19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. 20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams. 21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him. 22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again (Genesis 37:19-22).
The plan of Joseph’s brothers was pretty much spineless. They were planning to leave him to die. They would then, in their minds, have plausible deniability. They could appear concerned about their brothers’ whereabouts and when he was found dead, able to proclaim that they didn’t kill him. There doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of thinking going on here, Joseph’s brothers were acting in an irrational and evil manner. They were blind to their own sin, at least it would seem. But God works even with human sin, in that God’s plan always accounts for it and in fact is centered around the fact of human sin. God as deliverer, deals with sin.
The plan of Joseph’s brothers was pretty much spineless. They were planning to leave him to die. They would then, in their minds, have plausible deniability. They could appear concerned about their brothers’ whereabouts and when he was found dead, able to proclaim that they didn’t kill him. There doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of thinking going on here, Joseph’s brothers were acting in an irrational and evil manner. They were blind to their own sin, at least it would seem. But God works even with human sin, in that God’s plan always accounts for it and in fact is centered around the fact of human sin. God as deliverer, deals with sin.
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