December 4, 2020
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Reading along with us in Genesis? Here’s today’s reading:
Genesis 47 (NIV)
1 Joseph went and told Pharaoh, “My father and brothers, with their flocks and herds and everything they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.” 2 He chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh..........Continue Reading
Its amazing how through God Joseph was able to make Pharaoh and Egypt wealthy far beyond anything they could have imagined during a 7 year famine. Joseph’s faithfulness led to great wealth, land, and reunification with his family. God provides when we trust!
Jacob and some of his sons interact with Pharaoh, the most powerful person in the land, and yet they have favored status because of Joseph and what God has established through him. You talk about blessed by association!
And it is incredible to see what people will do to preserve their life. If to get necessary food I need to sell everything and enslave myself, that works, because if I am not able to eat and live, what does it matter anyways? How comforting to know that God cares about our daily bread as reflected in Jesus’ instructions to pray. But Pharaoh ends up incredibly wealthy and all because of Joseph’s wisdom and good business sense. How fitting for us to bless our employers as well.
Genesis 47
Genesis 46
Genesis 47
Genesis 47
Genesis 47
Jacob blesses Pharoah.
Joseph distributes the saved grain and builds Pharoah’s wealth while providing for Joseph’s own extended family.
The nation of Israel grows.
Jacob makes Joseph promise to bury him with his fathers.
25“You have saved our lives,” they said. “May we find favor in the eyes of our lord; we will be in bondage to Pharaoh.”
26So Joseph established it as a law concerning land in Egypt—still in force today—that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. It was only the land of the priests that did not become Pharaoh’s.
27Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and were fruitful and increased greatly in number.
28Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, and the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.