Family Battles

Reading 12: Genesis 37

Joseph's brothers are not nice people. I don't know if it's disturbing or reassuring that many families in Scripture are seemingly far more dysfunctional than my own....I've never plotted to kill my brother...well, I never went through on anything.............

It's interesting that 2 brothers tried to "save" Joseph from certain doom, but neither was willing to stand up to the rest of them.

Reuben suggested just throwing him in the well, rather than out and out killing him. And he came back to rescue him....but where was he when they decided to sell him??

Then Judah decides it's best not to leave him for dead in the well (not knowing Reuben's plan) so persuades the mob to sell him to the Ishmaelites.

When faced with a group of people who are obviously doing something wrong, do I stand up for what it right? Or do I mask good choices through misled understandings? Do I simply try to persuade the group to make a lesser evil choice?