Joseph’s Fate Already Decided by God (12:9 – 12:14)

Joseph’s Fate Already Decided by God*

12:9 “Let us kill Joseph, or banish him, that you may get some attention from your father. Afterwards, you can be righteous people.”*

*12:9 We learn from Joseph’s dream that he was destined for a bright future. Thus, while his brothers met to decide his fate, his fate was already decided by God. Everything is done by God (8:17), and is already recorded (57:22).

12:10 One of them said, “Do not kill Joseph; let us throw him into the abyss of the well. Perhaps some caravan can pick him up, if this is what you decide to do.”