You ought to know right now that lots of people in ancient times believed history was like a big wheel. It's an accurate description of this story. It's sometimes an accurate description of life. Which brings us to the passage we just read. Jacob's sons travel to Egypt because they hear about the food.
Nobody recognizes the man on the throne.
Joseph would have been about 12 years old when they sold him into slavery. Besides, when you sell someone into slavery, you don't look for them on the throne. Maybe as they walked into Egypt, they looked at all the slaves along the road trying to recognize the one they put there. But his brothers were not able to answer him, because they were terrified at his presence. My son is a dentist in Mobile, Alabama.