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When We Listen – Genesis 45:16-24 – January 15, 2026
Read with Me Genesis 45:16-24 (HCSB) When the news reached Pharaoh’s palace, “Joseph’s brothers have come,” Pharaoh and his servants were pleased. Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals and go on back to the land of Canaan. Get your...
When We Listen – Genesis 45:1-15 – January 14, 2026
Read with Me Genesis 45:1-15 (HCSB) Joseph could no longer keep his composure in front of all his attendants, so he called out, “Send everyone away from me!” No one was with him when he revealed his identity to his brothers. But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians...
When We Listen – Genesis 44:18-34 – January 12, 2026
Read with Me Genesis 44:18-34 (HCSB) But Judah approached him and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are like Pharaoh. My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’ and we...
When We Listen – Genesis 44:14-17 – January 9, 2026
Read with Me Genesis 44:14-17 (HCSB): When Judah and his brothers reached Joseph’s house, he was still there. They fell to the ground before him. “What is this you have done?” Joseph said to them. “Didn’t you know that a man like me could uncover the truth by...
When We Listen – Genesis 44:1-5 – January 6, 2026
Read with Me Genesis 44:1-5 (HCSB) Then Joseph commanded his steward: “Fill the men’s bags with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s money at the top of his bag. Put my cup, the silver one, at the top of the youngest one’s bag, along with his grain...
When We Listen – January 5, 2026 – Genesis 43:26-34
Read with Me Genesis 43:26-34 (HCSB) When Joseph came home, they brought him the gift they had carried into the house, and they bowed to the ground before him. He asked if they were well, and he said, “How is your elderly father that you told me about? Is he still...
When We Listen – January 2, 2026 – Genesis 43:15-25
Read with Me Genesis 43:15-25 (HCSB) The men took this gift, double the amount of money, and Benjamin. They made their way down to Egypt and stood before Joseph. When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to his steward, “Take the men to my house. Slaughter an...
When We Listen – January 1, 2026 – Genesis 43:8-14
Read with Me Genesis 43:8-14 (HCSB) Then Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me. We will be on our way so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children. I will be responsible for him. You can hold me personally accountable! If I...
When We Listen – December 26, 2025 – Genesis 43:1-7
Read with Me Genesis 43:1-7 (HCSB) Now the famine in the land was severe. When they had used up the grain they had brought back from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us some food.” But Judah said to him, “The man specifically warned us: ‘You will...
When We Listen – December 23, 2025 – Genesis 42:25-38
Read with Me Genesis 42:25-38 (HCSB) Joseph then gave orders to fill their containers with grain, return each man’s money to his sack, and give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out. They loaded the grain on their donkeys and left there. At...