형제들에게 실체를 밝히고 아버지도 만난 요셉(창세기 45장)

요셉이 복받침을 참지 못하고 형제들에게 자신의 정체를 밝히는 창세기 45장 내용입니다. 파라오는 요셉 형제들에게 고센 땅에서 살라하고 아버지 이삭도 요셉이 살아있는 것을 확인하고 죽어도 여한이 없다고 하십니다.

 

 

형들에게 커밍아웃한 요셉

 

 

창세기 44장 읽기

 

1. Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him. He cried, "Make everyone go out from me." So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

2. And he wept aloud, so that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it.

3. And Joseph said to his brothers, " I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?" But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence.

 

요셉은 자신을 컨트롤하지 못하고  모두 다 나가라고 하고 형제들 앞에서 자신의 정체를 밝힙니다. 형들 나야. 나 요셉이라고, 말입니다. 아빠 아직 살아있지?

 

 

 

 

 형들을 먹여 살리겠다

 

 

4. So Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." And they came near. And he said, " I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.

5. And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

6. For the famine has been in the land these two years, an there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.

7. And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. 

8. So it was not you who sent me here, but God, He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

9. Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not tarry.

 

 

뭔가 만감이 교차하는 상황 속에서 요셉은 모든 것은 하나님이 예정하신 거라며 자신이 이집트의 총독이 되었으니 아버지와 형들을 먹여 살리겠다고 합니다. 

 

 

 

 파라오도 기뻐해주고 고센 땅을 하사

 

 

10. You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks, your herds, and all that you have.

11. There I will provide for you, for there are yet five years of famine to come, so that you and your household, and all that you have, do not come to poverty.'

12. And now your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.

13. You must tell my father of all my honor in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. Hurry and bring my father down here."

14. Then he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck and wept, and Benjamin wept upon his neck.

15. And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them. After that his brothers talked with him.

 

16. When the report was heard in Pharaoh's house, "Joseph's brothers have come, " it pleased Pharaoh and his servants.

17. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, " Say to your brothers, 'Do this: lord your beasts and fo back to the land of Canaan,

18. and take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.'

19. And you, Joseph, are commanded to say, 'Do this: take wagons from the land of Egypt for your father, and come.

20. Have no concern for your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.'"

 

 

요셉이 형들을 먹여살리겠다고 하고 이집트 왕 파라오도 이 소식을 듣고 크게 기뻐합니다. 요셉의 형제들이 왔다니 하면서 반색을 하는데요. 그러면서 고센 땅에 살도록 허락을 해줍니다. 고센 지역은 이집트 지역 중에서도 낙농업이 발달한 지역으로 완전 꿀 지역이었는데 요셉이 얼마나 예쁘면 이 지역을 내어줬을까요?

 

 

 

 길에서 싸우지 마라

 

21. The sons of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the command of Pharaoh, and gabe them provisions for the journey.

22. To each and all of them he gave a change of clothes, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five changes of clothes.

23. To his father he sent as follows: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and provision for his father on the journey.

24. Then he sent his brothers away, and as they departed, he said to them, "Do not quarrel on the way."

 

25. So they went up out of Egypt and came to the land of Canaan to their father Jacob.

26. And they told him, "Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt." And his heart became numb, for he did not believe them.

27. But when they told him all the words of Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.

28. And Israel said, "It is enough; Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die."

 

 

요셉은 형들에게 서운한 마음은 뒤로하고 동생 벤야민에 대한 더욱 애틋한 마음이 들어 형들보다 더 좋은 보상을 하였습니다. 그리고 형들을 보내 아버지를 모셔오라고 하면서 길에서 싸우지 말라고 당부합니다. 아마 형들은 뜨끔하지 않았을까요? 그리고 혹여나 하는 노파심에서 동생 벤야민에게 해코지를 하면 어쩌나 싶기도 하고, 아버지를 모시고 이집트로 다시 돌아오는 여정에 분쟁이 생길 수 있을까 봐 염려가 되었으려나요. 

 

여하튼, 요셉 말대로 싸우지 않았던지 아버지를 모셔오고, 야곱 아버지는 요셉을 보고 이게 꿈이냐 생시냐며 이제 죽어도 여한이 없다고 하십니다.