Day 018 - Genesis 43-45

Joseph's mental torture of his brothers goes on in this chapter and it reaches new heights as he finds a way of keeping his youngest brother in Egypt. I really don't understand what is going on in these passages aside from Joseph trying to get some kind of twisted revenge for the way his brothers treated him years previously. It doesn't really fit with the character that had been revealed over the preceding chapters and there is a hint that he knows it's wrong as he has to keep leaving to avoid crying in front of his kin.

It does all finally come good in chapter 45 where Joseph finally reveals who he is which triggers a bout of relief on all sides including the Egyptian officials. These last few chapters obviously set the scene for what will happen in Exodus and I can't help but be reminded of watching the Star Wars prequels when you just know that any good that Anakin does is tainted by the fact that he will become Darth Vader.