Jacob’s Journey to Egypt / Jacob in Egypt

The sons of Jacob come into the land of Canaan unto their father. Hurrying into his presence, they say to him, "Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt." Jacob's heart chills. He does not believe his sons. They are unto him as those who mock. Under the circumstances, these reactions of his are normal. The difference between his imagin­ings and the reality is too great, and their disclosure of this reality is too tactless, abrupt and to the point, for him not to be...