Reading
Genesis41:55 |
41: 55-57, 42: 5-7, 17-24And being hungry, the people cried out to Pharaoh, asking for provisions. And he said to them: “Go to Joseph. And do whatever he will tell you.” |
| 41:56 | Then the famine increased daily in all the land. And Joseph opened all of the storehouses and sold to the Egyptians. For the famine had oppressed them also. |
| 41:57 | And all the provinces came to Egypt, to buy food and to temper the misfortune of their destitution. |
Genesis 42
| 42:5 | And they entered into the land of Egypt with the others who traveled to buy. For the famine was in the land of Canaan. |
| 42:6 | And Joseph was governor in the land of Egypt, and grain was sold under his direction to the people. And when his brothers had reverenced him |
| 42:7 | and he had recognized them, he spoke harshly, as if to foreigners, questioning them: “Where did you come from?” And they responded, “From the land of Canaan, to buy necessary provisions.” |
| 42:17 | Therefore, he delivered them into custody for three days. |
| 42:18 | Then, on the third day, he brought them out of prison, and he said: “Do as I have said, and you will live. For I fear God. |
| 42:19 | If you are peaceful, let one of your brothers be bound in prison. Then you may go away and carry the grain that you have bought to your houses. |
| 42:20 | And bring your youngest brother to me, so that I may be able to test your words, and you may not die.” They did as he had said, |
| 42:21 | and they spoke to one another: “We deserve to suffer these things, because we have sinned against our brother, seeing the anguish of his soul, when he begged us and we would not listen. For that reason, this tribulation has come upon us.” |
| 42:22 | And Reuben, one of them, said: “Did not I say to you, ‘Do not sin against the boy,’ and you would not listen to me? See, his blood is exacted.” |
| 42:23 | But they did not know that Joseph understood, because he was speaking to them through an interpreter. |
| 42:24 | And he turned himself away briefly and wept. And returning, he spoke to them. |
Matthew 10: 1- 7
| 10:1 | And having called together his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out and to cure every sickness and every infirmity. |
| 10:2 | Now the names of the twelve Apostles are these: the First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, |
| 10:3 | James of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector, and James of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, |
| 10:4 | Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. |
| 10:5 | Jesus sent these twelve, instructing them, saying: “Do not travel by the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter into the city of the Samaritans, |
| 10:6 | but instead go to the sheep who have fallen away from the house of Israel. |
| 10:7 | And going forth, preach, saying: ‘For the kingdom of heaven has drawn near.’ |