He said, "I am your brother, Joseph,
whom you sold into Egypt." Gen. 45:4
Joseph with the flash coat:
it was not your arrogant dreams of
sibling superiority that showed us
that you were a man of God.
Nor the miracle of survival
that saw you arrive, bloodied but intact,
in far-off Egypt where your dreams
would finally come true.
It was not this that stamped you as one
who knew the generous God of your
fathers; nor even your explanation
of the Pharaoh's dreams, by which
the nation was spared great suffering,
and your own family was fed.
Sure, these things showed
that Yahweh was with you;
but we knew that your heart
was with Yahweh
when you forgave
your brothers.
© Ken Rookes
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