Okay, we’ve now entered the final stretch of the Book of the Genesis. Today we begin Chapter 50. To read the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James Version, click here. “Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept over him and kissed him. Then Joseph ordered the physicians in his service to embalm […]
49-15: Many Biblical expressions are based on beliefs connected to ancestor worship
“When Jacob had finished charging his sons, he drew his legs up into the bed, breathed his last and was gathered to his people.“ -Genesis 49:33 We have now finished going over each of the blessings that Jacob pronounced over his sons. Before he breathed his last, Jacob charged his sons that they were to […]
49-14: How the tribe of Benjamin is responsible for the Gospel reaching all the ends of the earth
“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey, in the evening still dividing the spoil.” -Genesis 49:27 We’ve now finally arrived at the last and youngest son Benjamin. As with some of the other sons, Benjamin’s blessing is very short, just one verse actually. When doing my research on the history of […]
49-13: How Joseph’s fruitfulness through Ephraim impacted the gentile world
“The blessings of your father are more powerful than the blessings of my parents, extending to the farthest of the everlasting hills; they will be on the head of Yosef, on the brow of the prince among his brothers.” Genesis 49:26 So in my last post I talked about how the main theme of the […]
49-12: How to have a life of great fruitfulness like Joseph did
“Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob.” […]
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