In Genesis, Joseph's brothers sell him into slavery, which is how Joseph ends up in Egypt, which is how Egypt is saved from famine, and on and on. The brothers are able to do this because Joseph finds them with their flocks. But Joseph is able to find his brothers only because he asks an unnamed man in the story where they are, and the m…
In Genesis, Joseph's brothers sell him into slavery, which is how Joseph ends up in Egypt, which is how Egypt is saved from famine, and on and on. The brothers are able to do this because Joseph finds them with their flocks. But Joseph is able to find his brothers only because he asks an unnamed man in the story where they are, and the man tells him.
On the reasonable assumption that this is allegoric, the message is that sometimes history depends on a single anonymous person who we might never even know about.
In Genesis, Joseph's brothers sell him into slavery, which is how Joseph ends up in Egypt, which is how Egypt is saved from famine, and on and on. The brothers are able to do this because Joseph finds them with their flocks. But Joseph is able to find his brothers only because he asks an unnamed man in the story where they are, and the man tells him.
On the reasonable assumption that this is allegoric, the message is that sometimes history depends on a single anonymous person who we might never even know about.