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 Father, as we approach the rest of the story this morning of the life of Joseph, I'm reminded

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! I'm reminded at least of the significance of enduring well, finishing well, of going

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! That as we consider a life, it's not necessarily how a life begins, but how a life ends that

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 matters. So as we look at the life of Joseph and we see this life of enduring faithfulness,

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 consistency, a life of integrity, I pray that we will be inspired and challenged to be that

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 kind of person through this Christian life that you have so blessed us to live in representing

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 our Savior. So Lord, I pray that you would guide our conversation, guide our time in your word as we

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 have much ground to cover in finishing this story, and I pray that you would be magnified,

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 that the story of God would continue to rise out of the story of Joseph, this enabling strength that

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 you gave him, this ability to be useful. And God, that's what we desire for ourselves. We want to be

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 people of potency, people of impact, people of legacy. So we pray that you would do that for us,

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 and that your Spirit would live and abide within us, helping us to walk in strength, and helping us

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 walk with integrity and with honor, so that the name of Christ, the name of God might be glorified.

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 So again, go before us in our time, in the word, we pray in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Now, if I were to ask you the question, how many of you know the name Chuck Templeton?

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 How many of you would say, oh yeah, I know Chuck Templeton? Of course, Chuck Templeton.

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 But if I were to ask you the question, how many of you know the name Billy Graham?

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 Every head in this room would nod. Do you realize that in 1945, two men began in ministry?

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 Billy Graham and Chuck Templeton. And do you realize that as they began in ministry, the one who was

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 considered the most accomplished, the most fit, the most destined for success in life was not Billy,

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 but it was Chuck. Chuck had this flamboyant, charismatic, just preach the gospel kind of way about

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 him. And as a result of it, many predicted that Templeton, and not Graham, would become the biggest

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 evangelical preacher in history. Well, Templeton was dynamic. Within six months of beginning his ministry

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 and planning his first church, his church had reached 1,200 people. Incredible for the time.

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 This mega church that he was beginning to form. Chuck Templeton, it was said, was the most versatile

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 of all of our preachers. Dr. Torrey Johnson of Youth for Christ, that's what he said about Chuck Templeton.

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 And the reports of newscasters in the area says, his brand of new church, excuse me, where was this?

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 It says, Chuck was the most brilliant, able man I've known. A true intellectual. He could do anything.

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 He was a genius, I think. That's what was said about Chuck. And then through a series of events,

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 circumstances that struck his life, a church that was destroyed in a fire, wrestling with doubt as he was

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 going to school and just struggling with the deity of Christ and really pertinent things like, what does

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 the Bible say about creation and how does that reconcile itself with science of today? He suffered

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 chest pains at age 35, which left him short of breath and tightness in his chest. Meanwhile, his ministry

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 continued to flourish. Stories about him were written. It says,

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 I have seen the man who's given religion a brand new look, says one newscaster. He's winning converts at

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 an average of 150 a night. He is booked two years ahead and observers have closely followed his

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 progress, say that Templeton has not yet begun to hit his stride. But as Templeton read these articles,

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 he debated with himself whether or not he should quit the ministry. Doubt began to overwhelm him.

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 So that at the end of his life, he actually dropped out of ministry, became an agnostic,

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 and wrote a book. See if I can find the title of that book. Farewell to God. Farewell to God.

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 So that today we'd have no idea about Chuck Templeton except for this legacy of failure.

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 You see, it's not how you begin your life that people will talk about. It's how you end your life

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 that people will talk about. It's not the moments of real fitness and moments of great working for God

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 that will really make a difference. It's the enduring legacy. It's the end of the story that people will

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 remember the most. When we think about the thief on the cross, what comes to mind when we think about

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 that story? We think about a man who was changed, right? A man who in his final moments said,

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 remember me in paradise. And for all of the moments leading up to the last few hours of his life

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 that we're a train wreck, that we're a mess. And what we remember about his life is the last couple

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 of hours. So that's what makes, I think, this story of Joseph the most impressive to me.

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 As you read, it doesn't sound, it sounds almost anticlimactic in many ways. But as we read this

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 story, I want us to understand that there is a life of consistency, a life of endurance, a life of

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 faithfulness. And as we read maybe some mundane things about the end of his life, it will continue to

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 demonstrate integrity and consistency to the end. And that is inspiring. That should be a challenge to us

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 as we consider what does it take to be a person of God, a person who is potent and impactful in life,

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 a person who has an enduring legacy. What does that look like? I think what we're going to find is that

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 it's not just about the moments of greatness, perhaps, that we'll have in life. It's about the

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 consistent, faithful, enduring steps that you do, maybe even in quietness, maybe even, even undercover

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 in, in the private realms that God has, has placed you, whether it's in a home or, or in a workplace

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 where there's not a whole lot of notoriety. That's where it's going to matter. It's going to matter as

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 there is consistency in your life. Here we find at the end of Joseph's life, the same qualities that we've

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 revered and upheld and have been distinctive throughout the test of time. That's what makes

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 him a man worth modeling your life after. In many ways, he's a symbol or a type of Christ who will come.

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 The greatest example of all time, Joseph emulates himself after, after Christ in many ways.

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 So I want to look at some qualities that, that, that we'll see here, even at the end of his life,

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 that continue to, to give us pause and, and encouragement as we consider what, what this man

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 was like. So, um, we've got a lot of chapters to cover. We're not going to be able to dig in,

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 uh, to any great depth, but, but I want to just bring these to the surface and then hopefully we'll

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 have time at the end to, to really discuss them and talk about them and kind of bring it home, bring this,

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 this, this home to our own experience in our own lives. Uh, so chapter 47, uh, remember, uh, this

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 narrative, uh, now Jacob's family have come to, to Egypt and they've been settled in the land of

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 Goshen. Uh, Joseph has introduced his brothers, at least five of them to, to Pharaoh and his father

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 to Pharaoh and, uh, and now they're, they're settled in Goshen. Now it's towards the end of his life and we

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 pick up the story in chapter 47 verses 27 and 28. Let me read this for us. It says,

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 thus Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they gained possession in it

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 and were fruitful and multiplied greatly. And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt 17 years. So the days of

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 Jacob, the years of his life were 147. Now, now in these two verses, there is so much that we could

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 unpack. We, we could spend our entire time in these two verses. We just don't have the, the, the luxury of

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 that. Um, but if you were to, to use one word to describe what you've just read, what, what would you,

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 what, what one word would you use to kind of describe the situation of, of this family, uh, Jacob's

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 family in Egypt? How would you describe it? Settled. That's a good word. Prospered, blessed. You bet.

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 Those are good words. Other words you might use. Thriving. That's, that's right. That's a great word.

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 I think I have all of those written down here. This multiplication that's taking place. There is,

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 there is this thriving and, and blessing and prosperity that's happening for them.

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 Isn't it unusual in a sense that this is taking place in a foreign land? And, and yet almost, uh, in, in, in,

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 one sense there, there is this haven that, that has been afforded to them because of, because of

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 Joseph's direct influence. There are two words here that describe kind of their residency in the land.

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 What, what, what, what two words does it use to kind of describe their, their occupation of the land?

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 Okay. Um, that, that describes, uh, the product that they were fruitful, they multiplied, but, but I was,

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 I was referring directly to the fact that they, they settled in the land, okay? And they had possession

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 of the land. Isn't that interesting? Here they are away from home, and yet it's kind of like this home

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 away from home, away from home, and there was this, this, this true sense in which, which, which God

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 was setting them aside and, and helping them to, to enjoy, um, kind of the, the blessing of being

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 nurtured by God in this foreign land.

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 But they never were settled in peace. They never were able to take possession there. So this is the first time

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 that Abraham promised that he'd really been able to.

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 That's a good point. That's a good point. Because leading up to this point, Abraham and Isaac and

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 Jacob, they were very nomadic and moving from place to place. And, and even as you look in the, in the

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 book of Hebrews chapter 11, you kind of see that, that Abraham, he was looking forward to that future

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 permanent dwelling because his, his, his, uh, occupation in Canaan was so varied and, and, and not quite

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 established. And yet here, in this foreign land, God blesses his people through the catalyst of

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 Joseph to actually be able to settle down. God's ability to provide blessing even in a, even in a place

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 that was not the full intended place for them. Now what's the significance of them kind of being

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 in Goshen and, and having possession of this land within an empire? Why, why would that be

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 significant for the people specifically? Any thoughts?

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 That's great. There's a sense of autonomy. And what does autonomy do for a people?

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 What's that? It brings them together. It helps them maintain their, their family relationships.

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 That's for sure. What else? Okay. It, it, it helps provide, uh, protection from outsiders. Here they are

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 kind of this, in this bubbled environment within a powerful empire. So there's protection. That's good.

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 That's good. So there, there's a sense of, of, of unity and being able to, to really kind of

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 look introspectively and, and look out for the welfare of one another without, uh, this outside,

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 influence, pressuring them to kind of filter in and become part of the, uh, society. That's good.

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 What else would that do for them? Think, what's that? Gave them hope. In what way?

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 That's good. The pressure is really off in a lot of, in a lot of respects, isn't it? They, they don't have

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 to worry about protection. They don't have to worry about provision. They don't have to worry about the,

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 the future legacy of their people because they have a land that's kind of been reserved for them.

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 And by the way, remember what God did leading up to this point. The Egyptians don't own any property

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 anymore. It, it, it belongs to the people in charge. Okay. That they, they sold everything

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 up to the empire. They don't own property. They don't own money. They don't own livestock. There,

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 there's nothing to, to, to give them the, the, the scope of, of looking outward because they're,

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 they're beneficiaries really of, of the benevolence of the empire. Okay. God did that to help preserve a

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 nation. How about future legacy? How about ethnicity?

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 ethnicity. Is that a, is that a factor here?

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 Okay. Sense of nationalism, you bet. And, and, and don't you think that, that kind of being

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 autonomous and, and having your own, own little area, being kind of isolated in, in, in a sense,

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 helps you maintain your ethnicity in terms of being Hebrews to the end?

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 How about in relationship to, what do we know about the religion of, of Egypt?

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 Was it serving the one true God? No. So helping to preserve this nation religiously.

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 God had all of these things in, in mind. All of the details were, were worked out and, and here they

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 are enjoying health and vitality and babies, production, long life. I think, I find it significant

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 here, that God gives Jacob 17 more years. 17 more years. It's almost like a replay of the first 17 years.

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 An opportunity to, to kind of relive and, and re-experience, rekindle that relationship that had been

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 missed for so long. And that Jacob, what do we know about his health when he first came to Egypt?

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 He thought he was over, right? I mean, it's like, I, I, I sure hope he makes the trip kind of thing, right?

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 And here he is, 130. He's rolling into Egypt. And then 17 more years. 17 more years that God gives

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 as another lavish blessing for this family. To, to help, help the reader and to help the people

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 understand, listen, I've got my mark on you as a people. I, I am with you even in this place.

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 And as you mentioned, as Sarah mentioned, God had promised that he would bless and multiply this

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 people. And now we're beginning to see the, the real beginnings of that taking place. With Abraham

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 only really having one heir in Isaac. Isaac having two sons, but, but one who was the heir. And, and

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 then now Jacob having 12 sons. And now this explosion of people. 70 that come. And by this point,

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 we're, we're, we're, we're certainly up over a hundred. It's the, the multiplication of, of, of this

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 people in, um, in experiencing God's, God's blessing on their life here in this, this place. And God had

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 used Joseph. And he kind of confirmed those dreams that Joseph had younger in life. And here they are

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 kind of culminating together. We see God working out his plan in them. So,

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 Joseph had fulfilled some promises that he had made to his family. And so that leads us into this

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 next part. And not only being a man of his word in the past, but, but, but now Jacob comes to his son

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 and, and, and he's saying, based upon your past faithfulness, I'm going to ask you for something

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 for the future. We come to verses 29 and 31. It says this, and when the time drew near that Israel

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 must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, if now I have found favor in your sight,

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 put your hand under my thigh and promise to deal kindly and truly with me. Do not bury me in Egypt,

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 but let me lie with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burying place.

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 He answered, I will do as you have said. And he said, swear to me. And he swore to him,

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 then Israel bound himself upon the head of his bed.

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 See a couple of things here. I just want to, after verse 29, let me just read, read a snippet

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 of this again. At the very end of this verse, if you have found, if I have found favor in your sight,

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 put your hand under my thigh and do not bury me in Egypt. I just want to pause there for a moment.

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 What do you see? What are some of your observations about the dynamic now between father and son?

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 Isn't that interesting? Isn't that interesting? Father Jacob is approaching son, if I have found favor

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 in your sight. Now, what does that, what does that demonstrate? What do you see with that?

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 There's some humility there, for sure. What else?

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 I think so. There's kind of this role reversal that's taking place, isn't there?

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 Where Joseph begins to now assume the, in some sense, the patriarchal duties,

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 the leadership responsibilities of the family.

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 And now we begin to see, I think, the culmination of what Joseph had envisioned so many years

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 before when he was 17. God was bringing it to focus. And if it didn't happen before, it clearly

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 happens here. Where now all that God had promised to Joseph is becoming a reality.

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 Now, his dad makes a request in verses 29 and 30. He says, let me die, lie with my fathers. And

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 Joseph says, I will do as you have said. Now, give me some thoughts. What does this say about

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 Joseph's character when he says, I will do as you have said? We've noticed a lot of things about

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 Joseph's life leading up to this point. How does this continue to confirm some of those observations

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 that we've made of Joseph's life? I will do as you have said.

