Jacob “Blesses” His Sons
After our brief interlude to celebrate Independence Day, we return to the story of Jacob in Genesis 49:1-20. As we pick up the story, he has come to Egypt with his large family to see Joseph before he dies. God has visited Jacob to reassure him that He will be with him in Egypt and keep His promise to bless the nations of the world through him. Jacob lived in Egypt for seventeen years, and at one hundred and forty-seven, told Joseph to return his remains and bury him in […]