So Far
Genesis 46: 31 to 47: 31
Joseph
But what about Jacob?
Yet
A hope and a future
Hebrews 12: 1 & 2
- Joseph, son of Jacob
- sold into slavery
- served at Potiphar’s home
- now serving at Pharoah’s court
- became the Saviour of Egypt, and Canaan
- was re-united with his brothers
- now to be re-united with his father, Jacob
Genesis 46: 31 to 47: 31
- Family in Egypt
- Jacob sends Judah ahead
- The family has arrived in Egypt
- Jacob sends Judah ahead
- Joseph meets his father at Goshen
- Joseph instructs his brothers on what to say when they meet Pharoah
- Joseph went to Pharoah, bringing along 5 brothers and his father
- Jacob blesses Pharoah twice
- Famine worsens
- People came to Joseph for grain
- They bought grain with money, livestock and with their lives
- Joseph re-located the people
- He instituted a grain policy of 80-20
Joseph
- A Great example of God's providence
- A wonderful testament of God being in charge
- Integrity and Character
- An example of great leadership
But what about Jacob?
- son of Isaac & Rebekah, brother of Esau
- deceiver/supplanter
- Traded for his brother’s birth-right
- Stole his brother’s blessing, and runs off
- Had a vision at Bethel
- Conned by his uncle, Laban
- Marries Leah, and Rachel
- fathered 12 sons and 1 daughter
- Left his father in law, Laban in a hurry
- Angels met him at Mahanaim
- Wrestled with ‘a man’ at Peniel
- Re-conciles with Esau
- Trouble at Shechem
- Returns to Bethel
- God re-names him, Israel
- Rachel dies when giving birth
- Genesis 47:9
So Jacob said to Pharoah,
"The years of my sojourning are one hundred and thirty; few and unpleasant has been the years of my life, nor have they attained the years that my fathers lived during the days of their sojourning." - Promise to bless him: Genesis 28: 13 to 15
- Had a Trouble-some life: with Esau (twin brother), Laban (his father-in-law), his children
- Had some God encouters: Bethel, Mahanaim, Peniel. Renamed Israel
- Few and unpleasant...: Genesis 42:36, Genesis 45:28
Yet
- He would live on for another 17 years
- He would bless Pharoah (twice)
- His family would prosper during the famine
- His children would go on to form the people of Israel
A hope and a future
- Jeremiah 29:11 - ‘For I know the plans that I have for you’, declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope’.
- Philippians 1:6 - For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
Hebrews 12: 1 & 2
- LET US also lay aside every encumbrance, and the sin which so easily entangles us
- LET US run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus
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