My Bible reading today was about Joseph. But we all know that story - Joseph was his father's favorite, his brothers got jealous and threw him into a pit, then sold him into slavery. But here is a part I didn't really notice before.
Right after the brothers lied to their father and gave him Joseph's bloody coat, it says, "At that time, Judah left his brothers and went down to stay with a man of Adullam named Hirah." He left. Why? Was it guilt? Was it that he couldn't face his father day after day? I thought that was very interesting. Anyway, while he was with this Hirah, he married his daughter. Had two sons that God put to death because they were wicked. Then his wife died. Then he had a baby with his disguised daughter-in-law. Maybe he figured all this bad was coming because of what he had done to his brother, especially because of what he said to disguised Joseph years later. I'll keep you updated on that!
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