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Lesson 12 · December 17, 1898

Israel in Egypt

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I. The Journey:

  1. 1.At Beer-sheba. (a) Offering sacrifices. . (b) Jacob's vision. . 2. From Beer-sheba to Egypt. . Number of souls. Verses 26, 27.

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II. Settlement:

1. At Goshen. . 2. Meeting with Joseph. . 3. Joseph's instruction to his father and brethren. Why? . 4. Meeting with Pharaoh. (a) Of Joseph's brethren. . (b) Of Israel. Verses 7-10. See note. 5. Dwelling (a) In Goshen, or Land of Rameses. Verse 11. (b) In prosperity. Verses 12, 27.

III. Jacob's Last Sickness:

1. Jacob's age. . 2. Joseph's first visit. His oath. . 3. Joseph's second visit. - (a) Manasseh and Ephraim. . - (b) Jacob informed. Verse 2. - (c) Jacob recalls the promise. Verses 3, 4. - (d) Joseph's double portion. Verses 5, 6. - (e) Jacob refers to Rachel's death. Verse 7. - (f) Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasseh. (a) Introduction. Verses 8-11. (b) The presentation. Verses 12-14. (c) In whose name? Verses 15, 16. (d) The contention. Verses 17-19. (e) Ephraim placed first. Verses 19, 20. (f) Divine assurance of faith. Verse 21. (g) Joseph's special portion. Verse 22.

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reveals the superiority of the shepherd patriarch over the Egyptian king; for "without contradiction the less is blessed of the better." The only true greatness is goodness.

Additional Study

  1. 1.Show that Abraham and his seed sojourned in Canaan 215 years, and in Egypt 215 years. See .
  2. 2.How did the lives of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and the children of Israel, illustrate the truth of the expression, "Man's necessity is God's opportunity"?
  3. 3.(a) How do you know who was the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? Is he your God? (b) Will He deal with and do for us as He dealt with and did for them? The lives of what distinguished persons in the book of Genesis were types of Christ? In what particulars?
  4. 4.How much of the land of Canaan did Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, or Joseph and his brethren occupy as their own? What do we inherit through the first birth? What through the second? See also ; ; .
  5. 5.Look up the following names: Goshen, Rameses, Zoan.
  6. 6.Joseph bought the cattle, the lands, and the Egyptians themselves, with corn, for Pharaoh, and thus saved their lives. . Who bought us and all that we possess? With what? ; ; .
  7. 7.Draw a parallel between the life of Joseph and the life of Christ.
  8. 8.How does this chapter illustrate that in prosperity we forget adversity? ; .
  9. 9.What beasts of burden were used in Egypt, in Canaan, in Mesopotamia, in the times of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? What other animals are mentioned in connection with their lives?

Bible texts in this lesson

Genesis 46:1-7 · Genesis 46:26-34 · Genesis 47:1-12 · Genesis 47:27-31 · Genesis 48:1-22 · Genesis 48:1 · Genesis 48:2-4 · Genesis 48:5-7 · Genesis 46:28 · Genesis 46:29 · Genesis 46:30 · Genesis 46:31-34 · Genesis 47:1-6 · Genesis 46:29-31 · Genesis 47:7-10 · Exodus 12:40 · Exodus 12:41 · Genesis 47:9 · Acts 7:5 · Genesis 49:29 · Genesis 50:25 · Genesis 47:17 · Genesis 47:19 · John 6:51 · Galatians 2:20 · Titus 2:14 · Isaiah 65:17 · Revelation 21:4

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