“And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.”
They served him by himself, the brothers by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because Egyptians could not eat with Hebrews, for that is detestable to Egyptians. The three separate tables — Joseph alone, brothers together, Egyptians apart — reflect both the social stratification and the cultural prohibition. The application: the cultural barriers that separate at the table are the barriers that the covenant will eventually overcome in Christ, who breaks down the dividing wall (Ephesians 2:14).
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