Joseph’s Famine Game: God’s Move: Checkmate and Reconciliation

The Joseph story is one of the best-known narratives in the Book of Genesis. It spans more than ten chapters. Joseph was commissioned by Elohim to save his father's family from famine. But how exactly was he supposed to do that? Because Joseph has dreams, likes to place himself at the centre and expects admiration, he becomes an object of hatred for his ten brothers. Initially, they wanted to kill him, but then they sold him into slavery in Egypt. Through his gift for interpreting dreams, Joseph rises to become viceroy and ruler over all the grain reserves. When the famine came, his brothers had to travel from Canaan to Egypt to buy grain. There, the reunion took place with the brothers who had once hated him. The perpetrator and the victim were face to face again. Because Joseph holds power, an unequal chess duel begins between the Egyptian ruler and his impoverished brothers. The Famine game can begin. One brother against ten brothers. It was a short, brutal match between the well-fed and the hungry. May the stronger side prevail! But then Elohim comes and delivers checkmate. Reconciliation is still possible.