After this, Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is ill.” So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. And it was told to Jacob, “Your son Joseph has come to you.” Then Israel summoned his strength and sat up in bed. And Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me atContinue reading “Genesis 48: 1-7….Eleven + a divided 1 = 12.”
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Genesis 47: 27-31…..Israel the father of the “Israelites”.
Thus Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen. And they gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly. And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were 147 years.And when the time drew near that IsraelContinue reading “Genesis 47: 27-31…..Israel the father of the “Israelites”.”
Genesis 47: 20-26….. The famine ended at last.
So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for all the Egyptians sold their fields, because the famine was severe on them. The land became Pharaoh’s. As for the people, he made servants of them from one end of Egypt to the other. Only the land of the priests he did not buy,Continue reading “Genesis 47: 20-26….. The famine ended at last.”
Genesis 47: 13-19…..The Famine goes on and on and…
Now there was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished by reason of the famine. And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, in exchangeContinue reading “Genesis 47: 13-19…..The Famine goes on and on and…”
Genesis 47: 7-12……The Pharaoh meets Jacob
Then Joseph brought in Jacob his father and stood him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many are the days of the years of your life?” And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my sojourning are 130 years. Few and evil have been the daysContinue reading “Genesis 47: 7-12……The Pharaoh meets Jacob”
Genesis 47: 1-6….Meeting the Pharaoh.
So Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all that they possess, have come from the land of Canaan. They are now in the land of Goshen.” And from among his brothers he took five men and presented them to Pharaoh. Pharaoh said to hisContinue reading “Genesis 47: 1-6….Meeting the Pharaoh.”
Genesis 46: 28-34…..Cared for…
He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to show the way before him in Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. Then Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He presented himself to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neckContinue reading “Genesis 46: 28-34…..Cared for…”
Genesis 46: 1-7 & 26-27….A continental shift.
So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.” Then he said, “I am God, the God of your father.Continue reading “Genesis 46: 1-7 & 26-27….A continental shift.”
Genesis 45: 21-28…..Action needed.
The sons of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the command of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey. To each and all of them he gave a change of clothes, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five changes of clothes. To his father heContinue reading “Genesis 45: 21-28…..Action needed.”
Genesis 45: 10-20….Come, and hurry!
You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children’s children, and your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. There I will provide for you, for there are yet five years of famine to come, so that you and your household, andContinue reading “Genesis 45: 10-20….Come, and hurry!”
As I read it! 