[Scene 6: The primary purpose of this account is to show the severity of the famine and the desperate plight of the Egyptians Joseph...

[Scene 5] 7 Then Joseph brought in Jacob his father and stood him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh [praying for his welfare]. 8...

[Scene 4—constitutes the central scene in this episode, the encounter between Pharaoh and the sons of Jacob, in which he grants...

[Scene 3] 28 He [Jacob] had sent Judah [who continues to taking a leading part in the reunion] ahead of him to Joseph to show the way...

[Scene 2] 5 Then Jacob set out from Beersheba. [The second scene is long, underlining the significance of the move of so many people.]...

[Chapters 46-47 subdivide into 7 scenes: Scene 1: God appears to Jacob (46:1-4) Scene 2: Jacob journeys to Egypt (46:5-27) Scene 3: ...

16 When the report was heard in Pharaoh's house, “Joseph's brothers have come,” it pleased Pharaoh and his servants. [That all are...

[Judah’s words at the end of chapter 44 show that Joseph’s brothers have changed, moving Joseph to reveal his identity.] 1 Then Joseph...

30 “Now therefore, as soon as I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us, then, as his life is bound up in the boy's...

[The next section is Judah’s impassioned speech, in which he mentions his father 14 times. It falls into three parts: vv 18-29 Review...