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Telling the Truth — a door standing open at dusk, the light inside falling out onto the road

Judah finally tells the truthGenesis 44:14-34Length: Long

Eat

Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.

  • Read
  • Reread
  • Retell

Digest

Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.

  1. What does this show me about God?

    • Judah has been carrying this for over twenty years. What does it show about God that the moment to come clean still arrived?
  2. What does it show me about people — and about me?

    • The same man who sold his brother now offers to become a slave for his brother. What changed in him?
  3. What will I obey this week?

    • Is there an old thing you have never owned up to? Who will you tell it to?
  4. Who will I tell?

    • Who thinks they have gone too far to be forgiven? What would you tell them?

Grow

Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).

Pray

God, Judah waited years and then told the whole truth and offered to take the punishment himself. Thank you that it is never too late to stop hiding.