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 Okay? That's right. He's still serving his dad. He's still honoring and revering his father.

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 That's remarkable. What else?

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 That's good. So, elaborate on that for me a little bit.

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 That's good. That's good. Now, let's think about the complexities of that request.

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 What does this mean for him as a leader of Egypt? Bob?

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 That's right. He was still number two in Egypt, right? So, he couldn't necessarily make this

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 unilateral decision that he was going to do this. He needed to check with Pharaoh, and

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 we'll find that in the next chapter here. Okay? So, it's good. What else?

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 What else?

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 What else?

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 What else?

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 That's good. That's good. That's good. And, go ahead.

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 Sure. Sure. That's good.

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 That's great. That's great. So, recognizing that they're, even though they're in Goshen and in Egypt,

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 they don't belong there. That's not their home. And a willingness for Joseph to recognize that and to

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 reinforce that in his father and his family. Because this would be an enduring testimony for his family.

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 We're going to send you back to the land of Canaan, bury you in the burial place of your fathers,

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 because we want to maintain our connection there. We don't want to forget about where our true identity lies.

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 That's good. How about the trip itself?

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 How about the length of that trip? The time away from his responsibilities? I think there's a lot of things involved with this.

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 And yet, Joseph is willing to make this commitment to his father.

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 Now, in verse 31, at the very end of this, it says,

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 Then Israel bowed himself upon the head of his bed.

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 Now, there's a couple of words there that pose some translational issues.

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 The first is the word worship, or bow.

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 And the second is the word bed, or staff.

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 Some of your translations may have,

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 He bowed himself on his staff.

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 How many have that?

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 Others of you have,

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 He worshipped at the foot of his bed, or at the head of his bed.

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:21.719
 What is going on here?

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:25.339
 Well, I think Hebrews 11, verse 21,

00:25:25.659 --> 00:25:26.740
 gives us some help.

00:25:27.679 --> 00:25:29.459
 In Hebrews 11, verse 21, it says,

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:30.579
 By faith Jacob,

00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:31.519
 you can just listen,

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:33.799
 or write it down, whatever you want to do.

00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:36.039
 By faith Jacob, when he was dying,

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:39.140
 blessed each of the sons of Joseph,

00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:40.360
 and worshipped,

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:43.420
 leaning on the top of his staff.

00:25:44.340 --> 00:25:46.500
 Now, here's where we really begin to see

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:49.079
 the fulfillment of the promise

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:50.840
 that God had given to Joseph

00:25:50.840 --> 00:25:52.579
 years before in that dream.

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:55.980
 But now we begin to understand,

00:25:56.120 --> 00:25:58.519
 really, what the full meaning of that was.

00:25:59.460 --> 00:26:04.039
 When Joseph was 17,

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:09.279
 and he sees his dad as one of those stars

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.840
 bowing down to him,

00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:13.420
 what do you suppose, as a 17-year-old,

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:17.220
 he was assuming about that turn of events

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:18.220
 that he saw in his mind?

00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:20.340
 Dad's bowing down to me.

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:22.460
 What does a 17-year-old normally think?

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:25.039
 I'm the great one.

00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:26.620
 Here we go.

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:29.600
 My family is going to bow down to me.

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:32.640
 But after the course of a life,

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:35.600
 and here we are at the end of Jacob's life,

00:26:36.600 --> 00:26:39.220
 how might things change

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:41.340
 in Joseph's perspective

00:26:41.340 --> 00:26:43.100
 of what that really means now?

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:46.719
 That's right.

00:26:47.679 --> 00:26:48.679
 God is the one

00:26:48.679 --> 00:26:50.079
 who deserves the worship.

00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:51.740
 And Dad may be

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:53.379
 bowing my direction,

00:26:54.119 --> 00:26:55.059
 but he's bowing

00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:56.240
 understanding

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:57.559
 that it was God

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:58.679
 who worked this through.

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.659
 It was God

00:26:59.659 --> 00:27:00.599
 who made this happen.

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.779
 And Joseph has been

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:03.259
 very clear throughout his life

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:04.859
 who is really responsible

00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:06.419
 for all the events

00:27:06.419 --> 00:27:07.159
 that have taken place

00:27:07.159 --> 00:27:07.740
 up to this point.

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:09.279
 So yes,

00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:10.140
 there was a bowing

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:11.380
 of father to son,

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.700
 but it was in worship

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.980
 to God.

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.700
 Praising God

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:18.019
 for what he accomplished

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:20.140
 through his son's life.

00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:21.799
 And now we begin

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.720
 to really understand

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:24.059
 the full significance

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:25.660
 of this scene

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:27.640
 of what's taking place.

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:29.980
 It's really,

00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:31.940
 it's really amazing

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:33.920
 the impact

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:35.440
 that Joseph had

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:36.900
 on his father.

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:39.160
 Here we find

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:39.920
 at the end

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:42.220
 of Jacob's life,

00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:43.740
 the man of faith

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:45.120
 beginning to reemerge.

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.799
 The influence

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.859
 that Joseph had

00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:51.700
 on his father's life

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:55.660
 so that Jacob,

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:57.120
 here again

00:27:57.120 --> 00:27:58.259
 at the end of his life,

00:27:58.940 --> 00:27:59.799
 begins to show

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:02.819
 some real glimmers

00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:05.460
 of a man who is

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:07.339
 of a person of character.

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:08.799
 He's gone,

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.420
 he's had his ups

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.920
 and downs,

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.420
 but I think Joseph

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:12.140
 has really helped

00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:14.279
 to bring this part

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:15.279
 of his father

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:15.960
 to the surface.

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:19.339
 So then we transition

00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:20.400
 to chapter 48.

00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:22.299
 So we see that Joseph

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:23.180
 was not only a man

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:23.680
 of his word,

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:25.359
 but we see that Joseph

00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:26.660
 was a man of faith.

00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:29.940
 Let me just read

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:32.339
 the first six verses here.

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:33.439
 It says,

00:28:33.439 --> 00:28:34.000
 After this,

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:34.879
 Joseph was told,

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.259
 Behold,

00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:36.359
 your father is ill.

00:28:37.459 --> 00:28:38.379
 So he took with him

00:28:38.379 --> 00:28:39.099
 his two sons,

00:28:39.199 --> 00:28:40.679
 Manasseh and Ephraim.

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:42.379
 And it was told to Jacob,

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.019
 Your son,

00:28:43.199 --> 00:28:43.439
 Joseph,

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.119
 has come to you.

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.480
 Then Israel summoned

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:46.099
 his strength

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:47.240
 and sat up in bed.

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:49.480
 And Jacob said to Joseph,

00:28:49.899 --> 00:28:50.879
 God Almighty

00:28:50.879 --> 00:28:51.839
 appeared to me

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.879
 at Luz

00:28:52.879 --> 00:28:54.159
 in the land of Canaan

00:28:54.159 --> 00:28:54.899
 and blessed me

00:28:54.899 --> 00:28:56.099
 and said to me,

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.480
 Behold,

00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:57.659
 I will make you fruitful

00:28:57.659 --> 00:28:58.619
 and multiply you,

00:28:58.619 --> 00:28:59.959
 and I will make you

00:28:59.959 --> 00:29:01.000
 a company of people

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:02.739
 and will give this land

00:29:02.739 --> 00:29:03.419
 to your offspring

00:29:03.419 --> 00:29:04.479
 after you

00:29:04.479 --> 00:29:06.379
 for an everlasting possession.

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:09.139
 And now your two sons

00:29:09.139 --> 00:29:10.839
 who were born to you

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:11.779
 in the land of Egypt

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.939
 before I came to you

00:29:12.939 --> 00:29:13.339
 in Egypt

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:14.259
 are mine.

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:16.579
 Ephraim and Manasseh

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:17.639
 shall be mine

00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:19.759
 as Reuben and Sibion are.

00:29:20.419 --> 00:29:21.039
 And the children

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:22.259
 that you fathered

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:23.039
 after them

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:23.699
 shall be yours.

00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:25.139
 They shall be called

00:29:25.139 --> 00:29:25.759
 by the name

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.859
 of their brothers

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:28.299
 in their inheritance.

00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:30.959
 Now this may not seem

00:29:30.959 --> 00:29:32.519
 to be terribly significant,

00:29:32.639 --> 00:29:33.500
 but I think it's pivotal.

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:36.879
 Why is this significant?

00:29:36.979 --> 00:29:38.219
 And how does this point

00:29:38.219 --> 00:29:39.239
 to Joseph

00:29:39.239 --> 00:29:40.359
 as a man of faith?

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:42.439
 What is happening here?

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.559
 Maybe I should,

00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:45.919
 let me just ask this question.

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:48.039
 We'll walk into the answer.

00:29:49.899 --> 00:29:51.359
 What did Ephraim

00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:52.759
 and Manasseh know

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.659
 in relationship

00:29:53.659 --> 00:29:57.019
 to their position,

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:58.799
 to their,

00:29:59.299 --> 00:30:02.639
 as far as their heritage

00:30:02.639 --> 00:30:03.200
 was concerned,

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:04.299
 their experience

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:05.519
 was concerned

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.119
 in Egypt?

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:10.039
 What was their feeling

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:12.359
 about relationship

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:14.480
 to Israel

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:15.220
 and Canaan?

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:17.000
 Does that make sense?

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:20.960
 That's good.

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:23.099
 Maternal grandfather

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:25.140
 was a priest

00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:25.579
 of An,

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.960
 a priest

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:29.019
 of this

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.980
 heathen god

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.480
 in Egypt.

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:31.299
 Okay?

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:32.180
 That was part

00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:33.000
 of their experience.

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:35.059
 Up to this point,

00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:35.619
 had they ever,

00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:36.920
 as far as we know,

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.579
 had they ever been

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.319
 out of Egypt?

00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:39.599
 Okay?

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.940
 Up to this point,

00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:42.400
 their experience

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:43.140
 of life

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.579
 had it been

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:44.259
 anything else

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:46.339
 but the palace

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:47.379
 and grandeur

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:48.500
 and position.

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:50.619
 Right?

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.939
 They were Egyptians

00:30:52.939 --> 00:30:53.559
 through and through.

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:54.259
 That's where I'm going.

00:30:54.679 --> 00:30:55.139
 Thank you.

00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:56.339
 You guys are,

00:30:56.379 --> 00:30:57.359
 you guys are so good.

00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:58.339
 You read my mind

00:30:58.339 --> 00:30:58.799
 so well.

00:31:01.919 --> 00:31:03.159
 As far as

00:31:03.159 --> 00:31:03.859
 Ephraim

00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:04.379
 and Manasseh

00:31:04.379 --> 00:31:04.919
 were concerned,

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:07.379
 they were of

00:31:07.379 --> 00:31:08.199
 the stock

00:31:08.199 --> 00:31:09.000
 of Egypt.

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:11.039
 They were of

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.779
 the heritage

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.660
 of Egypt.

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:13.399
 They were in

00:31:13.399 --> 00:31:14.500
 the upper echelon,

00:31:14.899 --> 00:31:16.440
 the highest classes

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:17.339
 of Egypt.

00:31:17.539 --> 00:31:18.319
 Not only

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:19.480
 authoritatively

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:21.099
 but also religiously

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:22.119
 in terms of

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:22.839
 their connection

00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:25.500
 to the priest

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:25.879
 of An,

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:27.859
 the big cheese

00:31:27.859 --> 00:31:28.599
 when it came

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:29.960
 to leading worship

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:31.379
 in Egypt.

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.539
 So now,

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:35.039
 stepping back

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.700
 away from that

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:36.980
 why then,

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.399
 was this a

00:31:39.399 --> 00:31:39.859
 significant

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:42.119
 step for

00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:42.819
 Joseph

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:43.639
 in relationship

00:31:43.639 --> 00:31:44.439
 to his family?

00:31:45.679 --> 00:31:46.439
 Why would this

00:31:46.439 --> 00:31:46.899
 be important?

00:31:54.899 --> 00:31:55.379
 Okay.

00:31:57.959 --> 00:31:58.679
 That's right.

00:31:58.899 --> 00:31:59.219
 That's good.

00:31:59.699 --> 00:32:00.199
 So you see

00:32:00.199 --> 00:32:00.919
 something similar

00:32:00.919 --> 00:32:01.679
 to what took place

00:32:01.679 --> 00:32:02.439
 with Moses

00:32:02.439 --> 00:32:03.839
 here

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.639
 happening?

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:06.100
 There was

00:32:06.100 --> 00:32:06.940
 a sense

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:08.440
 of disowning

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:09.660
 that Egyptian

00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:10.460
 heritage

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.740
 and taking

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:12.740
 upon himself

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:14.140
 the identity,

00:32:14.840 --> 00:32:15.720
 the sole identity

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:16.380
 of being

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:17.100
 a Hebrew.

00:32:18.620 --> 00:32:19.340
 That's really

00:32:19.340 --> 00:32:19.580
 what,

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.180
 that's the

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:20.780
 transaction

00:32:20.780 --> 00:32:21.360
 that is taking

00:32:21.360 --> 00:32:21.880
 place here.

