"text Gen-42-26\"><sup class=\"versenum\">26 <\/sup>They loaded grains on their donkeys and left from there. <\/span> <span id=\"en-EHV-1280\" class=\"text Gen-42-27\"><sup class=\"versenum\">27 <\/sup>When one of them opened his sack at the hideout to give food to his donkey, he saw money in it. It was right there at the mouth of his bag. <\/span> <span id=\"en-EHV-1281\" class=\"text Gen-42-28\"><sup class=\"versenum\">28 <\/sup>He said to his brothers, &#8220;My money is back! Look, it&#8217;s in my bag!&#8221; Their hearts were troubled, and they turned to one another trembling, saying, What has God done to us?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-EHV-1282\" class=\"text Gen-42-29\"><sup class=\"versenum\">29 <\/sup>They came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him everything that had happened to them. He said, <\/span> <span id=\"en-EHV-1283\" class=\"text Gen-42-30\"><sup class=\"versenum\">30 <\/sup>\u201cThe man, who was the master of the country, spoke harshly to us and accused us of being spies against the country. <\/span> <span id=\"en-EHV-1284\" class=\"text Gen-42-31\"><sup class=\"versenum\">31 <\/sup>We told them, &#8216;We are honest men. We are not spies. <\/span> <span id=\"en-EHV-1285\" class=\"text Gen-42-32\"><sup class=\"versenum\">32 <\/sup>We are twelve brothers, sons of our father. One brother is no more and the youngest brother is currently with our father in the country of Canaan. <\/span> <span id=\"en-EHV-1286\" class=\"text Gen-42-33\"><sup class=\"versenum\">33 <\/sup>That man, that is, the lord of that country, said to us, This is how I will know that you are a true man: Leave one of your brothers with me. Take food to your homes to relieve famine, and go on your way. <\/span> <span id=\"en-EHV-1287\" class=\"text Gen-42-34\"><sup class=\"versenum\">34 <\/sup>Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not a spy, but an honest man. Then I will leave your brother in your hands, and you will be allowed to do business in that country.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-EHV-1288\" class=\"text Gen-42-35\"><sup class=\"versenum\">35 <\/sup>Then when they emptied their sacks, they were astonished to see that there was a bag of money in each one&#8217;s sack. When he and his father saw his money bag they were scared.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-EHV-1289\" class=\"text Gen-42-36\"><sup class=\"versenum\">36 <\/sup>Their father Jacob said to them, &#8220;You have deprived me of my children! Joseph is no more. Simeon is no more. And now you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-EHV-1290\" class=\"text Gen-42-37\"><sup class=\"versenum\">37 <\/sup>Reuben said to his father, If I do not bring him to you, you must kill both my sons. Commit him to my care, and I will bring him back to you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-EHV-1291\" class=\"text Gen-42-38\"><sup class=\"versenum\">38 <\/sup>Jacob said, &#8220;My son will not go with you, because his brother is dead, and he is left alone. If any harm happens to him on the journey on which you are going, you will bring my gray hair to the grave with sorrow.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-aocsdx-89cb4ca21532423cf697fc393b6fcee0{ height:10px; }<\/p>\n<div class=\"hr av-aocsdx-89cb4ca21532423cf697fc393b6fcee0 hr-invisible\"><span class=\"hr-inner \"><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"hr av-7arn85-6ecd507a53b79d27e3d554d37818595a hr-default\"><span class=\"hr-inner \"><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section av-6f4o51-921b5c29e8e281e2b73bc6768369d6f8 \">\n<div class=\"avia_textblock\">\n<p><em>The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version\u00ae, EHV\u00ae, \u00a9 2019 The Wartburg Project, Inc. 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