How did Joseph prove to his brothers that he was Joseph and not an Egyptian?<\/p>\n\t
He had knowledge that only a brother could possibly have.<\/p>\n
Question: How did Joseph prove to his brothers that he was Joseph and not an Egyptian? Answer: He had knowledge that only a brother could possibly have. He knew the birth order of the adult brothers. “And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth; and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[189,1096],"class_list":["post-37004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-genesis","tag-joseph"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15900,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/where-does-the-bible-mention-joseph-providing-for-his-father\/","url_meta":{"origin":37004,"position":0},"title":"Where does the Bible mention Joseph providing for his father?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 23, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I heard a preacher say that\u00a0Joseph told his father when he was reunited with him in Egypt to not\u00a0worry, that he would provide for him all the days of his life.\u00a0 I am unable to find that scripture. 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