00:32:23.020 --> 00:32:23.460
 That's a

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:23.840
 significant

00:32:23.840 --> 00:32:27.400
 aspect

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:28.060
 of this

00:32:28.060 --> 00:32:28.560
 story

00:32:28.560 --> 00:32:29.620
 that is

00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:30.020
 happening,

00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:30.900
 is unfolding.

00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:33.560
 having been

00:32:33.560 --> 00:32:33.840
 at the

00:32:33.840 --> 00:32:34.580
 highest levels

00:32:34.580 --> 00:32:35.220
 of Egypt

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:36.800
 and potentially

00:32:36.800 --> 00:32:37.540
 having a

00:32:37.540 --> 00:32:38.460
 future set

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:39.019
 for them

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:40.360
 as officials

00:32:40.360 --> 00:32:40.840
 in Egypt

00:32:40.840 --> 00:32:41.360
 and for

00:32:41.360 --> 00:32:41.920
 their family.

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:43.519
 Now,

00:32:44.540 --> 00:32:45.240
 Joseph is

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.800
 seeking to

00:32:45.800 --> 00:32:47.100
 help them

00:32:47.100 --> 00:32:47.620
 understand

00:32:47.620 --> 00:32:48.160
 what their

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:48.920
 true identity

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.800
 was.

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:51.140
 He wants

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:51.560
 his sons

00:32:51.560 --> 00:32:51.940
 to know

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.259
 that their

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:52.820
 future,

00:32:53.540 --> 00:32:54.220
 their destiny

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.860
 resides

00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:55.860
 with Jacob,

00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:57.480
 not with

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:57.880
 Egypt.

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:58.820
 And it

00:32:58.820 --> 00:32:59.300
 resides

00:32:59.299 --> 00:33:00.259
 with the

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:00.619
 God of

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:01.079
 Abraham,

00:33:01.419 --> 00:33:01.740
 Isaac,

00:33:01.859 --> 00:33:02.240
 and Jacob,

00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:03.299
 not with

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:03.419
 the

00:33:03.419 --> 00:33:03.799
 gods,

00:33:03.879 --> 00:33:04.019
 the

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:04.599
 pantheon

00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:05.059
 of gods

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:05.619
 there in

00:33:05.619 --> 00:33:05.940
 Egypt.

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:08.720
 Here,

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:09.559
 these two

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:10.940
 boys that

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:11.319
 are probably

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:12.039
 right now

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:12.819
 between

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:14.319
 24 and

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:14.720
 25.

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:15.419
 They were

00:33:15.419 --> 00:33:16.559
 born the

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:17.159
 year before

00:33:17.159 --> 00:33:17.599
 the famine

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:18.000
 came.

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.440
 And so,

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:19.759
 we got

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:21.359
 the seven

00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:21.740
 years of

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.059
 famine,

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.480
 seven years

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:24.359
 of

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:25.680
 productivity,

00:33:26.639 --> 00:33:27.119
 and then

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:28.779
 17 years

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:28.980
 since,

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:29.339
 and actually

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:29.859
 says,

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:30.879
 I'm sorry,

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:31.539
 before,

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:32.899
 what does

00:33:32.899 --> 00:33:34.299
 4150 say?

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:40.759
 Right.

00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:41.299
 So,

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:42.259
 4150,

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.559
 what does

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:43.000
 that say?

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:45.099
 I think I

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:45.379
 wrote this

00:33:45.379 --> 00:33:45.839
 down wrong.

00:33:47.599 --> 00:33:48.139
 Before the

00:33:48.139 --> 00:33:48.579
 year of the

00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:49.220
 famine came,

00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:49.799
 two sons

00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:50.200
 were born

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:50.879
 to Joseph.

00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:51.440
 Okay.

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:53.259
 So,

00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:54.480
 14 years

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:55.960
 plus 17.

00:33:56.619 --> 00:33:57.019
 Who can

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.440
 do math

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:57.779
 for me?

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.680
 There you

00:33:59.680 --> 00:33:59.899
 go.

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:01.139
 Oh,

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:01.440
 that's right.

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:01.859
 I'm sorry.

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:02.399
 There were

00:34:02.399 --> 00:34:02.879
 seven years

00:34:02.879 --> 00:34:03.259
 of good

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:04.099
 plenty before

00:34:04.099 --> 00:34:04.440
 the seven

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:04.639
 years of

00:34:04.639 --> 00:34:04.819
 famine.

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.160
 So,

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:05.799
 seven years

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.539
 plus 17.

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:07.619
 There we

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:07.839
 go.

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:08.759
 24,

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:09.159
 25.

00:34:09.279 --> 00:34:09.519
 I was

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:09.820
 right the

00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:10.219
 first time.

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.779
 Thank you.

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.980
 The years

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.619
 before the

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:17.860
 famine.

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:18.719
 Yep.

00:34:19.759 --> 00:34:20.119
 So,

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:21.980
 this would

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:23.179
 be their

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:23.719
 official

00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:24.480
 induction,

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:25.719
 their official

00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:26.579
 introduction

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:28.379
 to this

00:34:28.379 --> 00:34:29.659
 nation of

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:30.000
 Israel,

00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:30.779
 this people

00:34:30.779 --> 00:34:31.279
 of Jacob.

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:34.239
 Many

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:34.859
 painful and

00:34:34.859 --> 00:34:35.199
 difficult

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:35.839
 circumstances

00:34:35.839 --> 00:34:37.019
 had tormented

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:38.000
 Jacob since

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.500
 this day.

00:34:39.959 --> 00:34:40.799
 This would

00:34:40.799 --> 00:34:41.339
 be a time

00:34:41.339 --> 00:34:42.439
 of ease

00:34:42.439 --> 00:34:42.919
 for him,

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.439
 but here

00:34:43.439 --> 00:34:44.019
 in the final

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.559
 moments of

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.019
 his life,

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:46.079
 this man

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:46.539
 of faith

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:47.319
 emerges

00:34:47.319 --> 00:34:47.759
 again.

00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:48.579
 We see

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:49.179
 him speaking

00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:49.799
 words of

00:34:49.799 --> 00:34:50.699
 faith into

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:52.319
 his future

00:34:52.319 --> 00:34:52.739
 legacy.

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:53.979
 these two

00:34:53.979 --> 00:34:54.339
 boys.

00:34:55.939 --> 00:34:56.199
 And we

00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:56.619
 find that

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.000
 he has

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.379
 essentially

00:34:57.379 --> 00:34:58.039
 adopted them

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.359
 into his

00:34:58.359 --> 00:34:58.699
 family.

00:34:59.199 --> 00:34:59.819
 They become

00:34:59.819 --> 00:35:00.919
 as part of

00:35:00.919 --> 00:35:01.339
 his kids,

00:35:01.399 --> 00:35:01.839
 just like

00:35:01.839 --> 00:35:02.500
 Reuben and

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:02.879
 Simeon.

00:35:03.439 --> 00:35:04.079
 And certainly

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:04.979
 in the lists

00:35:04.979 --> 00:35:05.519
 that we find

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:06.019
 of the tribes,

00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:06.519
 we find

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:07.339
 Ephraim and

00:35:07.339 --> 00:35:07.779
 Manasseh.

00:35:07.859 --> 00:35:07.959
 So,

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:08.439
 the things

00:35:08.439 --> 00:35:10.139
 that Jacob

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:10.979
 prophesied

00:35:10.979 --> 00:35:11.479
 would happen

00:35:11.479 --> 00:35:12.019
 did indeed

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.639
 take place.

00:35:13.399 --> 00:35:14.039
 As if they

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.379
 were just

00:35:14.379 --> 00:35:15.419
 married into

00:35:15.419 --> 00:35:16.059
 his family,

00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:17.159
 became part

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:17.439
 of him.

00:35:19.319 --> 00:35:19.839
 It's

00:35:19.839 --> 00:35:20.279
 encouraging.

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:21.839
 This

00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:22.200
 Joseph,

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:22.700
 man of

00:35:22.700 --> 00:35:22.960
 faith.

00:35:23.680 --> 00:35:23.900
 And we

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:24.480
 find in

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:25.380
 chapter 49,

00:35:25.740 --> 00:35:25.980
 we're going

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.340
 to continue

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:26.840
 to move

00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:28.019
 this on.

00:35:28.140 --> 00:35:28.720
 Chapter 49,

00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:29.280
 we see a

00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:29.660
 man of

00:35:29.660 --> 00:35:29.980
 God.

00:35:31.720 --> 00:35:32.680
 And so

00:35:32.680 --> 00:35:33.660
 now Jacob

00:35:33.660 --> 00:35:34.059
 is getting

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.960
 to the very

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.480
 end of his

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:36.059
 life here.

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:37.260
 It says in

00:35:37.260 --> 00:35:38.260
 49 verse 1,

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:38.760
 Then Jacob

00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:39.280
 called his

00:35:39.280 --> 00:35:39.720
 sons and

00:35:39.720 --> 00:35:39.900
 said,

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.680
 Gather yourselves

00:35:40.680 --> 00:35:41.120
 together,

00:35:41.640 --> 00:35:42.059
 that I may

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:42.900
 tell you what

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.500
 shall happen

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:44.519
 to you in

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:45.019
 the days to

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:45.320
 come.

00:35:46.140 --> 00:35:46.640
 And then

00:35:46.640 --> 00:35:47.440
 throughout the

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:47.860
 rest of this

00:35:47.860 --> 00:35:48.140
 chapter,

00:35:48.240 --> 00:35:48.920
 we find that

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:50.420
 Jacob is giving

00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:51.579
 prophecy about

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:52.579
 and essentially

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:53.719
 blessing his

00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:55.279
 kids that are

00:35:55.279 --> 00:35:55.900
 standing before

00:35:55.900 --> 00:35:56.119
 him.

00:35:57.319 --> 00:35:58.079
 I want to

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:58.619
 read a couple

00:35:58.619 --> 00:35:59.239
 of snippets,

00:35:59.340 --> 00:35:59.639
 and then I

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:00.960
 want to pause

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:02.900
 for just a

00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:03.259
 couple of

00:36:03.259 --> 00:36:04.940
 moments on

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:06.039
 Joseph's

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:06.579
 blessing.

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:08.019
 Here's what he

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.579
 says in verse

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:09.119
 3 to Reuben.

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:09.559
 Reuben,

00:36:09.799 --> 00:36:10.380
 you're my

00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:10.960
 firstborn,

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.639
 my might,

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.480
 the firstfruits

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:13.159
 of my strength,

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:14.000
 preeminent in

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:14.380
 dignity,

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:15.579
 and preeminent

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:16.039
 in power.

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:17.279
 Unstable as

00:36:17.279 --> 00:36:17.539
 water,

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:18.019
 you shall not

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:19.119
 have preeminence,

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:20.179
 because you went

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:20.559
 up to your

00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:21.199
 father's bed,

00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.699
 then you

00:36:21.699 --> 00:36:22.299
 defiled it,

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:22.960
 he went up

00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:23.239
 to my

00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:23.579
 couch.

00:36:24.319 --> 00:36:24.799
 Simeon and

00:36:24.799 --> 00:36:25.379
 Levi are

00:36:25.379 --> 00:36:25.719
 brothers,

00:36:25.859 --> 00:36:26.319
 weapons of

00:36:26.319 --> 00:36:26.699
 violence,

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.399
 are their

00:36:27.399 --> 00:36:27.839
 swords,

00:36:28.179 --> 00:36:28.759
 let my soul

00:36:28.759 --> 00:36:29.359
 come not

00:36:29.359 --> 00:36:29.679
 into their

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:30.059
 counsel,

00:36:30.399 --> 00:36:30.739
 oh my

00:36:30.739 --> 00:36:31.299
 glory be

00:36:31.299 --> 00:36:31.899
 not joined

00:36:31.899 --> 00:36:32.339
 to their

00:36:32.339 --> 00:36:32.759
 company,

00:36:33.179 --> 00:36:33.639
 for in their

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:34.119
 anger they

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:34.699
 killed men,

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.359
 and in their

00:36:35.359 --> 00:36:36.919
 willfulness they

00:36:36.919 --> 00:36:37.939
 hamstrung oxen,

00:36:38.339 --> 00:36:38.980
 cursed be their

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:39.699
 anger for it is

00:36:39.699 --> 00:36:40.039
 fierce,

00:36:40.379 --> 00:36:41.039
 and their wrath

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:41.480
 for it is

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:41.799
 cruel,

00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:42.839
 I will divide

00:36:42.839 --> 00:36:43.339
 them in

00:36:43.339 --> 00:36:43.879
 Jacob and

00:36:43.879 --> 00:36:44.379
 scatter them

00:36:44.379 --> 00:36:45.059
 in Israel.

00:36:45.859 --> 00:36:46.359
 Let's skip

00:36:46.359 --> 00:36:47.039
 down to

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.919
 verse 13,

00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:49.139
 Zebulun

00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:49.840
 shall dwell

00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:50.440
 at the

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:50.920
 shore of

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:51.320
 the sea,

00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:51.840
 he shall

00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:52.300
 become a

00:36:52.300 --> 00:36:52.760
 haven for

00:36:52.760 --> 00:36:53.019
 ships,

00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:53.380
 and his

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:54.340
 borders shall

00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:54.639
 be at

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:55.019
 Sidon.

