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Question:<\/span> <\/p>\n Did\u00a0Joseph, the son of Jacob, deal with divination and\u00a0witchcraft as written in Genesis 44:5,15?<\/em><\/span> My request is to give no guess.<\/em><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n No, Joseph did not practice divination because he followed God\u2019s commands in all.<\/span> <\/p>\n The\u00a0Text<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n To understand better, we shall read the text where Joseph\u00a0mentioned about\u00a0his cup which he said he\u00a0used\u00a0for divination.<\/span>\u00a0When his brothers who had sold him into slavery\u00a0arrived the second time\u00a0they did not\u00a0recognize him, and Joseph made a\u00a0plan that he could stop\u00a0Benjamin to Egypt until his brothers would\u00a0understand the tragedy that they had done\u00a0when they had sold him into slavery.<\/span> <\/p>\n Then he commanded his house steward, saying, \u201cFill the men\u2019s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man\u2019s money in the mouth of his sack.\u00a0Put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his money for the grain.\u201d And he did as Joseph had told him.\u00a0As soon as it was light, the men were sent away, they with their donkeys.\u00a0They had just gone out of the city, and were not far off, when Joseph said to his house steward, \u201cUp, follow the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, \u2018Why have you repaid evil for good?\u00a0Is not this the one from which my lord drinks and which he indeed uses for divination<\/strong>? You have done wrong in doing this.\u2019\u201d\u00a0So he overtook them and spoke these words to them.\u00a0They said to him, \u201cWhy does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing.\u00a0Behold, the money which we found in the mouth of our sacks we have brought back to you from the land of Canaan. How then could we steal silver or gold from your lord\u2019s house?\u00a0With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord\u2019s slaves.\u201d\u00a0So he said, \u201cNow let it also be according to your words; he with whom it is found shall be my slave, and the rest of you shall be innocent.\u201d\u00a0Then they hurried, each man lowered his sack to the ground, and each man opened his sack.\u00a0He searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin\u2019s sack.\u00a0Then they tore their clothes, and when each man loaded his donkey, they returned to the city.\u00a0When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph\u2019s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.\u00a0Joseph said to them, \u201cWhat is this deed that you have done? Do you not know that such a man as I can indeed practice divination<\/strong>?\u201d (<\/span><\/span>Genesis 44:1-15)(NASB)<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Joseph said about divination as to not be recognized by his\u00a0brothers<\/span> at that moment<\/strong><\/p>\n Since the\u00a0first time when\u00a0Joseph\u2019s brothers came to\u00a0Egypt, he knew them, but he concealed his identity because he intended to do well and give them a lesson. The <\/span>Scripture says so:<\/span> <\/p>\n Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, \u201cWhy are you staring at one another?\u201d\u00a0He said, \u201cBehold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down there and buy some for us from that place, so that we may live and not die.\u201d\u00a0Then ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain from Egypt.\u00a0But Jacob did not send Joseph\u2019s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, \u201cI am afraid that harm may befall him.\u201d\u00a0So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming, for the famine was in the land of Canaan also.\u00a0Now Joseph was the ruler over the land; he was the one who sold to all the people of the land And Joseph\u2019s brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.\u00a0When Joseph saw his brothers he recognized them, but he disguised himself to them <\/strong>and spoke to them harshly. And he said to them, \u201cWhere have you come from?\u201d And they said, \u201cFrom the land of Canaan, to buy food.\u201d\u00a0But Joseph had recognized his brothers, although they did not recognize him.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Genesis 42:1-8)(NASB)<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Just to make his brethren believe even more that he was Egyptian, Joseph had the house steward\u00a0say about divination.<\/span> <\/p>\n Joseph prophesied by divine revelation<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n We can find another proof that Joseph did not use the practice of divination\u00a0when he meant to say the future\u00a0when he came to Pharaoh for the first time.