Genesis: The Beginning
Blessing the Sons 2-10-16
Genesis 48, 49, 50
In our reading yesterday, Israel (Jacob) and Joseph are reunited and the family is set up—compliments of Pharaoh—for a new life beginning in Goshen. They will be taken care of during the next five years of famine, because of the goodness of God to send Joseph to Egypt years earlier as an instrument of salvation. Today, Israel is going to bless all the sons before he returns home to God.