Join Stephen Armstrong as he concludes Jacob's story and transitions to the final chapters of Genesis. This sermon explores the significant moment of Jacob transferring his inheritance, including the birthright and the seed promise, to his sons. Stephen examines the cultural context of Jacob’s time, emphasizing the importance of age and honor. He delves into the meaning of Jacob’s assessment of his life as “few and unpleasant” years, suggesting that it's a reflection not just of hardship, but also of his own sinful choices. This sermon dives deep into the concept of inheritance, both earthly and spiritual, and how it relates to God's promises and our faith in Christ. It sets the stage for the concluding chapters of Genesis and explores the enduring legacy of the patriarchs.

Genesis 47:27-48:7 (NASB):

47:27 Now Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in Goshen, and they acquired property in it, and were fruitful and became very numerous.
28 Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the length of Jacob’s life was 147 years.
29 When the time for Israel to die drew near, he called his son Joseph, and said to him, “Please, if I have found favor in your sight, place now your hand under my thigh and deal with me in kindness and faithfulness. Please do not bury me in Egypt,
30 but when I lie down with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place.” And he said, “I will do as you have said.”
31 He said, “Swear to me.” So he swore to him. Then Israel bowed in worship at the head of the bed.
48:1 Now it came about after these things that Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is sick.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.
2 When it was told to Jacob, “Behold, your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel collected his strength and sat up in the bed.
3 Then Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,
4 and He said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and numerous, and I will make you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.’
5 Now your two sons who were born to you in the land of Egypt, before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are.
6 But your offspring that you have born after them shall be yours; they shall be called by the names of their brothers in their inheritance.
7 Now as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died, to my sorrow, in the land of Canaan on the journey, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem.”

Notes: https://versebyverseministry.org/lessons/genesis_2011_lesson_48a/file/notes/Genesis_48A.pdf

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In this Father’s Day sermon, Stephen Armstrong continues his study in Genesis 47, focusing on the intriguing political and spiritual dynamics between Jacob and Pharaoh. He discusses Jacob's surprising decision to bless Pharaoh, highlighting the significance of this act as a demonstration of Jacob's recognition of his own shortcomings and his understanding of true spiritual authority. Stephen explores how Jacob’s humility and acknowledgment of his own past sins allowed him to stand before the most powerful man of his time and offer a blessing rooted in God's promises. This episode provides a powerful example of the importance of humility, faith, and recognizing the source of true honor and blessing, challenging listeners to evaluate their own lives and their relationship with God.

Genesis 47:7-19 (NASB):

7 Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and presented him to Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
8 Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many years have you lived?”
9 So Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my sojourning are 130; few and unpleasant have been the years of my life, nor have they attained the years that my fathers lived during the days of their sojourning.”
10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from his presence.
11 So Joseph settled his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had ordered.
12 Joseph provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to their little ones.
13 Now there was no food in all the land, because the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.
14 Joseph gathered all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought, and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.
15 When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food, for why should we die in your presence? For our money is gone.”
16 Then Joseph said, “Give up your livestock, and I will give you food for your livestock since your money is gone.”
17 So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses and the flocks and the herds and the donkeys; and he fed them with food in exchange for all their livestock that year.
18 When that year was ended, they came to him the next year and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord that our money is all spent, and the cattle are my lord’s; there is none left for my lord except our bodies and our lands.
19 Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for food, and we and our land will be slaves to Pharaoh. So give us seed, that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be desolate.”

Notes: https://versebyverseministry.org/lessons/genesis_2011_lesson_47b/file/notes/Genesis_47B.pdf

Web: https://versebyverseministry.org/lessons/genesis_2011_lesson_47b

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD9cxfeIYFGz-z7onAnODHg

Transcript: https://drive.proton.me/urls/78TQP2A1FG#LKTYy2tA6PDc

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In this 104th lesson on Genesis, Stephen Armstrong explores the final stage of Jacob's story as he and his family settle into Egypt. Stephen explains Joseph's plan to keep his family distinct from Egyptian culture and the prophetic picture this creates of Christ and the end times. He discusses the significance of Judah leading the family into Egypt and how this foreshadows Jesus's second coming. Stephen challenges listeners to embrace their mission of being "in the world but not of the world" and to live distinctly by holding to the truth of God's word, influencing the world for Christ while remaining separate from its sin.

Genesis 46:28-47:6 (NASB):

46:28 Now he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to point out the way before him to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
29 Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; and he appeared before him, and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a long time.
30 Then Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”
31 Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me;
32 and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock; and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’
33 When Pharaoh calls you and says, ‘What is your occupation?’ you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ that you may live in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is loathsome to the Egyptians.”
47:1 Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh and said, “My father and my brothers and their flocks and their herds and all they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.”
2 He took five men from among his brothers and presented them to Pharaoh.
3 Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” So they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers.”
4 They said to Pharaoh, “We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now, therefore, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”
5 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.
6 The land of Egypt is at their disposal; settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land, let them live in the land of Goshen; and if you know any capable men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock.”

Notes: https://versebyverseministry.org/lessons/genesis_2011_lesson_47a/file/notes/Genesis_47A.pdf

Web: https://versebyverseministry.org/lessons/genesis_2011_lesson_47a

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD9cxfeIYFGz-z7onAnODHg

Transcript: https://drive.proton.me/urls/78TQP2A1FG#LKTYy2tA6PDc

**Note:** All the episodes this podcast will host are already recorded and available on the website. We are releasing one episode a week to help people follow the study week by week.

The ministry DOES NOT run this Podcast, this is a non-official podcast that we are managing to help Pastor Stephen Armstrong's sermons reach all kinds of audiences.