<\/span> <\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Pharaoh said to Joseph, \u201cI have had a dream, but no one can interpret it; and I have heard it said about you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.\u201d\u00a0Joseph then answered Pharaoh, saying, \u201cIt is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.\u201d<\/strong> (Genesis 41:15-16)(NASB)<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Joseph said that the\u00a0answer given on the interpretation of Pharaoh\u2019s dream is a divine revelation and not a human guessing.<\/span> <\/p>\n God forbids divination<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n And about divination\u00a0God commands this way in Sacred Scripture:<\/span> <\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,\u00a0or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.\u00a0For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD; and because of these detestable things the LORD your God will drive them out before you.\u00a0You shall be blameless before the LORD your God. (Deuteronomy 18:10-13)(NASB)<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n God save us from divination,\u00a0magicians, horoscope and everything related to them\u00a0and help us walk in faithfulness to Him as Joseph did.<\/span> <\/p>\n Translated by Felicia Rotaru<\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: Did\u00a0Joseph, the son of Jacob, deal with divination and\u00a0witchcraft as written in Genesis 44:5,15? My request is to give no guess. No, Joseph did not practice divination because he followed God\u2019s commands in all. The\u00a0Text To understand better, we shall read the text where Joseph\u00a0mentioned about\u00a0his cup which he said he\u00a0used\u00a0for divination.\u00a0When his brothers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":58929,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[126],"tags":[7214,8824,10056,11124,14649,19454,20229,329,7796,8834,10083,11274,14723,19549,20455,622,7797,8845,10248,11439,14824,19596,20502,942,7798,8864,10372,11487,15440,19709,23051,1101,7859,9056,10380,11497,15704,19712,24646,2224,7884,9182,10382,11875,15907,19722,2330,7960,9268,10384,12240,15937,19766,2524,7961,9632,10385,12251,16907,19793,2853,8238,9648,10427,12363,16908,19795,2911,8482,9668,10430,12418,18347,19837,3107,8498,9683,10619,12438,18568,19847,4151,8604,9718,10723,12511,18580,19873,4173,8639,9726,10746,12860,18950,19884,4407,8686,9847,10757,12873,19072,20050,5021,8771,9922,10844,13015,19273,20063,6143,8799,9961,10968,14218,19439,20202],"class_list":{"0":"post-58933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-answer-from-the-bible","8":"tag-scop","9":"tag-plan","10":"tag-sc","11":"tag-medium","12":"tag-ou","13":"tag-ids","14":"tag-magicians","15":"tag-da","16":"tag-man","17":"tag-te","18":"tag-ca","19":"tag-noce","20":"tag-ue","21":"tag-amo","22":"tag-interpret","23":"tag-oi","24":"tag-men","25":"tag-p","26":"tag-po","27":"tag-human","28":"tag-ong","29":"tag-si","30":"tag-will","31":"tag-ore","32":"tag-people","33":"tag-fa","34":"tag-pr","35":"tag-witchcraft","36":"tag-afr","37":"tag-war","38":"tag-ring","39":"tag-co","40":"tag-god","41":"tag-rai","42":"tag-spell","43":"tag-cor","44":"tag-la","45":"tag-lie","46":"tag-tit","47":"tag-word","48":"tag-israel","49":"tag-t","50":"tag-who-casts-a-spell","51":"tag-arche","52":"tag-iona","53":"tag-scripture","54":"tag-faith","55":"tag-light","56":"tag-pl","57":"tag-divination","58":"tag-future","59":"tag-uter","60":"tag-help","61":"tag-mo","62":"tag-believe","63":"tag-pro","64":"tag-evil","65":"tag-cer","66":"tag-ine","67":"tag-son","68":"tag-interpreta","69":"tag-har","70":"tag-ion","71":"tag-l","72":"tag-horoscope","73":"tag-fire","74":"tag-brothers","75":"tag-wor","76":"tag-om","77":"tag-ta","78":"tag-house","79":"tag-rom","80":"tag-felicia-rotaru","81":"tag-sea","82":"tag-3107","83":"tag-mediu","84":"tag-do","85":"tag-le","86":"tag-but","87":"tag-cred","88":"tag-food","89":"tag-st","90":"tag-eli","91":"tag-horoscop","92":"tag-b","93":"tag-genesis","94":"tag-ny","95":"tag-rest","96":"tag-money","97":"tag-sin","98":"tag-j","99":"tag-nom","100":"tag-gene","101":"tag-i","102":"tag-good","103":"tag-cere","104":"tag-sac","105":"tag-r","106":"tag-un","107":"tag-reve","108":"tag-ami","109":"tag-faithfulness","110":"tag-divin","111":"tag-rela","112":"tag-o","113":"tag-the","114":"tag-ims","115":"tag-eve","116":"tag-keys","117":"tag-canaan","118":"tag-vin","119":"tag-tea","120":"tag-revelation","121":"tag-practice","122":"tag-who","123":"tag-gold","124":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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