“And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.”
Now the men were frightened when they were taken to his house. They thought: we were brought here because of the silver that was put back in our sacks the first time. He wants to attack us and overpower us and seize us as slaves and take our donkeys. The interpretation the brothers make of their invitation — we are being taken to become slaves — is the interpretation of the guilt-laden conscience that assumes punishment is coming. The application: the person who did wrong and has not fully reckoned with it interprets unusual favor as threat. The brothers' invitation to the governor's house is grace they experience as danger.
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