“And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.”
As they were emptying their sacks, each one found his pouch of silver in it. When they and their father saw the money pouches, they were afraid. The discovery of all the silver — not just one brother's, as in verse 27, but all of them — is the full scope of the unexpected provision. The fear of all of them — brothers and father — is the communal response to what seems impossible. The application: the provision that exceeds all reasonable expectation tends to produce fear before it produces gratitude. The unknown source and the unknown reason make the unexpected gift threatening.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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