Jesus' words in John 4:19-24 help us understand what worship is, how God creates worshipers, and why worship is such a priority.

This last section of Genesis encourages us with Jacob's confidence in eternal life, God's faithfulness to his promises, and God's sovereignty over all our trials.

Jacob's final words to his sons highlight God's astonishing forgiveness of Judah, and his encouraging faithfulness to bless Joseph.

In Genesis 48 Jacob's last words reminds Joseph of God's promise of global, eternal, and personal salvation, and strengthens Joseph's faith in these promises.

In this passage we see how God causes Israel to be blessed during the famine in Egypt and how Jacob's' ultimate hope is in the promises of God.

In this passage, we see the people of Israel exercise faith and God assure them of His promise as they move into Egypt and are given instructions of what to say to Pharaoh in order to help them settle into the land of Goshen.

In this passage, we see what it was that helped Joseph forgive and reconcile with his brothers.

In this passage we see that God is not done with Joseph's brothers as Joseph gives them one final and precise test to bring them to repentance.

In this passage, as Joseph's brothers return home from Egypt, we see how Jacob has weakened in faith, and how the brothers are growing in faith, which shows us the dangers of spiritual complacency, and the power of Jesus to change us.

When Joseph finally meets the brothers who sold him into slavery, his words and actions are puzzling. Why does he act like he doesn't know them? Why does he accuse them? The answers shows us the importance of being convicted of our sin, and the unstoppable promise of God's salvation through Jesus.