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Genesis 50

Genesis 50:1 Joseph fell on his father’s face and wept over him and kissed him.

Genesis 50:2 And Joseph commanded his slaves — the healers — to embalm his father. So, the healers embalmed Israel.

Genesis 50:3 Forty days were required for it, because that is how many days are required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

Genesis 50:4 And when the days of mourning for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, and this is what he said, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please appeal to Pharaoh on my behalf, saying,

Genesis 50:5 My father made me swear, and this is what he said, ‘Notice, I am about to die: in my tomb that I hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan, there will you bury me.’ Now therefore, let me please go up and bury my father. Then I will return.”

Genesis 50:6 And Pharaoh replied, “Go up, and bury your father, as he made you swear.”

Genesis 50:7 So Joseph went up to bury his father. With him went up all the slaves of Pharaoh, the elders of his household, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

Genesis 50:8 as well as all the family of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s family. Only their children, their flocks, and their herds were left in the land of Goshen.

Genesis 50:9 And both chariots and horsemen went up with him. It was a very heavy group.

Genesis 50:10 When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they lamented there with a very loud and heavy lamentation, and he mourned for his father seven days.

Genesis 50:11 When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning on the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a heavy mourning by the Egyptians.” This is why the place was named Abel-mizraim; it is beyond the Jordan.

Genesis 50:12 Thus his sons did for him as he had commanded them,

Genesis 50:13 because his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field at Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place.

Genesis 50:14 After he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone up with him to bury his father.

Genesis 50:15 When Joseph’s brothers realized that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge and wants to repay us in full for all the wrong we did to him?”

Genesis 50:16 So they sent word to Joseph, and this is what they said, ” Before he died, your father gave this instruction:

Genesis 50:17 ‘Tell Joseph this: Please forgive the sin of your brothers and the wrong they did when they treated you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sin of the slaves of the God of your father.” When this word was presented to him, Joseph wept.

Genesis 50:18 Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said, “Notice us; we are your slaves.”

Genesis 50:19 But Joseph replied to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?

Genesis 50:20 As for you, you meant to wrong me, but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day.

Genesis 50:21 So now, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your little children.” Then he consoled them and spoke kindly to them.

Genesis 50:22 Joseph lived in Egypt, along with his father’s family. Joseph lived one hundred and ten years.

Genesis 50:23 Joseph saw the descendants of Ephraim to the third generation. He also saw the children of Makir the son of Manasseh; who were counted as his own.

Genesis 50:24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am going to die. But God will certainly come to you and lead you up from this land to the land he swore by oath to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Genesis 50:25 Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath. And this is what he said, “God will certainly come to you. Then you must carry my bones up from this place.”

Genesis 50:26 So Joseph died at the age of one hundred and ten. After they embalmed him, his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

Genesis 50 quotes:

“The word for coffin here is the Hebrew ‘aron, meaning a chest or ark. This is the same word that was used for the Ark of the Covenant in the Old Testament. Its use here, of course, refers to the coffin in which the body of Joseph was placed. So great was Joseph’s faith in the promise of a land that he requested that his bones be taken from the land of Egypt to the Promised Land when the children of Israel left Egypt (w. 24-25, cf. Heb. 1 1 : 22). This mummy case, or coffin, remained with the Israelites through the forty-year wandering in the wilderness. It was taken from Egypt at the time of the exodus (Ex. 13:19) and was later buried in Shechem (Josh. 24:32).”

Davis, John James. Mummies, Men and Madness. BMH Books, 1972. p. 100.

“When you have totally forgiven another person, you do not want them to be afraid of you. Do you know the feeling of wanting another person to be just a little bit afraid of you? You refuse to be very friendly so that they remain worried whether or not you have forgiven them. Perhaps you give them the ever-so-slight cold shoulder— the type of thing that another could not be absolutely sure about. We are all experts at this, aren’t we? Or we act as though we do not see them, or we say all the right words— we even put on a smile— but we convey an unloving feeling so the other person still feels unforgiven, because this is what we want them to feel. We have all done that, haven’t we? Why? We want to control them so they will be afraid of us.”

Kendall, R. T. God Meant It for Good. MorningStar Publications, 1988. p. 201.

“Joseph testifies about the power of God’s presence in his life and in the world at large (see Genesis 50:20). This testimony is the fundamental message of the story of Joseph and of the book of Genesis as a whole. In this verse, the Hebrew word that is translated as meant in the NRSV can also be translated intended or planned. Thus Joseph tells us that God plans good for the world, even in the face of human evil.”

Hinton, Linda B. Genesis. Abingdon Press, 1994. p. 141.

