![]() ![]() Then Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with bread: Though there was a great famine in that entire region, God’s work through Joseph’s wise preparation meant there was bread for Joseph’s family and countless others.ġ. Joseph situated his father and his brothers: The family of Israel looked to Joseph, and Joseph only, as their source of provision and supply.ī. Then Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with bread, according to the number in their families.Ī. ( Genesis 47:11-12) Israel takes the best of the land.Īnd Joseph situated his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. ![]() This means that it was remarkable that he allowed Israel to bestow a blessing on him.Ĥ. They considered Pharaoh the human embodiment of Ra, the sun god. In the Egyptian religion, Pharaoh himself was thought to be a god. So Jacob blessed Pharaoh: Pharaoh acknowledged Jacob was a man of God by accepting his blessing. He recognized that the general character of his life (lived in the flesh) and the length of his life did not compare either to eternity or to the lives of his ancestors.Ĭ. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life: This was not a cynical statement by Jacob. He knew that his real home was somewhere else - heaven.ī. The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years: Jacob explained that he was on a pilgrimage. ![]() Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How old are you?” And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty 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 pilgrimage.” So Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.Ī. Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and set him before Pharaoh and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. ( Genesis 47:7-10) Jacob blesses Pharaoh. If you know any competent men among them: We can assume that at least some of Joseph’s brothers and their families were competent as herdsmen.ģ. He saved Egypt - and much of the world - from terrible famine, and now the whole family of Israel was blessed and received an inheritance because of Joseph.ī. Dwell in the best of the land: This blessing was all because of Joseph. And if you know any competent men among them, then make them chief herdsmen over my livestock.”Ī. Have your father and brothers dwell in the best of the land let them dwell in the land of Goshen. Then Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you. ( Genesis 47:5-6) Pharaoh gives them the best of the land. Yet the family still had to ask permission to dwell in the land of Goshen.Ģ. Please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen: Joseph had remarkably high status in the government of Egypt. Joseph was again with his father and brothers and all their families.ī. My father and my brothers… have come from the land of Canaan: When Joseph spoke those words to Pharaoh, it was the fulfillment of both God’s plan and Joseph’s desire. Now therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”Ī. Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we and also our fathers.” And they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to dwell in the land, because your servants have no pasture for their flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Then Joseph went and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers, their flocks and their herds and all that they possess, have come from the land of Canaan and indeed they are in the land of Goshen.” And he took five men from among his brothers and presented them to Pharaoh. ![]() ( Genesis 47:1-4) The brothers ask for the land of Goshen. Jacob Meets Pharaoh the Family Settles in Egyptġ. ![]()
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