Genesis 43:24 Commentary and Bible Study

They are given hospitality and cared for in a way that must have raised alarming questions in their minds, given that they were strangers. What is the meaning of this? First Joseph has acted with severity towards them, and now he seems to welcome them as honoured guests. What is going on? Their uneasy minds are fully of anxiety. They are refreshed after their journey as honoured guests, and even their animals are freely cared for.Here is a picture of how God’s severity towards us causes us to examine our hearts. They are deeply uncomfortable, but they go through with what they have agreed, and present their gift to Joseph and his household with the utmost respect. Only now do they discover that they are to eat with Joseph. They know they are unworthy of such a thing. Again they bow to the ground and the dream is fulfilled. Rachel is dead, and Jacob bows in the person of his sons who are sent at his command.