00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:56.200
 Verse 14,

00:36:56.300 --> 00:36:57.079
 Issachar is a

00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:57.760
 strong donkey

00:36:57.760 --> 00:36:58.780
 crouching between

00:36:58.780 --> 00:36:59.539
 the sheepfolds,

00:36:59.559 --> 00:37:00.400
 he saw that a

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:01.220
 resting place was

00:37:01.220 --> 00:37:01.579
 good,

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.579
 and the land

00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:03.119
 was pleasant,

00:37:03.240 --> 00:37:03.780
 so he bowed

00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:04.400
 his shoulder to

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:04.659
 bear,

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:05.599
 and became a

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:06.720
 servant at

00:37:06.720 --> 00:37:07.360
 forced labor.

00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:09.820
 Then on and on

00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:10.260
 it goes.

00:37:11.680 --> 00:37:12.619
 But then we get

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.460
 to verse 22,

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:15.720
 and we're

00:37:15.720 --> 00:37:16.280
 going to see,

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:18.139
 even from those

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:18.920
 few snippets,

00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:19.220
 we're going to

00:37:19.220 --> 00:37:20.599
 see some stark

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:22.380
 contrast to the

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:23.039
 words that are

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:24.940
 spoken to

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:25.519
 Joseph.

00:37:25.659 --> 00:37:26.380
 Verse 22,

00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:27.960
 Joseph is a

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.659
 fruitful bough,

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:30.800
 a fruitful bough

00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:31.639
 by a spring,

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:32.860
 his branches run

00:37:32.860 --> 00:37:33.539
 over the wall,

00:37:34.220 --> 00:37:35.039
 the archers

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:36.480
 bitterly attacked

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:36.699
 him,

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.460
 shot at him,

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:38.380
 and harassed

00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:38.920
 him severely,

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:39.960
 yet his bow

00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:41.079
 remained unmoved,

00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:41.960
 his arms were

00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:42.639
 made agile.

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:44.039
 By the hands

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:44.579
 of the mighty

00:37:44.579 --> 00:37:45.420
 one of Jacob,

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:47.099
 from there is

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:47.579
 the shepherd,

00:37:47.719 --> 00:37:48.199
 the stone of

00:37:48.199 --> 00:37:48.500
 Israel.

00:37:49.139 --> 00:37:49.739
 By the God

00:37:49.739 --> 00:37:50.299
 of your father

00:37:50.299 --> 00:37:50.920
 who will help

00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:51.119
 you,

00:37:51.339 --> 00:37:52.219
 by the almighty

00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:53.199
 who will bless

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:53.480
 you,

00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:54.379
 with blessings

00:37:54.379 --> 00:37:55.279
 of heaven above,

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:56.359
 blessings of the

00:37:56.359 --> 00:37:57.199
 deep that crouches

00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:57.519
 beneath,

00:37:57.940 --> 00:37:58.779
 blessings of the

00:37:58.779 --> 00:37:59.480
 breast and of the

00:37:59.480 --> 00:37:59.739
 womb,

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:00.739
 the blessings of

00:38:00.739 --> 00:38:01.500
 your father are

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:02.480
 mighty beyond the

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:03.219
 blessings of my

00:38:03.219 --> 00:38:03.699
 parents,

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:04.940
 up to the

00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:05.759
 bounties of the

00:38:05.759 --> 00:38:06.699
 everlasting hills,

00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:07.679
 may they be on

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:08.199
 the head of

00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:08.519
 Joseph,

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.699
 and on the

00:38:09.699 --> 00:38:10.480
 brow of him

00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:11.539
 who set apart.

00:38:12.639 --> 00:38:13.539
 From his

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:15.000
 brothers.

00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:15.799
 Okay?

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:16.739
 What are some of

00:38:16.739 --> 00:38:18.639
 the things that

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:19.099
 you notice,

00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:20.099
 even in just the

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:20.980
 couple of verses

00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:21.500
 that we read?

00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:22.639
 Some of the

00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:23.079
 differences?

00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:29.359
 Okay?

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:31.019
 This is the

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:32.319
 only one I think

00:38:32.319 --> 00:38:33.319
 that I can remember

00:38:33.319 --> 00:38:33.819
 at least,

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:34.759
 where God is

00:38:34.759 --> 00:38:35.179
 mentioned.

00:38:36.099 --> 00:38:36.759
 And not just

00:38:36.759 --> 00:38:37.299
 once,

00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:38.719
 but like,

00:38:39.279 --> 00:38:39.879
 I think there's

00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:40.720
 at least four

00:38:40.720 --> 00:38:41.660
 mentions of

00:38:41.660 --> 00:38:42.519
 God,

00:38:42.660 --> 00:38:43.300
 the mighty

00:38:43.300 --> 00:38:43.680
 one of

00:38:43.680 --> 00:38:43.960
 Jacob,

00:38:44.180 --> 00:38:44.700
 the God of

00:38:44.700 --> 00:38:45.260
 your father,

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:46.019
 by the

00:38:46.019 --> 00:38:46.460
 Almighty.

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:47.720
 So this

00:38:47.720 --> 00:38:50.980
 resonating

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:52.440
 sense that

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:53.500
 God is the

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:54.320
 one who will

00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:54.740
 bless you.

00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:56.260
 I can pronounce

00:38:56.260 --> 00:38:57.300
 blessings on

00:38:57.300 --> 00:38:57.519
 you,

00:38:57.880 --> 00:38:58.780
 but God's

00:38:58.780 --> 00:38:59.200
 going to take

00:38:59.200 --> 00:38:59.900
 this and he's

00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:00.280
 going to make

00:39:00.280 --> 00:39:01.079
 it better than

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:01.619
 I ever could.

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:02.640
 Okay?

00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:04.000
 So God is

00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:04.340
 mentioned.

00:39:04.800 --> 00:39:05.260
 What else?

00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:06.119
 Anything?

00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:06.220
 Anything?

00:39:06.220 --> 00:39:06.260
 Anything?

00:39:06.260 --> 00:39:06.260


00:39:06.260 --> 00:39:06.260


00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:12.119
 Okay?

00:39:12.700 --> 00:39:13.059
 That's an

00:39:13.059 --> 00:39:13.920
 interesting observation.

00:39:14.180 --> 00:39:14.780
 I'm not sure

00:39:14.780 --> 00:39:15.500
 what to make of

00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:17.940
 it, but the

00:39:17.940 --> 00:39:19.780
 fruitfulness of

00:39:19.780 --> 00:39:20.380
 Joseph is

00:39:20.380 --> 00:39:20.900
 mentioned and

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:21.860
 just overflowing

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:25.119
 in his bounty.

00:39:26.160 --> 00:39:26.460
 So that's

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:26.700
 good.

00:39:30.140 --> 00:39:30.700
 Yes, he

00:39:30.700 --> 00:39:30.980
 did.

00:39:33.340 --> 00:39:34.140
 That's right.

00:39:34.140 --> 00:39:36.280
 He points to

00:39:36.280 --> 00:39:37.400
 this enduring

00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:39.059
 testimony of

00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:39.920
 Joseph's

00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:40.799
 faithfulness.

00:39:42.440 --> 00:39:43.400
 They all had

00:39:43.400 --> 00:39:44.539
 points in their

00:39:44.539 --> 00:39:45.039
 life where they

00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:46.000
 were broken,

00:39:46.320 --> 00:39:46.519
 right?

00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:47.199
 Where they

00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:47.719
 blew it big

00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:48.000
 time.

00:39:48.779 --> 00:39:49.539
 But here at

00:39:49.539 --> 00:39:50.579
 the end of

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:51.860
 Jacob's life

00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:52.360
 at least,

00:39:52.699 --> 00:39:54.840
 there is this

00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:57.099
 attention drawn

00:39:57.099 --> 00:39:57.880
 to the fact that

00:39:57.880 --> 00:39:58.659
 he has been

00:39:58.659 --> 00:39:59.699
 faithful to the

00:39:59.699 --> 00:39:59.920
 end.

00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:02.519
 He endured.

00:40:02.659 --> 00:40:03.079
 He endured

00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:04.440
 persecution and

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:05.259
 God will be the

00:40:05.259 --> 00:40:06.019
 one to personally

00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:07.279
 bless Joseph

00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:10.040
 for his life.

00:40:11.760 --> 00:40:12.280
 Yeah?

00:40:12.280 --> 00:40:12.320
 Yeah?

00:40:26.820 --> 00:40:31.620
 That's good.

00:40:32.220 --> 00:40:32.640
 That's good.

00:40:32.780 --> 00:40:33.620
 That's good thought.

00:40:33.619 --> 00:40:34.839
 Yes?

00:40:44.839 --> 00:40:46.000
 Yeah, I...

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:50.119
 Yeah, that's

00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:50.319
 good.

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:50.880
 Good point.

00:40:51.279 --> 00:40:52.739
 In essentially

00:40:52.739 --> 00:40:54.139
 incorporating Ephraim

00:40:54.139 --> 00:40:56.219
 and Manasseh as

00:40:56.219 --> 00:40:58.279
 his new heirs,

00:40:58.839 --> 00:40:59.679
 he's essentially

00:40:59.679 --> 00:41:00.679
 giving Joseph the

00:41:00.679 --> 00:41:01.500
 double blessing that

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:02.099
 would normally go to

00:41:02.099 --> 00:41:02.639
 the firstborn.

00:41:03.599 --> 00:41:04.819
 But I think what's

00:41:04.819 --> 00:41:05.380
 really interesting

00:41:05.380 --> 00:41:05.920
 here too,

00:41:06.360 --> 00:41:08.940
 that Joseph is

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:10.440
 given more time

00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:11.319
 than any of his

00:41:11.319 --> 00:41:11.619
 brothers,

00:41:12.579 --> 00:41:13.739
 and the direct

00:41:13.739 --> 00:41:14.659
 blessing is not

00:41:14.659 --> 00:41:15.940
 coming from

00:41:15.940 --> 00:41:17.360
 Jacob himself.

00:41:18.539 --> 00:41:19.059
 Essentially,

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:21.279
 Jacob is deferring

00:41:21.279 --> 00:41:22.500
 blessing to God

00:41:22.500 --> 00:41:23.219
 who will bless

00:41:23.219 --> 00:41:24.779
 Joseph better

00:41:24.779 --> 00:41:25.739
 than Jacob ever

00:41:25.739 --> 00:41:25.960
 could.

00:41:26.619 --> 00:41:28.019
 God's got this

00:41:28.019 --> 00:41:28.319
 handled.

00:41:28.619 --> 00:41:28.980
 He's going to

00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:29.440
 take care of it.

00:41:29.460 --> 00:41:29.860
 He's going to

00:41:29.860 --> 00:41:30.679
 bless you in all

00:41:30.679 --> 00:41:31.359
 these ways.

00:41:31.879 --> 00:41:32.759
 We find them

00:41:32.759 --> 00:41:33.579
 showing up here

00:41:33.579 --> 00:41:34.399
 in verse 25.

00:41:34.739 --> 00:41:35.059
 He's going to

00:41:35.059 --> 00:41:35.960
 bless you from

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:36.279
 heaven.

00:41:36.399 --> 00:41:37.000
 He's going to

00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:37.960
 bless you from

00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:38.319
 beneath.

00:41:38.639 --> 00:41:39.119
 He's going to

00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:39.719
 bless you from

00:41:39.719 --> 00:41:40.099
 the womb.

00:41:40.219 --> 00:41:40.559
 He's going to

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:41.980
 the blessings of

00:41:41.980 --> 00:41:42.779
 your father are

00:41:42.779 --> 00:41:43.480
 mighty beyond the

00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:44.259
 blessings of my

00:41:44.259 --> 00:41:44.619
 parents.

00:41:44.739 --> 00:41:45.399
 And so just

00:41:45.399 --> 00:41:47.039
 this incredible

00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:47.759
 blessing that

00:41:47.759 --> 00:41:49.399
 God is going to

00:41:49.399 --> 00:41:52.119
 bestow on

00:41:52.119 --> 00:41:53.159
 Joseph because

00:41:53.159 --> 00:41:55.559
 of the life

00:41:55.559 --> 00:41:56.679
 of faithfulness

00:41:56.679 --> 00:41:57.219
 that he leads.

00:41:57.219 --> 00:41:59.139
 we find that

00:41:59.139 --> 00:42:00.459
 Joseph is so

00:42:00.459 --> 00:42:02.059
 saturated in

00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:02.739
 the power of

00:42:02.739 --> 00:42:03.739
 God that it

00:42:03.739 --> 00:42:05.459
 explodes from

00:42:05.459 --> 00:42:06.119
 the blessing of

00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:06.539
 his father.

00:42:07.939 --> 00:42:08.759
 Jacob can't

00:42:08.759 --> 00:42:10.119
 help but

00:42:10.119 --> 00:42:11.099
 mention God

00:42:11.099 --> 00:42:12.000
 in the same

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:13.199
 space that he

00:42:13.199 --> 00:42:14.439
 mentions Joseph's

00:42:14.439 --> 00:42:16.359
 life because the

00:42:16.359 --> 00:42:17.019
 two have been

00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:18.959
 so integrated

00:42:18.959 --> 00:42:19.839
 throughout the

00:42:19.839 --> 00:42:20.619
 course of life

00:42:20.619 --> 00:42:22.239
 that the reason

00:42:22.239 --> 00:42:23.379
 for Joseph's

00:42:23.379 --> 00:42:24.659
 faithfulness and

00:42:24.659 --> 00:42:25.699
 strength and

00:42:25.699 --> 00:42:27.359
 endurance is

00:42:27.359 --> 00:42:28.439
 because of God.

