A Daily Genesis

[FONT=Verdana]Exploring the Bible[/FONT]

  1. Genesis 48:8-14

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    [B][COLOR=#ff0000]†. [/COLOR]Gen 48:8a . .When Israel[/B]

    At this point, Genesis switches from Jacob's earthly name to his God-given name; viz: his spiritual name; probably because the first portion of the interview was personal business while the second half will be conducted in Jacob's official capacity as a prophet.

    The Hebrew word for "prophet" is [I]nabiy' [/I](naw-bee') which just means an inspired man. Abel was a prophet (Luke 11:50-51) ...
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  2. Genesis 48:5-7

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    [B][COLOR=#ff0000]†.[/COLOR] Gen 48:5-6 . . Now, your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, shall be mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine no less than Reuben and Simeon. Progeny born to you after them shall be yours; but they shall be recorded under the names of their brothers in their inheritance.[/B]

    Jacob adopted his own two grandsons Manasseh and Ephraim; thus instating them positionally equal to his twelve ...
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  3. Genesis 48:1-4

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    [B][COLOR=#ff0000]†.[/COLOR] Gen 48:1a . . Some time afterward, Joseph was told "Your father is ill"[/B]

    The Hebrew word for "ill" is [I]chalah[/I] (khaw-law') and can mean not only sick, but also weak (Judg 16:17) sad (1Sam 22:8) suppliant (1Kgs 13:6) injured (1Kgs 22:34) in pain (Jer 4:31) drunk (Hos 7:5) and evil: as disaster or misfortune. (Ecc 5:13)

    [B][COLOR=#ff0000]†.[/COLOR] Gen 48:1b . . So he took with him his two ...
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  4. Genesis 47:30b-31

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    [/COLOR][B][COLOR=#ff0000]†.[/COLOR] Gen 47: 30b-31a . . He replied: I will do as you have spoken. And he said: Swear to me. And he swore to him.[/B]

    Some Bible students construe Jesus' words at Matt 5:33-37 to mean that taking an oath is a sin. But that's not what he said at all. What he really said in that passage is that taking an oath sets you up for a fall because human beings cannot guarantee that unforeseen circumstances won't prevent them ...
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  5. Genesis 47:27-30a

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    [B][COLOR=#ff0000]†.[/COLOR] Gen 47:27-28 . . Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and were fruitful and increased greatly in number. Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, and the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.[/B]

    Jacob immigrated to Egypt when he was 130 (Gen 47:9) so he spent as many years with Joseph at the last as he had at the first-- seventeen (cf. Gen 37:2). At this point, the famine ...
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