Tuesday, 18 August 2009 02:00 | and posted in Brotherly Betrayal
When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe... and they took him and threw him into [an empty] cistern... As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Genesis 37:23-25
I wonder if Joseph endured overhearing his brothers rationally discuss over lunch how to “finish the job.”
Betrayal and injustice feels worse when, like here, there is no sign of remorse. It makes you feel like a commodity to be traded rather than a valued human being. This is especially true if the persecutor/s make money from their sin against you.
Joseph’s brothers had lost sight of Joseph’s humanity… and their own.
