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 delay.I'm not known for being particularly good with personal matters (and that means "no good at all, and I know it"), but even to me, this seems like a pretty cold greeting. I obviously don't have any kids, but if my sister were to call me tomorrow and say that my Aunt Anna had given her the message "I'm governor of Ohio, please come see me," I'd suddenly be much more worried about the school she chose to attend and its affect on her -- as in, I'd be finding the nearest drug testing center.
In this message, there's no mention of the minor fact that Joseph is alive, or of how he got to Egypt in the first place. He doesn't mention how his dreams of youth had come true, or how he had gone from being a slave to the regent of the land. I realize that the brothers filled in some of the gaps, but eve so, this seems like a very impersonal message. Not the kind of thing you send to your father after 15 years.
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