Introduction
A famine in Canaan has brought Joseph’s brothers to Egypt to buy corn, but they do not recognise the brother they sold into slavery, now the lordly Overseer of Pharaoh’s granaries. As a practical joke, Joseph has sold them some corn but has also planted a silver cup on little Benjamin, and arrested him as a thief.
JOSEPH had planned to keep Benjamin as bait to lure Jacob to Egypt, but on hearing how ill his father was, he relented, and revealed his true identity to his brothers. He told them to forgive themselves for all that they had done, because it was part of God’s plan to save their family, and then sent them home in waggons laden with handsome gifts from Pharaoh, on condition that they all came back to Egypt to live in comfort.
Jacob was overjoyed, and duly gathered up his family, his flocks and his herds, and set out for Goshen, on the Nile delta. For he too knew everything was in God’s hands.
Later, just before he died, he told Joseph that as he rested at Beer-sheba, he heard God’s voice in the night-time say that his descendants would be a great nation, and that one day they would return to Canaan, the land of their fathers.
But that tale belongs to the story of Moses.
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Word Games
Spinners Find in Think and Speak
For each group of words, compose a sentence that uses all three. You can use any form of the word: for example, cat → cats, go → went, or quick → quickly, though neigh → neighbour is stretching it a bit.
This exercise uses words found in the accompanying passage.
1 Lade. They. Voice.
2 Father. Reveal. Their.
3 Day. Late. Story.
Variations: 1. include direct and indirect speech 2. include one or more of these words: although, because, despite, either/or, if, unless, until, when, whether, which, who 3. use negatives (not, isn’t, neither/nor, never, nobody etc.)
Adjectives Find in Think and Speak
For each word below, compose sentences to show that it may be used as an adjective. Adjectives provide extra information about a noun, e.g. a black cat, a round table, the early bird etc..
This exercise uses words found in the accompanying passage.
1 Known. 2 Ill. 3 Handsome. 4 Brotherly. 5 Just. 6 Great. 7 Homeless. 8 Latest. 9 Greatest.
Variations: 1.show whether your adjective can also be used as e.g. a noun, verb or adverb. 2.show whether your adjective can be used in comparisons (e.g. good/better/best). 3.show whether your adjective can be used in attributive position (e.g. a dangerous corner) and also in predicate position (this corner is dangerous).
Statements, Questions and Commands Find in Think and Speak
Use each word below in a sentence. Try to include at least one statement, one question and one command among your sentences. Note that some verbs make awkward or meaningless words of command, e.g. need, happen.
This exercise uses words found in the accompanying passage.
1 Reveal. 2 Hand. 3 Rest. 4 Back. 5 Plan. 6 Keep. 7 Send. 8 Land. 9 Voice.
Variations: 1. use a minimum of seven words for each sentence 2. include negatives, e.g. isn’t, don’t, never 3. use the words ‘must’ to make commands 4. compose a short dialogue containing all three kinds of sentence: one statement, one question and one command
Add Vowels Find in Think and Speak
Make words by adding vowels to each group of consonants below. You may add as many vowels as you like before, between or after the consonants, but you may not add any consonants or change the order of those you have been given. See if you can beat our target of common words.
mst (5)
mast. mist. moist. most. must.
