God with Us Genesis 48:12–22 I am about to die, but God will be with you. Genesis 48:21 Jacob is dying. His testimony is that God has been with him all his days. That is a great thing. But as he dies, he looks on Joseph, Ephraim, and Manasseh, who would also soon have their […]

Prospering in Egypt Genesis 46:31–47:12, 27 And they gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly. Genesis 47:27 If you were entrusted with arranging the circumstances under which the people of God could best be “fruitful and multiply,” what circumstances would you provide? Probably you would choose Canaan—a land of some depravity, to

Reunion Genesis 46:28–30 Now let me die, since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive. Genesis 46:30 Nothing makes a good parent’s joy greater than the success, particularly the spiritual success, of a son or daughter. And conversely, nothing makes a parent’s heart break more irreparably than the spiritual shipwreck

Come to Jesus Genesis 45:1–13 Come near to me. Genesis 45:4 Joseph called his brothers when they would have preferred to run from him, and he called effectively. Joseph had told them who he was, and they were terrified. But he commanded them to “come near” to him; and although they must have feared that

The Purge of Self-Confidence Genesis 44:16–34 God has found out the guilt of your servants. Genesis 44:16 It was precisely at this point, when their own self-confidence and selfrighteousness were broken—not a moment before—that Joseph’s brothers were healed. Notice what happened. First, their relationship to God was transformed. Before this they had been running from