He might have kept those brothers at a distance; he might have wanted them to praise him for excelling as he had obviously done. Here was a chance for them to fall at his feet in fear and reverence. He might have said, ‘Remember my dreams?’ He might have reminded them of their disbelief when he told them that this day would come. ‘I told you so,’ he might have said. No. ‘Come close to me,’ he said. He did not feel a cut above them. There was no desire for them to stand back and say, ‘Wow! This is our brother Joseph.’ And he wanted no fear on their part. He wanted to be loved rather than
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