00:42:29.919 --> 00:42:30.579
 And Jacob sees

00:42:30.579 --> 00:42:30.839
 that.

00:42:31.859 --> 00:42:32.480
 He sees that.

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:34.000
 Well, no,

00:42:34.139 --> 00:42:34.500
 quickly.

00:42:35.439 --> 00:42:36.159
 We need to move

00:42:36.159 --> 00:42:36.899
 through these other

00:42:36.899 --> 00:42:38.179
 ones so we can

00:42:38.179 --> 00:42:39.419
 get to the punch

00:42:39.419 --> 00:42:40.480
 line here at the

00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:40.659
 end.

00:42:43.519 --> 00:42:44.460
 So Joseph, or

00:42:44.460 --> 00:42:44.819
 excuse me,

00:42:44.879 --> 00:42:46.439
 Jacob is coming

00:42:46.439 --> 00:42:46.919
 to the end.

00:42:47.039 --> 00:42:47.699
 We find that in

00:42:47.699 --> 00:42:49.439
 verses, chapter

00:42:49.439 --> 00:42:50.539
 49, beginning

00:42:50.539 --> 00:42:51.339
 in verse 29.

00:42:54.339 --> 00:42:54.819
 It says,

00:42:54.820 --> 00:42:55.260
 Then he

00:42:55.260 --> 00:42:55.940
 commanded them

00:42:55.940 --> 00:42:56.519
 and said to

00:42:56.519 --> 00:42:57.680
 them, I am to

00:42:57.680 --> 00:42:58.220
 be gathered to

00:42:58.220 --> 00:42:59.640
 my people, bury

00:42:59.640 --> 00:43:00.160
 me with my

00:43:00.160 --> 00:43:00.880
 fathers in the

00:43:00.880 --> 00:43:01.519
 cave that is in

00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:02.160
 the field of

00:43:02.160 --> 00:43:03.559
 Ephron, the

00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:03.960
 Hittite.

00:43:04.160 --> 00:43:04.620
 He goes to

00:43:04.620 --> 00:43:05.320
 describe that.

00:43:06.200 --> 00:43:06.620
 Then in verse

00:43:06.620 --> 00:43:07.519
 33, when Jacob

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:08.559
 finished commanding

00:43:08.559 --> 00:43:09.740
 his sons, he

00:43:09.740 --> 00:43:10.600
 drew up his feet

00:43:10.600 --> 00:43:11.880
 into his bed and

00:43:11.880 --> 00:43:12.880
 breathed his last

00:43:12.880 --> 00:43:13.840
 and was gathered

00:43:13.840 --> 00:43:14.500
 to his people.

00:43:15.100 --> 00:43:15.580
 Talk about

00:43:15.580 --> 00:43:15.900
 timing.

00:43:17.180 --> 00:43:17.800
 That's pretty

00:43:17.800 --> 00:43:18.140
 amazing.

00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:20.680
 Then verse

00:43:20.680 --> 00:43:21.760
 one of chapter

00:43:21.760 --> 00:43:22.160
 50.

00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:23.799
 Then Joseph

00:43:23.799 --> 00:43:24.619
 fell on his

00:43:24.619 --> 00:43:25.379
 father's face

00:43:25.379 --> 00:43:26.359
 and wept over

00:43:26.359 --> 00:43:27.039
 him and kissed

00:43:27.039 --> 00:43:27.239
 him.

00:43:28.079 --> 00:43:28.539
 And Joseph

00:43:28.539 --> 00:43:29.159
 commanded his

00:43:29.159 --> 00:43:29.719
 servants, the

00:43:29.719 --> 00:43:30.420
 physicians, to

00:43:30.420 --> 00:43:31.399
 embalm his

00:43:31.399 --> 00:43:31.779
 father.

00:43:32.539 --> 00:43:33.019
 So the

00:43:33.019 --> 00:43:34.019
 physicians embalmed

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:34.420
 Israel.

00:43:35.219 --> 00:43:36.239
 Forty days were

00:43:36.239 --> 00:43:37.279
 required for it,

00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:38.679
 for that is how

00:43:38.679 --> 00:43:39.579
 many were required

00:43:39.579 --> 00:43:40.239
 for embalming.

00:43:40.659 --> 00:43:40.920
 And the

00:43:40.920 --> 00:43:42.319
 Egyptians wept

00:43:42.319 --> 00:43:43.119
 for him

00:43:43.119 --> 00:43:44.719
 seventy days.

00:43:47.039 --> 00:43:47.759
 What do you

00:43:47.759 --> 00:43:48.059
 see there?

00:43:48.059 --> 00:43:50.619
 What stands

00:43:50.619 --> 00:43:50.840
 out?

00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:54.239
 Yeah, you

00:43:54.239 --> 00:43:54.539
 said it.

00:43:55.279 --> 00:43:55.759
 Why is that

00:43:55.759 --> 00:43:56.179
 remarkable?

00:43:57.980 --> 00:43:58.559
 You said the

00:43:58.559 --> 00:43:58.840
 Egyptians.

00:44:05.840 --> 00:44:06.440
 That's right.

00:44:09.599 --> 00:44:10.159
 That's right.

00:44:16.199 --> 00:44:16.820
 That's good.

00:44:16.820 --> 00:44:18.600
 So here is

00:44:18.600 --> 00:44:19.320
 this group of

00:44:19.320 --> 00:44:19.820
 individuals,

00:44:20.080 --> 00:44:21.180
 this Egyptian

00:44:21.180 --> 00:44:23.420
 people, and

00:44:23.420 --> 00:44:23.940
 what do we

00:44:23.940 --> 00:44:25.059
 know about how

00:44:25.059 --> 00:44:26.280
 they think, at

00:44:26.280 --> 00:44:26.920
 least initially,

00:44:27.120 --> 00:44:27.820
 how they thought

00:44:27.820 --> 00:44:29.059
 about this

00:44:29.059 --> 00:44:30.320
 ragtag group

00:44:30.320 --> 00:44:31.000
 from Canaan?

00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:32.000
 What was their

00:44:32.000 --> 00:44:32.700
 initial thought

00:44:32.700 --> 00:44:33.100
 about them?

00:44:34.059 --> 00:44:34.440
 What's that?

00:44:35.100 --> 00:44:35.620
 They hated

00:44:35.620 --> 00:44:35.820
 them.

00:44:36.700 --> 00:44:37.220
 They wouldn't

00:44:37.220 --> 00:44:37.800
 eat with them.

00:44:37.940 --> 00:44:38.960
 They were of a

00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:39.700
 lower class.

00:44:39.800 --> 00:44:40.019
 They were

00:44:40.019 --> 00:44:40.600
 unworthy.

00:44:41.400 --> 00:44:41.580
 Right?

00:44:42.300 --> 00:44:43.460
 So not only

00:44:43.460 --> 00:44:43.940
 them as a

00:44:43.940 --> 00:44:44.519
 people, but

00:44:44.519 --> 00:44:45.019
 also

00:44:45.019 --> 00:44:46.360
 occupationally,

00:44:46.360 --> 00:44:47.420
 there was

00:44:47.420 --> 00:44:48.180
 some distance

00:44:48.180 --> 00:44:48.720
 because they

00:44:48.720 --> 00:44:49.820
 were shepherds.

00:44:49.920 --> 00:44:50.300
 They were

00:44:50.300 --> 00:44:50.840
 those who

00:44:50.840 --> 00:44:51.760
 tended flocks.

00:44:51.760 --> 00:44:52.620
 Again, kind of

00:44:52.620 --> 00:44:53.519
 relegated to the

00:44:53.519 --> 00:44:54.680
 lower classes of

00:44:54.680 --> 00:44:55.160
 society.

00:44:56.700 --> 00:44:57.480
 And yet, here we

00:44:57.480 --> 00:44:59.360
 find this same

00:44:59.360 --> 00:44:59.720
 group of

00:44:59.720 --> 00:45:01.320
 individuals, not

00:45:01.320 --> 00:45:02.079
 just spending a

00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:02.940
 couple of days

00:45:02.940 --> 00:45:04.900
 mourning with

00:45:04.900 --> 00:45:06.740
 Joseph, but

00:45:06.740 --> 00:45:08.599
 seventy days of

00:45:08.599 --> 00:45:09.720
 mourning set

00:45:09.720 --> 00:45:10.059
 aside.

00:45:10.059 --> 00:45:10.199
 them.

00:45:11.000 --> 00:45:11.500
 Now, what

00:45:11.500 --> 00:45:12.039
 does that

00:45:12.039 --> 00:45:15.360
 say about, I

00:45:15.360 --> 00:45:15.900
 know it says

00:45:15.900 --> 00:45:16.380
 something about

00:45:16.380 --> 00:45:16.960
 them, but I

00:45:16.960 --> 00:45:17.460
 think it says

00:45:17.460 --> 00:45:18.380
 something even

00:45:18.380 --> 00:45:19.159
 more about

00:45:19.159 --> 00:45:19.599
 Joseph.

00:45:20.279 --> 00:45:20.900
 What does that

00:45:20.900 --> 00:45:21.659
 indicate about

00:45:21.659 --> 00:45:23.900
 Joseph and their

00:45:23.900 --> 00:45:25.039
 feelings for

00:45:25.039 --> 00:45:25.440
 Joseph?

00:45:26.840 --> 00:45:27.820
 They respected

00:45:27.820 --> 00:45:28.360
 him greatly,

00:45:28.460 --> 00:45:28.820
 didn't they?

00:45:29.940 --> 00:45:30.699
 What else?

00:45:30.699 --> 00:45:39.879
 exactly.

00:45:39.879 --> 00:45:39.980
 Exactly.

00:45:41.239 --> 00:45:42.139
 They were

00:45:42.139 --> 00:45:43.659
 blessed through

00:45:43.659 --> 00:45:44.099
 Joseph.

00:45:45.599 --> 00:45:46.739
 And I have to

00:45:46.739 --> 00:45:47.919
 believe, even in

00:45:47.919 --> 00:45:49.939
 feeling blessed by

00:45:49.939 --> 00:45:51.079
 him in terms of

00:45:51.079 --> 00:45:51.960
 him helping to

00:45:51.960 --> 00:45:52.739
 preserve them as

00:45:52.739 --> 00:45:54.199
 a people from a

00:45:54.199 --> 00:45:54.779
 lot of hardship

00:45:54.779 --> 00:45:55.460
 that other nations

00:45:55.460 --> 00:45:56.139
 were experiencing,

00:45:57.739 --> 00:45:58.439
 that there must

00:45:58.439 --> 00:45:59.179
 have been a sense

00:45:59.179 --> 00:46:01.259
 of tenderness in

00:46:01.259 --> 00:46:02.099
 Joseph's approach

00:46:02.099 --> 00:46:02.659
 towards this

00:46:02.659 --> 00:46:02.960
 people.

00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:04.099
 Right?

00:46:05.059 --> 00:46:06.019
 He endeared

00:46:06.019 --> 00:46:06.759
 himself to

00:46:06.759 --> 00:46:07.000
 them.

00:46:08.359 --> 00:46:09.000
 He showed

00:46:09.000 --> 00:46:09.679
 grace to

00:46:09.679 --> 00:46:09.919
 them.

00:46:10.779 --> 00:46:11.159
 He was

00:46:11.159 --> 00:46:11.839
 compassionate.

00:46:11.919 --> 00:46:12.839
 He must have

00:46:12.839 --> 00:46:14.079
 been compassionate

00:46:14.079 --> 00:46:15.519
 towards them for

00:46:15.519 --> 00:46:17.259
 them to express

00:46:17.259 --> 00:46:18.619
 that same sympathy

00:46:18.619 --> 00:46:21.199
 towards him for

00:46:21.199 --> 00:46:22.059
 this amount of

00:46:22.059 --> 00:46:22.299
 time.

00:46:23.359 --> 00:46:24.239
 There was this

00:46:24.239 --> 00:46:25.719
 mutual giving

00:46:25.719 --> 00:46:26.339
 and taking.

00:46:26.599 --> 00:46:27.339
 Joseph just

00:46:27.339 --> 00:46:28.519
 pouring himself

00:46:28.519 --> 00:46:29.539
 out in affection

00:46:29.539 --> 00:46:30.320
 for this

00:46:30.320 --> 00:46:30.639
 people.

00:46:31.780 --> 00:46:32.360
 Now, I think

00:46:32.360 --> 00:46:32.840
 we can make

00:46:32.840 --> 00:46:33.460
 that as a

00:46:33.460 --> 00:46:33.980
 fair assumption

00:46:33.980 --> 00:46:35.099
 based upon

00:46:35.099 --> 00:46:36.380
 Joseph's affection

00:46:36.380 --> 00:46:37.059
 towards his

00:46:37.059 --> 00:46:37.539
 family.

00:46:38.679 --> 00:46:38.840
 Right?

00:46:39.000 --> 00:46:39.920
 And here we

00:46:39.920 --> 00:46:40.940
 find again

00:46:40.940 --> 00:46:43.099
 this unrelenting,

00:46:44.480 --> 00:46:45.940
 Unashamed man

00:46:45.940 --> 00:46:47.300
 who is falling

00:46:47.300 --> 00:46:48.940
 on his father

00:46:48.940 --> 00:46:49.659
 and weeping

00:46:49.659 --> 00:46:50.980
 over him.

