What do you mean he never saw his father again? At the end of the story, as I remember it, he was reunited in love with his brothers and sends wagons back to them so that he can see the rest of his family, including his father who is very much alive. But it's been a while. I may have forgotten the part where his father dies before he can see him. What verse is that in?
Yes, after suffering without his son until near death (does that make it all better?), we see how God meant
their evil deed for good.
Anyway, here's the thing, God never commanded or moved his brothers to do anything against Joseph. Rather, He brought good for Joseph and Joseph's family out of the actions of those brothers.
No, here's the thing. God ALLOWED the evil deeds of his brothers, even "countenanced" those evil deeds, to be committed.
And YOU claimed God NEVER does such a thing.
I've never once claimed God "commanded or moved" a rapist to rape. Your attempt to deceive there is noted.
Just so, an evil may befall you and God may overcome that in your life. It doesn't follow that a) Joseph was being punished by God through his brothers or b) that God desired Joseph suffer any evil.
I didn't say it followed that Joseph was being punished....any more than I said Job was being punished. But, "here's the thing"...God most certainly did allow (countenance) an evil deed committed by evil men to be done for His own purposes. And that is what you have denied over and over again with your "house divided" analogy.
No, Joseph prospered and his family ultimately lived because of Joseph's prosperity. It's a bit like the story of Job.
And all of Job's friends called what happened to Job punishment. But it wasn't punishment, was it?
Uh, minor detail, here. Both Joseph and Job were righteous. They were not immoral strippers. Job's friends were like you and your friends....WRONG. They called good 'evil' and you call evil 'good'.
Anyway, did God send Joseph's brothers to throw him in a pit or did he overcome their intent and work a good through it?
NO ONE, I repeat, NO ONE has ever said God sent the rapist to rape the stripper. God allowed the stripper to reap what she'd sown and, hopefully, the stripper will benefit from that godly principle of reaping what you sow.