to host the hidden, inscrutable, unresolved purpose of God for his life that is beyond his control. He is willing to trust that there is a larger purpose being acted out in and through him, which he must honor and to which he must respond, even if it means denying his first raw inclination of anger and hate. Thus, after he announces his name, “I am Joseph,” he does two things. First, he gives assurance to his brothers that he is not going to kill them. He is not going to continue the vicious circle
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