A FINE TEST
Genesis 47:1-12
It’s an ugly thing to see a young man, trained in the finer conventionalities, ashamed of the old-fashioned folks from the old country home. It’s a bad sign. There’s something wrong. Joseph’s kinsfolk were foreigners, their occupation utterly despised, their manner of life wholly strange to the Egyptians. It would have been easy for some to have been ashamed of them. But not this ruggedly true Joseph. Loving loyalty to father and mother is a fine test of character.