The Old Testament begins with the sentence, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” Then it goes on to tell the magnificent story of how God created the entire universe, just by speaking it into place.
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As Jacob and his household journeyed towards Egypt, he sent Judah on ahead to Joseph. The family needed someone to get directions to Goshen and prepare for the grand reunion.
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Israel’s strength continued to fail. Joseph heard that he was becoming dangerously ill. He brought his sons Manasseh and Ephraim to Goshen to see their grandfather. When Jacob learned that Joseph had come, he pulled himself up in his bed with all his strength so he could bless him.
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God’s blessing for the next son was totally different from the ones given to Reuben, Simeon, and Levi. This son was Judah. We will read as he is given broad and wide blessings that would transform the nation of Israel and the world. These remarkable blessings will continue into eternity!
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It is interesting that the book of Genesis started with the creation of the world. God created the entire universe out of nothing by his powerful Word. Now, at the end of Genesis, Jacob is speaking blessings on his sons.
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Jacob blessed each of his sons with words of prophecy about the tribes that would come from each of them to make God’s holy nation. These were words of breathtaking faith. Jacob trusted that God would do what he had promised even though he could not see it. Jacob knew that he was growing old.
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