Photo credit: My book of Bible stories We talked about Joseph's single act of forgiveness yesterday, today we're going to talk about his brothers’ act of repentance. Joseph stands out as the main figure in this story, suffering years of abuse and cancelling all the consequences with one act. The story would be incomplete if we fail to recognize the little changes in the behavior of his brothers. Over thirteen years after Joseph's “death”, the brothers had to make a trip to Eg

Photo credit: My book of Bible stories The story of Abraham's family is riddled with schemes, deceptions, abuse and hurt. In the first generation, Abraham (then Abram) deceives Pharaoh that Sarah (then Sarai) was his sister. His son Isaac does the same, years later.  Jacob and his mother deceive his father Isaac, robbing Esau of his inheritance. And the sons of Jacob deceive their father about Joseph's supposed death.  Hagar suffered abuse and rivalry with Sarah. The wives of

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