“Christ appointed the ministry that we should not be always children, ignorant of those things that we ought to know, that we should not be wavering and inconstant, tossed with […]

As the Book of Genesis concludes, it does so by drawing attention to Joseph’s remarkable affirmation of the good providence of God. And then, like his father before him, Joseph […]

Long before the exodus of God’s people after 400 years of slavery, Jacob made his exodus out of Egypt. Chapter 49 ends with Jacob’s dying words to his sons. He […]

Chapter 49 looks a little different in your Bible; it is the first sustained poem in the Scriptures. Jacob is on his deathbed and will pronounce words of blessing on […]

The record of Jacob’s life takes up substantial space in the Book of Genesis. Yet in the account of the great acts of faith recorded in Hebrews chapter 11, the […]

After their safe passage to Egypt, the people of God continued to live as sojourners in this world. As Waltke observes, the clan was an “embryonic nation united under Jacob’s […]

We want so much for life to be linear. The quickest way from A to B is a straight line. If we have goals we want to achieve them quickly. […]

Having tested his brothers and seeing that they were brought to repentance as evidenced by their moral transformation, Joseph was ready to reveal his true identity. It is not surprising […]

In chapter 44 Joseph puts his brothers through a final test which confirms the genuineness of their repentance and seals Judah as the man fit by God to carry the […]

So far, Joseph has been shown to us as a type of Christ, a living prophesy of the coming Savior who would suffer on behalf of his people and reconcile […]