00:46:52.099 --> 00:46:52.480
 He doesn't

00:46:52.480 --> 00:46:53.000
 have to

00:46:53.000 --> 00:46:55.039
 maintain the

00:46:55.039 --> 00:46:55.719
 sense of

00:46:55.719 --> 00:46:57.119
 dignity, but

00:46:57.119 --> 00:46:57.880
 he's willing to

00:46:57.880 --> 00:46:58.840
 really feel

00:46:58.840 --> 00:47:00.619
 the loss.

00:47:01.140 --> 00:47:01.519
 He's willing

00:47:01.519 --> 00:47:02.619
 to express

00:47:02.619 --> 00:47:03.539
 compassion.

00:47:05.160 --> 00:47:05.780
 And I have

00:47:05.780 --> 00:47:06.340
 to believe

00:47:06.340 --> 00:47:07.140
 that Joseph,

00:47:07.579 --> 00:47:08.079
 that same

00:47:08.079 --> 00:47:08.740
 heart came

00:47:08.740 --> 00:47:09.579
 through in

00:47:09.579 --> 00:47:10.160
 his dealings

00:47:10.160 --> 00:47:10.440
 with the

00:47:10.440 --> 00:47:10.880
 people of

00:47:10.880 --> 00:47:11.200
 Egypt.

00:47:12.140 --> 00:47:13.079
 In the way

00:47:13.079 --> 00:47:13.660
 that he led

00:47:13.660 --> 00:47:13.920
 them.

00:47:14.420 --> 00:47:14.760
 In the way

00:47:14.760 --> 00:47:15.320
 that he cared

00:47:15.320 --> 00:47:15.720
 for them.

00:47:15.940 --> 00:47:16.360
 In the way

00:47:16.360 --> 00:47:17.760
 that he dealt

00:47:17.760 --> 00:47:18.740
 with the issues

00:47:18.740 --> 00:47:19.720
 that came up

00:47:19.720 --> 00:47:20.180
 among the

00:47:20.180 --> 00:47:21.059
 people in

00:47:21.059 --> 00:47:22.000
 dealing graciously

00:47:22.000 --> 00:47:22.700
 with the

00:47:22.700 --> 00:47:22.980
 people.

00:47:24.180 --> 00:47:24.760
 And because

00:47:24.760 --> 00:47:25.260
 of that,

00:47:25.260 --> 00:47:26.460
 the compassion

00:47:26.460 --> 00:47:26.780
 that he

00:47:26.780 --> 00:47:27.580
 expressed to

00:47:27.580 --> 00:47:27.880
 them was

00:47:27.880 --> 00:47:28.920
 the same

00:47:28.920 --> 00:47:29.500
 compassion,

00:47:29.840 --> 00:47:30.660
 reciprocated

00:47:30.660 --> 00:47:31.480
 compassion that

00:47:31.480 --> 00:47:33.340
 he received

00:47:33.340 --> 00:47:34.180
 from them.

00:47:34.179 --> 00:47:48.799
 that's a good

00:47:48.799 --> 00:47:49.039
 point.

00:47:50.980 --> 00:47:51.579
 That's a good

00:47:51.579 --> 00:47:51.839
 point.

00:47:52.919 --> 00:47:53.539
 Knowing the

00:47:53.539 --> 00:47:54.339
 Egyptian culture

00:47:54.339 --> 00:47:55.079
 and knowing

00:47:55.079 --> 00:47:56.079
 kind of how

00:47:56.079 --> 00:47:56.819
 they would

00:47:56.819 --> 00:47:57.639
 kind of oppress

00:47:57.639 --> 00:47:58.219
 the people

00:47:58.219 --> 00:47:59.480
 and for Joseph

00:47:59.480 --> 00:47:59.940
 to kind of

00:47:59.940 --> 00:48:00.980
 stand as a

00:48:00.980 --> 00:48:02.159
 buffer for

00:48:02.159 --> 00:48:02.420
 that.

00:48:02.599 --> 00:48:03.239
 Probably

00:48:03.239 --> 00:48:05.079
 enhanced this

00:48:05.079 --> 00:48:06.759
 sense of

00:48:06.759 --> 00:48:08.039
 endearment

00:48:08.039 --> 00:48:09.199
 towards Joseph

00:48:09.199 --> 00:48:09.699
 as a leader.

00:48:09.859 --> 00:48:10.519
 Good point.

00:48:10.879 --> 00:48:11.219
 Thank you.

00:48:13.460 --> 00:48:13.980
 Well,

00:48:14.619 --> 00:48:15.059
 there's a

00:48:15.059 --> 00:48:15.799
 funeral procession

00:48:15.799 --> 00:48:16.139
 that takes

00:48:16.139 --> 00:48:16.639
 place.

00:48:17.799 --> 00:48:18.319
 That kind of

00:48:18.319 --> 00:48:19.299
 picks up in

00:48:19.299 --> 00:48:22.799
 verses 4 and

00:48:22.799 --> 00:48:23.219
 following.

00:48:24.460 --> 00:48:25.219
 And essentially

00:48:25.219 --> 00:48:26.299
 in verse 6,

00:48:27.980 --> 00:48:28.619
 Pharaoh is,

00:48:28.759 --> 00:48:29.639
 he's gone to

00:48:29.639 --> 00:48:29.839
 Pharaoh,

00:48:29.920 --> 00:48:30.420
 he's asked for

00:48:30.420 --> 00:48:31.379
 permission to

00:48:31.380 --> 00:48:32.300
 take and

00:48:32.300 --> 00:48:32.740
 bury his

00:48:32.740 --> 00:48:33.079
 father.

00:48:33.360 --> 00:48:33.720
 And Pharaoh

00:48:33.720 --> 00:48:34.019
 says,

00:48:34.220 --> 00:48:34.579
 go up and

00:48:34.579 --> 00:48:34.960
 bury your

00:48:34.960 --> 00:48:35.300
 father.

00:48:35.980 --> 00:48:36.220
 So in

00:48:36.220 --> 00:48:37.240
 verse 7,

00:48:37.320 --> 00:48:37.519
 it says,

00:48:37.680 --> 00:48:37.900
 so Joseph

00:48:37.900 --> 00:48:38.340
 went up to

00:48:38.340 --> 00:48:38.660
 bury his

00:48:38.660 --> 00:48:39.160
 father with

00:48:39.160 --> 00:48:39.960
 him when

00:48:39.960 --> 00:48:40.440
 all the

00:48:40.440 --> 00:48:40.900
 servants of

00:48:40.900 --> 00:48:41.200
 Pharaoh,

00:48:41.579 --> 00:48:42.019
 the elders

00:48:42.019 --> 00:48:42.320
 of his

00:48:42.320 --> 00:48:42.780
 household,

00:48:43.160 --> 00:48:43.420
 all the

00:48:43.420 --> 00:48:43.840
 elders of

00:48:43.840 --> 00:48:44.079
 the land

00:48:44.079 --> 00:48:44.579
 of Egypt,

00:48:45.099 --> 00:48:46.019
 as well as

00:48:46.019 --> 00:48:46.500
 the household

00:48:46.500 --> 00:48:47.039
 of Joseph,

00:48:47.220 --> 00:48:47.740
 his brothers,

00:48:48.220 --> 00:48:48.940
 his father's

00:48:48.940 --> 00:48:49.340
 household,

00:48:49.480 --> 00:48:49.860
 only their

00:48:49.860 --> 00:48:50.140
 children,

00:48:50.280 --> 00:48:50.740
 their flocks,

00:48:50.820 --> 00:48:51.079
 and their

00:48:51.079 --> 00:48:51.519
 herds were

00:48:51.519 --> 00:48:51.960
 left in the

00:48:51.960 --> 00:48:52.360
 land of

00:48:52.360 --> 00:48:52.740
 Goshen.

00:48:53.599 --> 00:48:53.940
 And there

00:48:53.940 --> 00:48:54.640
 went up with

00:48:54.640 --> 00:48:55.240
 him both

00:48:55.240 --> 00:48:55.980
 chariots and

00:48:55.980 --> 00:48:56.460
 horsemen.

00:48:56.840 --> 00:48:57.180
 It was a

00:48:57.180 --> 00:48:57.740
 very great

00:48:57.740 --> 00:48:58.200
 company.

00:48:58.920 --> 00:48:59.160
 When they

00:48:59.160 --> 00:48:59.900
 came to the

00:48:59.900 --> 00:49:00.200
 threshing

00:49:00.200 --> 00:49:01.579
 floor of

00:49:01.579 --> 00:49:02.480
 Atad,

00:49:02.720 --> 00:49:03.420
 which is

00:49:03.420 --> 00:49:04.119
 beyond the

00:49:04.119 --> 00:49:04.460
 Jordan,

00:49:04.860 --> 00:49:05.619
 they lamented

00:49:05.619 --> 00:49:06.280
 there with

00:49:06.280 --> 00:49:06.579
 a very

00:49:06.579 --> 00:49:07.639
 great grievous

00:49:07.639 --> 00:49:08.700
 lamentation,

00:49:09.300 --> 00:49:09.880
 and he made

00:49:09.880 --> 00:49:10.660
 mourning for

00:49:10.660 --> 00:49:11.280
 his father

00:49:11.280 --> 00:49:12.320
 seven days.

00:49:12.960 --> 00:49:13.280
 When the

00:49:13.280 --> 00:49:13.840
 inhabitants of

00:49:13.840 --> 00:49:14.260
 the land of

00:49:14.260 --> 00:49:15.860
 Canaanites

00:49:15.860 --> 00:49:16.840
 saw the

00:49:16.840 --> 00:49:17.500
 mourning on

00:49:17.500 --> 00:49:17.900
 the threshing

00:49:17.900 --> 00:49:18.320
 floor of

00:49:18.320 --> 00:49:18.619
 Atad,

00:49:18.700 --> 00:49:19.099
 they said,

00:49:19.200 --> 00:49:19.920
 this is a

00:49:19.920 --> 00:49:20.280
 grievous

00:49:20.280 --> 00:49:21.539
 mourning by

00:49:21.539 --> 00:49:22.240
 the Egyptians.

00:49:23.099 --> 00:49:23.660
 This

00:49:23.660 --> 00:49:24.180
 continuing

00:49:24.180 --> 00:49:25.420
 heart of

00:49:25.420 --> 00:49:25.940
 compassion

00:49:25.940 --> 00:49:27.420
 that we

00:49:27.420 --> 00:49:28.099
 find in

00:49:28.099 --> 00:49:28.700
 Joseph.

00:49:29.900 --> 00:49:31.139
 It's so

00:49:31.139 --> 00:49:31.639
 noticeable.

00:49:33.780 --> 00:49:34.099
 In

00:49:34.099 --> 00:49:36.420
 chapter 50,

00:49:36.500 --> 00:49:37.139
 verses 15

00:49:37.139 --> 00:49:37.639
 to 21,

00:49:38.099 --> 00:49:38.700
 we find a

00:49:38.700 --> 00:49:39.000
 man of

00:49:39.000 --> 00:49:39.360
 forgiveness.

00:49:41.180 --> 00:49:41.500
 The

00:49:41.500 --> 00:49:41.800
 brothers,

00:49:41.920 --> 00:49:42.240
 just to

00:49:42.240 --> 00:49:43.180
 summarize this

00:49:43.180 --> 00:49:43.539
 part of

00:49:43.539 --> 00:49:43.980
 the story,

00:49:44.840 --> 00:49:45.260
 now that

00:49:45.260 --> 00:49:45.820
 dad is out

00:49:45.820 --> 00:49:46.160
 of the way,

00:49:46.240 --> 00:49:46.559
 the brothers

00:49:46.559 --> 00:49:47.099
 are a little

00:49:47.099 --> 00:49:47.519
 nervous.

00:49:49.740 --> 00:49:50.639
 What is

00:49:50.639 --> 00:49:51.019
 going to

00:49:51.019 --> 00:49:51.660
 happen with

00:49:51.660 --> 00:49:52.059
 us?

00:49:54.119 --> 00:49:55.099
 We find

00:49:55.099 --> 00:49:55.900
 here probably

00:49:55.900 --> 00:49:56.940
 the best

00:49:56.940 --> 00:49:57.920
 example in

00:49:57.920 --> 00:49:58.400
 all of the

00:49:58.400 --> 00:49:59.019
 Old Testament

00:49:59.019 --> 00:50:00.219
 may be

00:50:00.219 --> 00:50:01.099
 saved for

00:50:01.099 --> 00:50:02.320
 Psalm 32

00:50:02.320 --> 00:50:02.699
 and Psalm

00:50:02.699 --> 00:50:03.159
 51,

00:50:03.759 --> 00:50:04.340
 of true

00:50:04.340 --> 00:50:05.059
 heartfelt

00:50:05.059 --> 00:50:06.039
 confession

00:50:06.039 --> 00:50:07.199
 and repentance.

00:50:09.300 --> 00:50:10.000
 His

00:50:10.000 --> 00:50:10.739
 brothers come

00:50:10.739 --> 00:50:11.119
 to him

00:50:11.119 --> 00:50:13.079
 in verse

00:50:13.079 --> 00:50:16.940
 17.

00:50:17.739 --> 00:50:18.420
 Let's see

00:50:18.420 --> 00:50:18.619
 here.