Genesis 50 links:

“all live to him!”
ACST 7 The Source
GOD BACKSTAGE – jeffersonvann
Joseph- key to forgiveness
Joseph- permission for a funeral
the God factor
THE GOD WHO REVEALS HIMSELF – jeffersonvann
THE MEN WHO COULD SEE THE FUTURE – jeffersonvann

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Maranatha Daily Devotional – Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Wednesday, January 30, 2019

GENESIS in Jeff’s library

Genesis 49

Genesis 49:1 Jacob called his sons and told them, “Collect yourselves together, that I may tell you what will happen to you in days to come.

Genesis 49:2 “Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob, listen to Israel your father.

Genesis 49:3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the first of my strength, greatest in dignity and greatest in power.

Genesis 49:4 Unstable as water, you will not have supremacy, because you went up to your father’s bed; then you defiled it – he went up to my couch!

Genesis 49:5 “Simeon and Levi are brothers; vessels of violence are their swords.

Genesis 49:6 My throat, do not come into their council; O my glory, do not be joined to their company. Because in their anger they killed men, and for their amusement they hamstrung oxen.

Genesis 49:7 Cursed be their anger, because it is violent, and their wrath, because it is brutal! I will divide them up among Jacob and scatter them throughout Israel.

Genesis 49:8 “Judah, your brothers will praise you; your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons will bow down before you.

Genesis 49:9 Judah is a lion’s cub; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down; he crouched like a lion and like a lioness; who dares provoke him?

Genesis 49:10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him will be the compliance of the peoples.

Genesis 49:11 While binding his foal to the vine and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, he has washed his garments in wine and his robes in the blood of grapes.

Genesis 49:12 His eyes are dark from wine, and his teeth white from milk.

Genesis 49:13 “Zebulun will stay at the shore of the sea; he will become a safe place for ships, and his border will be with Sidon.

Genesis 49:14 “Issachar is a strong donkey, crouching among the sheepfolds.

Genesis 49:15 He saw that an undeveloped place was good, and that the land was nice, so he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a slave there, doing forced labor.

Genesis 49:16 “Dan will judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.

Genesis 49:17 Dan will be a snake in the road, a viper by the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that his rider falls off backward.

Genesis 49:18 I wait for your deliverance, O Yahveh.

Genesis 49:19 “Raiders will raid Gad, but he will also raid at their heels.

Genesis 49:20 “Asher’s food will be rich, and he will produce royal delicacies.

Genesis 49:21 “Naphtali is a doe let loose that bears beautiful fawns.

Genesis 49:22 “Joseph is a fruitful limb, a fruitful limb by a spring; his branches run over the wall.

Genesis 49:23 The archers bitterly attacked him, shot at him, and hassled him severely,

Genesis 49:24 but his bow remained unmoved; his arms were made nimble by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (the Shepherd is from there, the Stone of Israel),

Genesis 49:25 by the God of your father who will help you, by the Almighty who will bless you with blessings from the sky above, blessings from the deep that crouches below, blessings from the breasts and from the womb.

Genesis 49:26 The blessings of your father are mightier than the blessings of my parents, up to the bounties of the permanent hills. May they be on the head of Joseph, and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.

Genesis 49:27 “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey and at evening dividing the spoil.”

Genesis 49:28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suited for him.

Genesis 49:29 Then he commanded them and said to them, “I am to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is located in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

Genesis 49:30 in the cave that is in the field at Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham purchased with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place.

Genesis 49:31 There they had buried Abraham and Sarah his wife. There they had buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah-

Genesis 49:32 the field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the Hittites.”

Genesis 49:33 When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed and expired and was gathered to his people.

Genesis 49 quotes:

“Simeon and Levi are here depicted together as forming a secret society for organized cruelty and crime. Their swords were red from violence. It was Jehovah’s purpose that the swords of Israel should be the swords of the Lord, or justice and divine retribution. Simeon separated himself from all sense of justice. His sword had degenerated into one which was controlled by whim and mere caprice. His ‘‘hatred’’ was cruel, leading to murder. His wrath brought a curse upon all. Simeon was a bully and a coward.”

Hardinge, Leslie. The Conquerors : Studies in the Characters of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Pacific Press, 1982. p. 31.

“It would seem that the dying words of Jacob were recorded, learned by heart and passed on from generation to generation until they became incorporated into the permanent record of Israel’s history of which Genesis 49 is a crucial part. There is no doubt that this chapter contains a poem which is among the oldest surviving pieces of literature in the whole world. It is quite remarkable and we must handle it with reverence and care.”

Searle, David C. Joseph : “His Arms Were Made Strong.” Banner of Truth Trust, 2012. p. 177.

“Reuben had enjoyed all the advantages of the firstborn, and in him were centred all his father’s hopes and aspirations. But he proved a great disappointment. The expression ‘turbulent as the waters’ suggests instability, indecisiveness and weakness, making him unfit for leadership. He showed this by committing incest with one of his father’s wives (Genesis 35:22). In later history no great leader ever emerged from the tribe of Reuben.”

