“And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”
And may God Almighty grant you mercy before the man so that he will let your other brother and Benjamin come back with you. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved. The prayer — may God Almighty grant you mercy — is Jacob's first recorded prayer since his wrestling at Peniel. The resigned acceptance — if I am bereaved, I am bereaved — is the faith that has surrendered the outcome while retaining the prayer. The application: the faith that says if I am bereaved, I am bereaved is the faith of the person who has stopped trying to control the outcome and is trusting the covenant God with it.
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