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Saturday, July 27, 2013

Genesis - Joseph’s Death



Genesis 50:22-26(NKJV)

[22] So Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father’s household. And Joseph lived one hundred and ten years.
[23] Joseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation. The children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were also brought up on Joseph’s knees.
[24] And Joseph said to his brethren, “I am dying; but God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land of which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
[25] Then Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”
[26] So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.


Saturday, July 20, 2013

Genesis - Joseph’s Fathers Death



Genesis 50:1-6 (NKJV)

[1] Then Joseph fell on his father’s face, and wept over him, and kissed him.
[2] And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.
[3] Forty days were required for him, for such are the days required for those who are embalmed; and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
[4] Now when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the hearing of Pharaoh, saying,
[5] My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying; in my grave which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.” Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come back.’”
[6] And Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear.”

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Genesis - Joseph’s Rise to Power



Genesis 41:37-46 (NKJV)

[37] So the advice was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants.
[38] And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?”
[39] Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
[40] You shall be over my house, and all my people shall be ruled according to your word; only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”
[41] And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”
[42] Then Pharaoh took his signet ring off his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand; and he clothed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck.
[43] And he had him ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he set him over all the land of Egypt.
[44] Pharaoh also said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no man may lift his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.”
[45] And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath-Paaneah. And he gave him as a wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On. So Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
[46] Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.




















Saturday, July 6, 2013

Genesis - Issac Blesses Jacob Instead of Esau



Genesis 27:11-29 (NKJV)

[11] And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth-skinned man.
[12] Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be a deceiver to him; and I shall bring a curse on myself and not a blessing.”
[13] But his mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for me.” [14] And he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and his mother made savory food, such as his father loved.
[15] Then Rebekah took the choice clothes of her elder son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.
[16] And she put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.
[17] Then she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
[18] So he went to his father and said, “My father.”
And he said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”
[19] Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done just as you told me; please arise, sit and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.”
[20] But Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?”
And he said, “Because the Lord your God brought it to me.”
[21] Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”
[22] So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”
[23] And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.
[24] Then he said, “Are you really my son Esau?”
He said, “I am.”
[25] He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s game, so that my soul may bless you.” So he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.
[26] Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come near now and kiss me, my son.”
[27] And he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him and said:
“Surely, the smell of my son
Is like the smell of a field
Which the Lord has blessed.
[28] Therefore may God give you
Of the dew of heaven,
Of the fatness of the earth,
And plenty of grain and wine.
[29] Let peoples serve you,
And nations bow down to you.
Be master over your brethren,
And let your mother’s sons bow down to you.
Cursed be everyone who curses you,
And blessed be those who bless you!”