My wife Leanne introduced me to the term hangry. Whenever a last second emergency occurred as she was about to walk out the door of work at the end of the day, dinner was delayed. The later dinner was pushed back, the hangrier my wife become. During the first year of the great famine in Egypt, Moses describes Jacob as a hangry old man, yelling at his kids to do something quick.
Now when Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, Why do you look at one another? 2 For, he said, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; get down there and buy [grain] for us, that we may live and not die, Genesis 42:1-2.
If you’re not familiar with the term hangry, just look at the words of the apostle Paul in Galatians 5:15-17. When the natural desire to be fed food isn’t met, individuals become easily agitated. This is why some Christians refuse to fast as it negatively impacts how they act and treat others. Whenever fleshly desires flare up, you become vulnerable to expressing hangry words.
So ten of Joseph’s brethren went to buy grain in Egypt. 4 But Benjamin, Joseph’s [full] brother, Jacob did not send with his brothers; for he said, Lest perhaps some harm or injury should befall him. 5 So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who came, for there was hunger and general lack of food in the land of Canaan, Genesis 42:3-5.
According to Moses, the first year of the great famine made Jacob irritable. Since none of Jacob’s sons were being proactive, he lashes out trying to instill a sense of urgency, “why aren’t you doing anything?” When word reached Jacob that food was available to be purchased in Egypt, this should have resulted in immediate action. According to Moses, it took a hangry old man, Jacob, to push ten of his sons into action.
by Jay Mankus
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