“They said morever unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”-Genesis 47:4 Genesis Chapter 47 is a treasure trove of spiritual principles […]
47-1: Why did Joseph only present five of his brothers to Pharaoh?
Today we begin Genesis Chapter 47. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James Version, click here. “He took five of his brothers and presented them to Pharaoh.” -Genesis 47:2 At the close of the last chapter, we witnessed Joseph reunite with his father Jacob after 22 years in a scene that […]
46-5: In the Bible, the number 70 symbolizes fullness and totality
“The sons of Joseph, born to him in Egypt, were two in number. Thus all the people in Jacob’s family who entered Egypt numbered seventy.“-Genesis 46:27 There is something important you need to know about numbers in Hebrew literature. In the Bible, numbers can be both precise and symbolic. For example, we are told in […]
46-4: Understanding the method behind the Biblical genealogy madness!
Let’s face it. Whenever we come to the genealogy portions in our Bibles, we tend to do one of the following. Skip over the whole darn thing. Quickly gloss over them like we do with the fine print on a credit card application. Or read them as a substitute for sleeping pills. However, we shouldn’t […]
46-3: The genealogy in Genesis 46 was added in at a much later time
What I’m about to share in this post may disturb some who hold to a literal understanding of the doctrine of Biblical inerrancy. “Biblical inerrancy” is the idea that since the Scriptures were inspired by God, every word in the Bible must be completely free from error or untruths. I think some of us have […]
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