00:50:21.119 --> 00:50:21.440
 Yes,

00:50:21.619 --> 00:50:21.900
 in verse

00:50:21.900 --> 00:50:22.340
 17.

00:50:22.980 --> 00:50:23.480
 Say to

00:50:23.480 --> 00:50:23.840
 Joseph,

00:50:24.039 --> 00:50:24.659
 please forgive

00:50:24.659 --> 00:50:25.519
 the transgressions

00:50:25.519 --> 00:50:25.759
 of your

00:50:25.759 --> 00:50:26.860
 brothers and

00:50:26.860 --> 00:50:27.300
 their sin

00:50:27.300 --> 00:50:27.760
 because they

00:50:27.760 --> 00:50:28.340
 did evil

00:50:28.340 --> 00:50:28.880
 to you.

00:50:29.380 --> 00:50:29.660
 And now

00:50:29.660 --> 00:50:30.360
 please forgive

00:50:30.360 --> 00:50:31.140
 the transgression

00:50:31.140 --> 00:50:31.560
 of the

00:50:31.560 --> 00:50:32.060
 servants of

00:50:32.060 --> 00:50:32.360
 God,

00:50:32.720 --> 00:50:33.280
 your father.

00:50:34.440 --> 00:50:34.780
 Joseph

00:50:34.780 --> 00:50:36.280
 wept when

00:50:36.280 --> 00:50:36.780
 they spoke

00:50:36.780 --> 00:50:37.140
 to him.

00:50:38.080 --> 00:50:38.280
 His

00:50:38.280 --> 00:50:38.920
 brothers also

00:50:38.920 --> 00:50:39.400
 came and

00:50:39.400 --> 00:50:39.800
 fell down

00:50:39.800 --> 00:50:40.380
 before him.

00:50:40.640 --> 00:50:41.039
 Behold,

00:50:41.140 --> 00:50:41.480
 we are

00:50:41.480 --> 00:50:42.200
 your servants.

00:50:43.500 --> 00:50:43.800
 Joseph

00:50:43.800 --> 00:50:44.500
 tells them,

00:50:44.720 --> 00:50:45.080
 do not

00:50:45.080 --> 00:50:45.400
 fear,

00:50:46.240 --> 00:50:46.780
 for am I

00:50:46.780 --> 00:50:46.980
 in the

00:50:46.980 --> 00:50:47.380
 place of

00:50:47.380 --> 00:50:47.680
 God?

00:50:48.320 --> 00:50:48.880
 As for

00:50:48.880 --> 00:50:49.060
 you,

00:50:49.120 --> 00:50:49.660
 you meant

00:50:49.660 --> 00:50:50.519
 evil against

00:50:50.519 --> 00:50:50.700
 me,

00:50:50.760 --> 00:50:51.380
 but God

00:50:51.380 --> 00:50:51.980
 meant it

00:50:51.980 --> 00:50:52.660
 for good

00:50:52.660 --> 00:50:53.460
 to bring it

00:50:53.460 --> 00:50:54.120
 about that

00:50:54.119 --> 00:50:55.000
 many people

00:50:55.000 --> 00:50:55.579
 should be

00:50:55.579 --> 00:50:56.179
 kept alive

00:50:56.179 --> 00:50:56.839
 as they

00:50:56.839 --> 00:50:57.339
 are today.

00:50:57.719 --> 00:50:58.119
 So don't

00:50:58.119 --> 00:50:58.400
 fear,

00:50:58.900 --> 00:50:59.519
 I'll provide

00:50:59.519 --> 00:51:00.039
 for you

00:51:00.039 --> 00:51:00.339
 and your

00:51:00.339 --> 00:51:00.980
 little ones.

00:51:01.400 --> 00:51:01.739
 Thus he

00:51:01.739 --> 00:51:02.159
 comforted

00:51:02.159 --> 00:51:02.859
 them and

00:51:02.859 --> 00:51:03.500
 spoke kindly

00:51:03.500 --> 00:51:04.000
 to them.

00:51:04.699 --> 00:51:05.639
 We find

00:51:05.639 --> 00:51:06.859
 in this

00:51:06.859 --> 00:51:08.099
 another

00:51:08.099 --> 00:51:09.679
 clear example

00:51:09.679 --> 00:51:10.299
 of those

00:51:10.299 --> 00:51:11.159
 marks of

00:51:11.159 --> 00:51:11.559
 forgiveness

00:51:11.559 --> 00:51:11.960
 that were

00:51:11.960 --> 00:51:12.519
 true in

00:51:12.519 --> 00:51:12.900
 Joseph's

00:51:12.900 --> 00:51:13.279
 life.

00:51:14.239 --> 00:51:14.980
 Pointing to

00:51:14.980 --> 00:51:15.480
 the sovereignty

00:51:15.480 --> 00:51:16.039
 of God,

00:51:16.400 --> 00:51:17.239
 speaking honestly

00:51:17.239 --> 00:51:17.779
 about the

00:51:17.779 --> 00:51:18.239
 past,

00:51:18.639 --> 00:51:19.420
 his willingness

00:51:19.420 --> 00:51:20.099
 to continue

00:51:20.099 --> 00:51:21.839
 to embrace

00:51:21.840 --> 00:51:22.860
 and desire

00:51:22.860 --> 00:51:23.680
 for there

00:51:23.680 --> 00:51:23.940
 to be

00:51:23.940 --> 00:51:24.480
 intimacy

00:51:24.480 --> 00:51:25.340
 and restore

00:51:25.340 --> 00:51:25.940
 relationship

00:51:25.940 --> 00:51:26.400
 with his

00:51:26.400 --> 00:51:27.620
 brothers and

00:51:27.620 --> 00:51:28.240
 then providing

00:51:28.240 --> 00:51:28.680
 for them

00:51:28.680 --> 00:51:29.240
 and dealing

00:51:29.240 --> 00:51:29.960
 kindly with

00:51:29.960 --> 00:51:30.640
 them even

00:51:30.640 --> 00:51:30.940
 when they

00:51:30.940 --> 00:51:31.420
 didn't deserve

00:51:31.420 --> 00:51:31.780
 it.

00:51:33.660 --> 00:51:34.400
 A man of

00:51:34.400 --> 00:51:34.720
 forgiveness

00:51:34.720 --> 00:51:35.400
 and finally

00:51:35.400 --> 00:51:35.960
 a man of

00:51:35.960 --> 00:51:36.440
 legacy.

00:51:37.579 --> 00:51:37.860
 And just

00:51:37.860 --> 00:51:38.920
 to touch

00:51:38.920 --> 00:51:39.519
 on something

00:51:39.519 --> 00:51:40.960
 briefly here,

00:51:41.059 --> 00:51:41.180
 let me,

00:51:42.400 --> 00:51:43.240
 verse 22,

00:51:43.420 --> 00:51:43.680
 this is

00:51:43.680 --> 00:51:44.100
 interesting.

00:51:44.980 --> 00:51:45.400
 So Joseph

00:51:45.400 --> 00:51:46.019
 remained in

00:51:46.019 --> 00:51:46.300
 Egypt,

00:51:46.480 --> 00:51:47.079
 he in his

00:51:47.079 --> 00:51:47.940
 father's house,

00:51:48.600 --> 00:51:49.380
 Joseph lived

00:51:49.380 --> 00:51:50.559
 110 years,

00:51:51.120 --> 00:51:51.600
 and Joseph

00:51:51.599 --> 00:51:52.739
 saw Ephraim's

00:51:52.739 --> 00:51:53.199
 children of

00:51:53.199 --> 00:51:53.559
 the third

00:51:53.559 --> 00:51:54.179
 generation,

00:51:55.159 --> 00:51:55.599
 the children

00:51:55.599 --> 00:51:56.259
 also of

00:51:56.259 --> 00:51:56.619
 Macher,

00:51:56.980 --> 00:51:57.460
 the son of

00:51:57.460 --> 00:51:58.039
 Manasseh,

00:51:58.159 --> 00:51:58.659
 who were

00:51:58.659 --> 00:51:59.360
 counted as

00:51:59.360 --> 00:51:59.960
 Joseph's

00:51:59.960 --> 00:52:00.319
 own.

00:52:01.940 --> 00:52:02.159
 Okay,

00:52:02.380 --> 00:52:03.019
 and some

00:52:03.019 --> 00:52:03.239
 of your

00:52:03.239 --> 00:52:03.659
 translations

00:52:03.659 --> 00:52:04.319
 may also

00:52:04.319 --> 00:52:04.779
 say,

00:52:05.920 --> 00:52:08.460
 where is

00:52:08.460 --> 00:52:08.619
 it?

00:52:10.539 --> 00:52:10.980
 The New

00:52:10.980 --> 00:52:11.659
 King James

00:52:11.659 --> 00:52:12.339
 takes a

00:52:12.339 --> 00:52:13.059
 more literal

00:52:13.059 --> 00:52:13.559
 translation,

00:52:13.920 --> 00:52:14.139
 says,

00:52:14.639 --> 00:52:15.019
 the sons

00:52:15.019 --> 00:52:15.880
 of Manasseh

00:52:15.880 --> 00:52:16.659
 were also

00:52:16.659 --> 00:52:17.199
 brought up

00:52:17.199 --> 00:52:18.059
 on Joseph's

00:52:18.059 --> 00:52:18.380
 knees.

00:52:19.940 --> 00:52:20.460
 Here is

00:52:20.460 --> 00:52:21.219
 great-grandpa,

00:52:21.599 --> 00:52:23.360
 bouncing his

00:52:23.360 --> 00:52:24.139
 great-grandkids

00:52:24.139 --> 00:52:24.739
 on his

00:52:24.739 --> 00:52:24.980
 knee.

00:52:25.900 --> 00:52:26.219
 This

00:52:26.219 --> 00:52:27.299
 dignified

00:52:27.299 --> 00:52:29.079
 ruler of

00:52:29.079 --> 00:52:29.559
 Egypt,

00:52:29.960 --> 00:52:30.659
 who is

00:52:30.659 --> 00:52:31.099
 taking

00:52:31.099 --> 00:52:31.880
 personal

00:52:31.880 --> 00:52:32.719
 interest in

00:52:32.719 --> 00:52:33.099
 his

00:52:33.099 --> 00:52:34.319
 personal

00:52:34.319 --> 00:52:35.039
 legacy.

00:52:35.739 --> 00:52:36.480
 He did

00:52:36.480 --> 00:52:37.159
 not forget

00:52:37.159 --> 00:52:37.920
 the significance

00:52:37.920 --> 00:52:39.659
 of passing

00:52:39.659 --> 00:52:40.659
 on his

00:52:40.659 --> 00:52:41.480
 faith to

00:52:41.480 --> 00:52:42.139
 his children,

00:52:42.940 --> 00:52:43.239
 and his

00:52:43.239 --> 00:52:43.679
 children's

00:52:43.679 --> 00:52:44.079
 children,

00:52:44.960 --> 00:52:45.679
 and then on

00:52:45.679 --> 00:52:46.019
 down the

00:52:46.019 --> 00:52:46.259
 line.

00:52:46.260 --> 00:52:48.020
 the significance

00:52:48.020 --> 00:52:49.520
 of not

00:52:49.520 --> 00:52:50.560
 losing touch

00:52:50.560 --> 00:52:52.020
 with his

00:52:52.020 --> 00:52:52.420
 family.

00:52:52.560 --> 00:52:52.860
 I think

00:52:52.860 --> 00:52:53.120
 that's

00:52:53.120 --> 00:52:53.560
 significant.

00:52:54.740 --> 00:52:55.680
 We could

00:52:55.680 --> 00:52:57.040
 talk about

00:52:57.040 --> 00:52:58.300
 all of the

00:52:58.300 --> 00:52:59.460
 examples of

00:52:59.460 --> 00:53:00.340
 fathers who

00:53:00.340 --> 00:53:00.980
 blew it with

00:53:00.980 --> 00:53:02.000
 their kids

00:53:02.000 --> 00:53:03.220
 in the

00:53:03.220 --> 00:53:03.520
 scriptures,

00:53:03.680 --> 00:53:03.860
 right?

00:53:04.480 --> 00:53:05.220
 We could

00:53:05.220 --> 00:53:05.820
 talk about

00:53:05.820 --> 00:53:06.980
 how Samuel,

00:53:07.560 --> 00:53:08.440
 even Samuel,

00:53:08.560 --> 00:53:09.040
 blew it with

00:53:09.040 --> 00:53:09.420
 his two

00:53:09.420 --> 00:53:09.740
 boys.

00:53:10.220 --> 00:53:10.600
 We could

00:53:10.600 --> 00:53:11.000
 talk about

00:53:11.000 --> 00:53:11.740
 how Aaron

00:53:11.740 --> 00:53:12.680
 blew it with

00:53:12.680 --> 00:53:13.200
 two of his

00:53:13.200 --> 00:53:13.520
 boys.

00:53:13.519 --> 00:53:14.440
 We could

00:53:14.440 --> 00:53:14.780
 talk about

00:53:14.780 --> 00:53:15.400
 how David

00:53:15.400 --> 00:53:15.780
 blew it

00:53:15.780 --> 00:53:16.139
 with his

00:53:16.139 --> 00:53:16.599
 sons.