Williams, Peter. From Eden to Egypt : Exploring the Genesis Themes. DayOne, 2001. p. 54.

Genesis 49 links:

“all live to him!”
“To be gathered to his people”
a legacy of justice and grace
ACST 61- The Advents
building up a spiritual legacy
Excursus- “To Be Gathered”
Jacob- blessing his sons, gathered to his people
last visit to Machpelah
Machpelah and the intermediate state
The consequences of separation

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Maranatha Daily Devotional – Wednesday, January 30, 2019

GENESIS in Jeff’s library

Genesis 48

Genesis 48:1 It happened after this, Joseph was told, “Notice, your father is ill.” So, he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

Genesis 48:2 And it was told to Jacob, “Your son Joseph has come to you.” Then Israel made himself strong and sat up in bed.

Genesis 48:3 And Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,

Genesis 48:4 and said to me, ‘See, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples and will give this land to your seed after you to permanently possess.’

Genesis 48:5 And now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are.

Genesis 48:6 And the children that you fathered after them will be yours. They will be called by the name of their brothers in their inheritance.

Genesis 48:7 As for me, when I came from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”

Genesis 48:8 Then Israel saw Joseph’s sons, and he said, “Who are these?”

Genesis 48:9 Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” And he said, “Bring them to me, please, that I may bless them.”

Genesis 48:10 The eyes of Israel had grown dim with age, so that he could not see well. So, Joseph brought them near him, and he kissed them and embraced them.

Genesis 48:11 And Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face; and see, God has let me see your seed also.”

Genesis 48:12 Then Joseph removed them from his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the ground.

Genesis 48:13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand and stood them near him.

Genesis 48:14 And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands (because Manasseh was the firstborn).

Genesis 48:15 And he blessed Joseph and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,

Genesis 48:16 the agent who has redeemed me from all evil, bless these boys; and in them let my name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a huge number in the midst of the land.”

Genesis 48:17 When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it upset him, and he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.

Genesis 48:18 And Joseph said to his father, “Not like this, my father; since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on his head.”

Genesis 48:19 But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be numerous. But his younger brother will become more numerous than him, and his seed will become a number of nations.”

Genesis 48:20 So he blessed them that day, saying, “Because of you Israel will pronounce blessings, and this is what he said, ‘May God make you like Ephraim and as Manasseh.'” In this way he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

Genesis 48:21 Then Israel said to Joseph, “Notice, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you again to the land of your fathers.

Genesis 48:22 Moreover, I have given to you rather than to your brothers one mountain slope that I personally took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.”

Genesis 48 quotes:

“When you bless another person, you are proclaiming in faith what he or she shall become! The words you are speaking are not just empty sounds falling off of the tip of your tongue. By the power of a faith-filled spoken blessing you can speak life into another person’s future. And when that person is in the coming generation, you also break the chains to your past.”

Früh, Aaron. The Forgotten Blessing: Ancient Words That Heal Generational Wounds. Chosen Books, 2006. p. 116.

“Joseph was displeased when his father laid his right hand on Ephraim’s head. He grasped his fathers hand and attempted to correct the switch. Jacob’s blessing, however, was given under the direction of the Spirit of God. Though nature’s eyes were dim, faith’s vision was sharp. Jacob refused Joseph’s correction and said, “I know it, my son, | know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations’ (Genesis 48:19).”

McQuay, Earl P. Joseph: Seeing God in the Worst of Times. Acćent Books, 1989. p. 119.

“God is a relentless promise keeper. Keep this in mind the next time you come across a promise in the Bible.”

Rhodes, Ron. 40 Days through Genesis. Harvest House, 2015. p. 272.

Genesis 48 links:

fighting the temptations of fatherhood
passing on a spiritual legacy
THE MEN WHO COULD SEE THE FUTURE – jeffersonvann

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Maranatha Daily Devotional – Friday, January 29, 2021
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Monday, January 30, 2023
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Tuesday, January 29, 2019

GENESIS in Jeff’s library

Genesis 47

Genesis 47:1 So Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all that they have, have come from the land of Canaan. Notice, they are now in the land of Goshen.”

Genesis 47:2 And from among his brothers he took five men and presented them to Pharaoh.

Genesis 47:3 Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, “Your slaves are shepherds, as our fathers were.”

Genesis 47:4 They said to Pharaoh, “We have come to stay as guests in the land, because there is no pasture elsewhere for your slaves’ flocks, because the famine is heavy in the land of Canaan. And now, please let your slaves locate in the land of Goshen.”

Genesis 47:5 Then Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, and this is what he said “Your father and your brothers have come to you.

Genesis 47:6 The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land. Let them settle in the land of Goshen, and if you know any competent men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”

Genesis 47:7 Then Joseph brought Jacob his father and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

Genesis 47:8 And Pharaoh asked Jacob, “How many are the days of the years of your life?”

