Every story the Torah tells you is meant to guide you in your life.
What are you meant to take from the story of Joseph and his brothers?
You already believe that everything is in G‑d’s hands. You also trust that all that He does is for the good.
But now you learn more:
Even when your own brothers throw you in a pit and sell you as a slave,
And even if they were somewhat justified, because you were a tattle-taling little brother, to such a degree that they suspected you of plotting against them,
Even then, everything is for the good. Because it is still all in G‑d’s hands.
And, even more counter-intuitively, precisely because it all looks so bad, it takes you to a place that a life of perpetual success could never attain.
Don’t mess up your life. But if you do, don’t give up hope.
You can’t wrestle control out of G‑d’s hands. Trust in Him, do the best you can, and He will reveal how everything is for the good.
The way Joseph treated his father - demanding that Benjamin be delivered to him - was that a good thing to do?
Excellent question! Although, by doing so he got his brothers to repent—so, in that way it was the best thing for his father.
Nevertheless, in all cases, you learn from people’s good actions, even if they make mistakes.
That's an interesting question
Larry: Good question!
Joseph had a plan to reunite the whole family. He was aware that his father would not leave the land. Benjamin, was a substitute for Joseph , whom he thought was dead. Joseph will reunite the family, and that was the plan : first Benjamin, that is how Jacob would finally relent and go down to Egypt. Of course , the larger plan just in retrospect: the Exodus from Egypt.. All in the hand of H'.