Jan 20, 2022 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Good Morning. And Joseph died, all his brothers, and all that generation. But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them. (Exodus 1:6-7) After Jacob, his twelve sons and...
Jan 19, 2022 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Good Morning. 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.” (Genesis 50:24-25) Then Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel,...
Jan 18, 2022 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Good Morning. Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid, for am I in the place of God? But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.” (Genesis 50:19-20) In saying, “Am I in...
Jan 17, 2022 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Good Morning. When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “Perhaps Joseph will hate us, and may actually repay us for all the evil which we did to him.” (Genesis 50:15-17) Even though Joseph had made provision for them and their families and even...
Jan 16, 2022 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Good Morning. And when Jacob had finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people. (Genesis 49:33) The way the text reads, it sounds as if Jacob passed away from this life almost immediately after...
Jan 15, 2022 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Good Morning. “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.” (Genesis 49:27) Jacob portrays the tribe of Benjamin as a warring tribe in that he “tears his prey” and “divides the spoil.” Indeed, there are...
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