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Read Genesis 46:1-4

Themes for Genesis 46:1-4

1. Israel is taking his journey

1. Leaving the land of Canaan

2. Leaving with all that he has (1)

3. Stops at Beersheba to offer sacrifices to God (a place familiar to him)

2. God speaks to Jacob in a visions of the night

1. More than one(?)

2. Not a dream but a vision

3. God called him twice (pay attention) only good response is here I am (I am available)

3. What God says in the vision

1. Identifies Himself - I am the God of your father Isaac

2. Offers Comfort - Do not be Afraid to go down to Egypt

3. Reminds of Promise - I will make you a great nation

4. Instills Confidence - I myself will go down with you to Egypt

5. Provides a Future - I will also bring you up again (go down to Egypt, go up out of Egypt)

6. Provides Relief - Joseph’s hand will close your eyes - that day that you did not think was coming, thought your favorite son had perished, but he will be by your side until the end of your days

Read Genesis 46:5-7

Themes for Genesis 46:5-7

1. They leave Beersheba

2. We are told like three times that everything came with them from Canaan

1. Sons of Israel carried, in the wagons that Jacob sent 

1. Jacob

2. Their Little Ones

3. Their Wives

4. Their Livestock

5. Their Goods

2. Narrator provides a note that these were all things they gained in Canaan

3. They came to Egypt

1. Jacob

2. All his offspring with him

1. His sons

2. His son’s sons

3. His daughters

4. His son’s daughters

4. All his offspring he brought with him to Egypt

Read Genesis 46:8-15

Themes for Genesis 46:8-15

1. Sons and Daughter of Leah - 33 persons

1. Reuben Jacob’s First born

1. Hanoch

2. Pallu

3. Herzon

4. Carmi

2. Simeon

1. Jemuel

2. Jamin

3. Ohad

4. Jachin

5. Zohar

6. Shaul (son of a Canaanite woman)

3. Levi

1. Gershon

2. Kohath

3. Merari

4. Judah

1. Er (died in Canaan)

2. Onan (died in Canaan)

3. Shelah

4. Perez

1. Herzon

2. Hamul

5. Zerah

5. Issachar

1. Tola

2. Puvah

3. Yob

4. Shimron

6. Zebulon

1. Sered

2. Elon

3. Jahleel

7. The lone daughter mentioned

1. Dinah (King Shechem)

2. Sons of Zilpah (Laban gave to his daughter Leah) - 16 persons

1. Gad

1. Ziphion

2. Haggi

3. Shuni

4. Ezbon

5. Eri

6. Arodi

7. Areli

2. Asher

1. Imnah

2. Ishvah

3. Ishvi

4. Beriah

1. Heber

2. Malchiel

5. Serah (their sister) 

3. Sons of Rachel - 14 persons

1. Joseph

1. Manasseh

2. Ephraim

2. Benjamin

1. Bela

2. Becher

3. Ashbel

4. Gera

5. Naaman

6. Ehi

7. Rosh

8. Muppim

9. Huppim

10. Ard

4. Sons of Bilhah (Laban gave to Rachel his daughter) - 7 persons

1. Dan

1. Hushim

2. Napthali

1. Jahzeel

2. Guni

3. Jezer

4. Shillem

Read Genesis 46:26-27

Themes for Genesis 46:26-27

1. Is the math mathin’ 

1. 66 people total who came into Egypt (minus Joseph and his family and not including the son’s wives)

2. All the persons who came into Egypt were 70

Read Genesis 46:28-34

Themes for Genesis 46:28-34

1. Judah still in the lead - sent ahead to  Goshen

2. Joseph met them there - came through with the fresh whip

3. Joseph finally gets to see his father

1. Falls on his neck

2. Weeps on his neck for some time

4. Superpower engaged - Joseph starts planning

1. Planning/thinking ahead

2. Telling them what to say (notice that everyone has really been saying what Joseph tells them, or what Joseph tells them to say)

3. Knows the Egyptian culture

4. Knows his people are those who deal with livestock

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