While doing some work in Genesis, I noted that, following Jacob’s offering in Bethel, the concept of offering appears only one other time before Exodus.
In Beersheba (46:1-2).
A Giver without offering (and, yes, we have talked about how Givers and Stewardship aren’t only about money) or things to effectively or rightly steward has to be miserable way to live, especially if he binds all of his future hopes to Joseph.
Givers were made to offer and steward and engage deeply with Him in worship.
I wonder if that is why Father came back, not with the name of his adulthood, but the name of his youth.
Learning.