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[B][COLOR=#ff0000]†. [/COLOR]Gen 47:7b . . and Jacob blessed Pharaoh[/B]

As a rule, the lesser is blessed of the better (Heb 7:7). However, it's possible for the better to be blessed by the lesser too. (e.g. Ps 16:7, Ps 26:12, Ps 34:1, et al). It all depends on the nature of the blessing. There's nothing a man can do to improve God's lot in life, but there's certainly a lot God can do to improve a man's lot in life; however, either can say nice things about the ...

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[B][COLOR=#ff0000]†.[/COLOR] Gen 47:1-2 . .Then Joseph came and reported to Pharaoh, saying: My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all that is theirs, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in the region of Goshen. And selecting five of his brothers, he presented them to Pharaoh.[/B]

Aren't you curious which five of the eleven brothers Joseph selected; and what guided his decision?

When Christ went up on a mountain to ...

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[B][COLOR=#ff0000]†.[/COLOR] Gen 46:1 . . So Israel set out with all that was his, and he came to Beer-sheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. [/B]

I would imagine that Jacob was a bit uncertain as to whether or not he should leave the promised land and go to Egypt, even though his granddad had migrated for that exact same reason back in chapter 12.

Jacob was promised a multitude of offspring who were supposed to inherit ...

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[B][COLOR=#ff0000]†.[/COLOR] Gen 45:14-15 . .Then he threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin embraced him, weeping. And he kissed all his brothers and wept over them. Afterward his brothers talked with him.[/B]

I seriously think the ten brothers were so consternated to the point of paralyzing terror as to be rendered utterly mute until Joseph adequately allayed their fears, and proved his good will towards them with all his blubbering ...

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[B][COLOR=#ff0000]†. [/COLOR]Gen 45:4a . .Then Joseph said to his brothers: Come close to me.[/B]

You can just safely bet they had reflexively shrunk back from him as far as the boundaries of the room would permit.

[B][COLOR=#ff0000]†. [/COLOR]Gen 45:4b-7 . .When they had done so, he said: I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! And now, do not be distressed and do not be disappointed in yourselves for selling me here, because it ...