The story of Joseph is one of the best-known accounts in all of Scripture. Sold into slavery by his jealous brothers, falsely accused, imprisoned, and finally raised to become Egypt's governor, Joseph's life reveals God's unseen hand guiding every step. Yet hidden within that larger story is the quiet relationship between Joseph and his younger brother Benjamin.

Daniel was among the first captives taken from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. He was still a young man when he entered exile, selected with others of royal or noble lineage—“children in whom was no blemish… skilful in all wisdom… and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace” (Daniel 1:4). Babylon intended to reshape these young Israelites into servants of empire. God had other plans.