Genesis 47:9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years I have wandered are 130 years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their travel.”

Genesis 47:10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh then went away from the presence of Pharaoh.

Genesis 47:11 Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them property in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

Genesis 47:12 And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s family with food, according to the number of their dependents.

Genesis 47:13 There was no food in all the land, because the famine was very brutal, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away because of the famine.

Genesis 47:14 And Joseph collected all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, in exchange for the grain that they bought. And Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.

Genesis 47:15 And when the money was all finished[1] in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? Because our money is gone.”

Genesis 47:16 And Joseph answered, “Give your living things, and I will give you food in exchange for your living things, if your money is gone.”

Genesis 47:17 So they brought their living things to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses, the flocks, the herds, and the donkeys. He supplied them with food in exchange for all their living things that year.

Genesis 47:18 And when that year was finished, they came to him the following year and said to him, “We will not conceal[2] from my lord that our money is all finished. The herds of living things are my lord’s. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our land.

Genesis 47:19 Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for food, and we with our land will be slaves to Pharaoh. And give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be barren.”

Genesis 47:20 So Joseph purchased all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, because all the Egyptians sold their fields, because the famine was strong on them. The land became Pharaoh’s.

Genesis 47:21 As for the people, he made slaves of them from one end of Egypt to the other.

Genesis 47:22 Only the land of the priests he did not purchase, because the priests had a fixed allowance from Pharaoh and lived on the allowance that Pharaoh gave them; so, they did not sell their land.

Genesis 47:23 Then Joseph said to the people, “Notice, I have this day purchased you and your land for Pharaoh. Now here is seed for you, and you will replant the land.

Genesis 47:24 And at the harvests you will give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be your own, as seed for the field and as food for yourselves and your families, and as food for your little ones.”

Genesis 47:25 And they said, “You have saved our lives;

 “May we find favor in the eyes of our lord; we will be slaves to Pharaoh.”

Genesis 47:26 That was when Joseph made it a decree concerning the land of Egypt, and it stands to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; the land of the priests alone did not become Pharaoh’s.

Genesis 47:27 So Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land called Goshen. And they gained property in it and were fruitful and multiplied greatly.

Genesis 47:28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So, the days of Jacob, the years he lived, were 147 years.

Genesis 47:29 And when the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show covenant faithfulness and firmness with me. Do not bury me in Egypt,

Genesis 47:30 but let me lie with my fathers. Carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial plot.” He answered, “I will do as you have said.”

Genesis 47:31 And he said, “Swear to me”; and he swore to him. Then Israel bowed himself upon the head of his bed.

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[1] תָּמַם = be finished. Genesis 47:15, 18.

[2] כָּחַד = to conceal, make to disappear.

Genesis 47 quotes:

“If we are right in thinking that the Pharaohs of this time were from the occupying Hyksos tribe, theirs would have been a precarious power-base. We have already suggested that a Hyksos Pharaoh would have been more likely than an indigenous Egyptian monarch to promote Joseph, a former slave, to the position of Prime Minister. But this kind of ‘foreign’ dynasty would have been very susceptible to overthrow by a coup d état (as ultimately happened).”

Searle, David C. Joseph : “His Arms Were Made Strong.” Banner of Truth Trust, 2012. p. 154.

“Though a foreigner and a recipient of Pharaoh’s assistance, Jacob stood before the great ruler with dignity. In the consciousness that he was the representative of the Almighty, “Jacob blessed Pharaoh” (Genesis 47:10). Knowing that he held a sublime position in God’s program, he spoke the holy blessing upon Pharaoh.”

McQuay, Earl P. Joseph : Seeing God in the Worst of Times. Acc´ent Books, 1989. p. 101.

“Since the words of Scripture are never incidental, it is of some interest to note that Genesis 47:13-26 contains a rather detailed record of Joseph’s plan for the government of Egypt during one of the worst “depressions” in world history. It is a testimony to the amount of surplus that was available during the prosperous years, as well as the adjustment that was necessary to accommodate the time of famine. That model is a textbook case for governmental management—even as Joseph managed the sale of goods that ultimately transferred the wealth of several countries to the nation of Egypt.”

Morris, Henry M. The Book of Beginnings : A Practical Guide to Understand and Teach Genesis. Institute for Creation Research, 2012. p. 227.

Genesis 47 links:

“To be gathered to his people”
a lasting spiritual legacy
ACST 2 The Promise
Excursus- “To Be Gathered”
Joseph- humility and integrity
Joseph- the legacy of Israel
kachad
Life is…
saving Egypt for Pharaoh
What is Life – Life is…
who we belong to

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Maranatha Daily Devotional – Friday, January 29, 2021
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Monday, January 30, 2023
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Tuesday, January 29, 2019

GENESIS in Jeff’s library