Joseph's brothers sold him into Egypt. They were jealous and resentful of him. Some of them hated him and sought his life; exile and slavery were a compromise. They thought they were saving his life; in reality they were saving their own.
The Lord provided a way that Joseph might be put in a position of saving the lives of his father and brothers and kin in the coming famine.
What does this have to do with Independence Day?
The British aristocracy saw the colonies throughout the world as (?how to express this.) Even their own citizens there were treated with abuse and disdain. They were to fork over the raw materials, pay exhorbitant taxes and prices for finished goods and thank England for the privilege.
The North American colonists said, "No!" In doing so they, with the Lord's help, put themselves in a position to save the lives and lifestyles of the English generations later, over and over and over.
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