00:53:17.340 --> 00:53:17.559
 Here are

00:53:17.559 --> 00:53:17.840
 these

00:53:17.840 --> 00:53:19.099
 standout

00:53:19.099 --> 00:53:20.199
 men of

00:53:20.199 --> 00:53:20.659
 the scripture

00:53:20.659 --> 00:53:21.679
 who did

00:53:21.679 --> 00:53:22.400
 so well

00:53:22.400 --> 00:53:22.739
 in their

00:53:22.739 --> 00:53:23.340
 own personal

00:53:23.340 --> 00:53:23.820
 lives,

00:53:23.920 --> 00:53:24.360
 and yet

00:53:24.360 --> 00:53:25.340
 left

00:53:25.340 --> 00:53:26.119
 disaster

00:53:26.119 --> 00:53:26.599
 in their

00:53:26.599 --> 00:53:26.920
 wake

00:53:26.920 --> 00:53:27.880
 because of

00:53:27.880 --> 00:53:28.519
 forgetting

00:53:28.519 --> 00:53:29.199
 the significance

00:53:29.199 --> 00:53:30.139
 of their

00:53:30.139 --> 00:53:30.480
 own

00:53:30.480 --> 00:53:30.960
 children.

00:53:32.360 --> 00:53:32.619
 This

00:53:32.619 --> 00:53:34.480
 man,

00:53:34.619 --> 00:53:34.880
 Joseph,

00:53:35.000 --> 00:53:35.159
 this

00:53:35.159 --> 00:53:36.019
 comprehensive

00:53:36.019 --> 00:53:36.820
 view that

00:53:36.820 --> 00:53:37.340
 he had

00:53:37.340 --> 00:53:38.440
 of faithfulness

00:53:38.440 --> 00:53:38.759
 in every

00:53:38.759 --> 00:53:39.099
 part of

00:53:39.099 --> 00:53:39.320
 life,

00:53:39.380 --> 00:53:40.460
 it just

00:53:40.460 --> 00:53:41.780
 encourages

00:53:41.780 --> 00:53:42.460
 and challenges

00:53:42.460 --> 00:53:42.739
 me.

00:53:43.519 --> 00:53:44.559
 So,

00:53:45.059 --> 00:53:45.679
 we don't

00:53:45.679 --> 00:53:46.940
 have time

00:53:46.940 --> 00:53:47.219
 to really

00:53:47.219 --> 00:53:47.639
 talk about

00:53:47.639 --> 00:53:48.059
 this much,

00:53:48.199 --> 00:53:49.800
 but I

00:53:49.800 --> 00:53:50.460
 want us

00:53:50.460 --> 00:53:51.000
 to understand

00:53:51.000 --> 00:53:51.699
 the significance

00:53:51.699 --> 00:53:53.800
 of finishing

00:53:53.800 --> 00:53:54.159
 well,

00:53:54.980 --> 00:53:56.639
 the importance

00:53:56.639 --> 00:53:57.480
 of finishing

00:53:57.480 --> 00:53:57.900
 well.

00:53:59.239 --> 00:54:00.019
 How do

00:54:00.019 --> 00:54:00.960
 we finish

00:54:00.960 --> 00:54:01.320
 well?

00:54:02.000 --> 00:54:02.300
 What does

00:54:02.300 --> 00:54:02.780
 it take

00:54:02.780 --> 00:54:04.139
 to finish

00:54:04.139 --> 00:54:04.840
 strong,

00:54:05.159 --> 00:54:05.800
 to go the

00:54:05.800 --> 00:54:06.320
 distance,

00:54:06.960 --> 00:54:07.619
 to endure?

00:54:09.300 --> 00:54:09.900
 What does

00:54:09.900 --> 00:54:10.239
 it take?

00:54:11.159 --> 00:54:11.500
 Maybe you

00:54:11.500 --> 00:54:11.900
 can look,

00:54:12.739 --> 00:54:13.340
 use a

00:54:13.340 --> 00:54:14.079
 Joseph's

00:54:14.079 --> 00:54:15.000
 life as

00:54:15.000 --> 00:54:15.539
 an example.

00:54:15.920 --> 00:54:16.039
 So,

00:54:16.120 --> 00:54:16.400
 what are

00:54:16.400 --> 00:54:16.559
 some

00:54:16.559 --> 00:54:16.860
 thoughts?

00:54:16.920 --> 00:54:17.100
 What does

00:54:17.100 --> 00:54:17.559
 it take

00:54:17.559 --> 00:54:18.240
 to go

00:54:18.240 --> 00:54:18.800
 the distance?

00:54:29.559 --> 00:54:30.000
 Okay?

00:54:34.579 --> 00:54:35.019
 Okay?

00:54:35.720 --> 00:54:36.280
 Patterns of

00:54:36.280 --> 00:54:36.680
 discipline

00:54:36.680 --> 00:54:37.660
 that we see

00:54:37.660 --> 00:54:38.240
 in his life.

00:54:38.559 --> 00:54:38.960
 That's good.

00:54:38.960 --> 00:54:39.720
 what else?

00:54:41.400 --> 00:54:41.760
 How else

00:54:41.760 --> 00:54:42.199
 does Joseph

00:54:42.199 --> 00:54:42.820
 model

00:54:42.820 --> 00:54:44.079
 endurance?

00:54:45.079 --> 00:54:45.519
 The ability

00:54:45.519 --> 00:54:46.300
 to stand

00:54:46.300 --> 00:54:46.679
 the test

00:54:46.679 --> 00:54:47.039
 of time?

00:54:49.039 --> 00:54:49.460
 Good.

00:54:50.659 --> 00:54:51.139
 Sorry.

00:54:53.800 --> 00:54:54.240
 That's

00:54:54.240 --> 00:54:54.500
 good.

00:54:54.500 --> 00:54:55.059
 Amen.

00:54:57.559 --> 00:54:58.039
 Recognizing

00:54:58.039 --> 00:54:58.760
 that God

00:54:58.760 --> 00:54:59.460
 is in this

00:54:59.460 --> 00:55:00.460
 through hard

00:55:00.460 --> 00:55:01.300
 times and

00:55:01.300 --> 00:55:01.659
 through good

00:55:01.659 --> 00:55:01.860
 times.

00:55:02.000 --> 00:55:02.019
 So,

00:55:02.119 --> 00:55:02.840
 it doesn't

00:55:02.840 --> 00:55:03.300
 make him

00:55:03.300 --> 00:55:04.059
 despair when

00:55:04.059 --> 00:55:04.480
 times are

00:55:04.480 --> 00:55:04.780
 tough.

00:55:04.940 --> 00:55:05.340
 It doesn't

00:55:05.340 --> 00:55:05.699
 make him

00:55:05.699 --> 00:55:06.300
 proud when

00:55:06.300 --> 00:55:06.699
 times are

00:55:06.699 --> 00:55:06.940
 good.

00:55:06.940 --> 00:55:08.619
 God is

00:55:08.619 --> 00:55:09.119
 in this.

00:55:09.760 --> 00:55:10.019
 God's

00:55:10.019 --> 00:55:10.280
 got a

00:55:10.280 --> 00:55:10.639
 role for

00:55:10.639 --> 00:55:10.860
 me to

00:55:10.860 --> 00:55:11.139
 play.

00:55:11.539 --> 00:55:11.800
 I want

00:55:11.800 --> 00:55:12.039
 to be

00:55:12.039 --> 00:55:12.539
 faithful to

00:55:12.539 --> 00:55:12.840
 him.

00:55:13.579 --> 00:55:13.720
 It's

00:55:13.720 --> 00:55:13.940
 good.

00:55:13.940 --> 00:55:13.960
 Right.

00:55:23.679 --> 00:55:23.920
 Right.

00:55:24.420 --> 00:55:24.639
 Right.

00:55:24.639 --> 00:55:24.700
 Right.

00:55:24.699 --> 00:55:41.159
 It's

00:55:41.159 --> 00:55:41.519
 interesting.

00:55:42.279 --> 00:55:42.779
 And, you

00:55:42.779 --> 00:55:43.279
 know, I

00:55:43.279 --> 00:55:43.960
 touched on

00:55:43.960 --> 00:55:44.419
 it briefly

00:55:44.419 --> 00:55:45.000
 and I'm

00:55:45.000 --> 00:55:45.299
 not sure

00:55:45.299 --> 00:55:45.559
 it's the

00:55:45.559 --> 00:55:46.019
 right answer,

00:55:46.199 --> 00:55:47.059
 but there

00:55:47.059 --> 00:55:47.539
 was a

00:55:47.539 --> 00:55:48.739
 season in

00:55:48.739 --> 00:55:49.259
 Jacob's

00:55:49.259 --> 00:55:50.259
 life where

00:55:50.259 --> 00:55:50.699
 the man

00:55:50.699 --> 00:55:51.059
 of faith

00:55:51.059 --> 00:55:51.539
 began to

00:55:51.539 --> 00:55:52.519
 emerge during

00:55:52.519 --> 00:55:52.939
 the early

00:55:52.940 --> 00:55:54.079
 parts of

00:55:54.079 --> 00:55:54.539
 Joseph's

00:55:54.539 --> 00:55:54.920
 life.

00:55:55.260 --> 00:55:55.880
 Where he

00:55:55.880 --> 00:55:56.340
 wrestled

00:55:56.340 --> 00:55:56.860
 with God,

00:55:56.980 --> 00:55:57.579
 where he

00:55:57.579 --> 00:55:58.179
 was faithful

00:55:58.179 --> 00:55:58.840
 to bring

00:55:58.840 --> 00:55:59.300
 his family

00:55:59.300 --> 00:55:59.720
 back to

00:55:59.720 --> 00:56:00.000
 Canaan,

00:56:00.079 --> 00:56:00.659
 where he's

00:56:00.659 --> 00:56:01.139
 offering

00:56:01.139 --> 00:56:02.500
 sacrifices,

00:56:02.679 --> 00:56:03.119
 where he's

00:56:03.119 --> 00:56:04.360
 purging his

00:56:04.360 --> 00:56:05.000
 family of

00:56:05.000 --> 00:56:05.619
 these foreign

00:56:05.619 --> 00:56:06.039
 deities,

00:56:06.220 --> 00:56:06.780
 and he's

00:56:06.780 --> 00:56:07.220
 helping to

00:56:07.220 --> 00:56:08.079
 realign their

00:56:08.079 --> 00:56:08.820
 perspectives.

00:56:09.700 --> 00:56:10.519
 And during

00:56:10.519 --> 00:56:11.700
 that incubation

00:56:11.700 --> 00:56:12.280
 period of

00:56:12.280 --> 00:56:12.960
 Joseph's life,

00:56:13.039 --> 00:56:13.920
 I think God

00:56:13.920 --> 00:56:14.679
 used that to

00:56:14.679 --> 00:56:15.860
 nurture faith

00:56:15.860 --> 00:56:16.320
 in him,

00:56:16.720 --> 00:56:17.099
 and so when

00:56:17.099 --> 00:56:17.500
 his dad

00:56:17.500 --> 00:56:18.019
 kind of went

00:56:18.019 --> 00:56:18.740
 off the rails

00:56:18.740 --> 00:56:20.420
 after Joseph

00:56:20.420 --> 00:56:21.559
 left, he at

00:56:21.559 --> 00:56:22.159
 least had that

00:56:22.159 --> 00:56:22.659
 as a starting

00:56:22.659 --> 00:56:23.420
 point for

00:56:23.420 --> 00:56:23.940
 his life.

00:56:30.199 --> 00:56:30.679
 Yes.

00:56:34.960 --> 00:56:35.599
 And the

00:56:35.599 --> 00:56:36.219
 only true

00:56:36.219 --> 00:56:36.779
 answer is

00:56:36.779 --> 00:56:37.319
 that God

00:56:37.319 --> 00:56:38.559
 strengthened

00:56:38.559 --> 00:56:38.980
 him and

00:56:38.980 --> 00:56:39.399
 helped him,

00:56:39.639 --> 00:56:39.799
 right?

00:56:40.759 --> 00:56:41.619
 God strengthened

00:56:41.619 --> 00:56:41.960
 him through

00:56:41.960 --> 00:56:42.139
 that.

00:56:42.399 --> 00:56:42.719
 Any other

00:56:42.719 --> 00:56:43.299
 thoughts before

00:56:43.299 --> 00:56:44.000
 I let you

00:56:44.000 --> 00:56:44.179
 go?

00:56:50.179 --> 00:56:50.819
 That's right.

00:56:51.440 --> 00:56:51.839
 That's right.

00:56:52.159 --> 00:56:53.539
 We can all

00:56:53.539 --> 00:56:56.199
 think of people

00:56:56.199 --> 00:56:57.420
 like Demas,

00:56:58.179 --> 00:56:58.639
 who were

00:56:58.639 --> 00:56:59.940
 faithful in

00:56:59.940 --> 00:57:00.899
 ministry with

00:57:00.899 --> 00:57:01.960
 Paul, and

00:57:01.960 --> 00:57:02.299
 then at the

00:57:02.299 --> 00:57:02.960
 very end of

00:57:02.960 --> 00:57:03.679
 Paul's life,

00:57:04.460 --> 00:57:06.599
 he says of

00:57:06.599 --> 00:57:07.119
 Demas,

00:57:08.039 --> 00:57:08.719
 for Demas,

00:57:08.839 --> 00:57:09.339
 in love with

00:57:09.339 --> 00:57:09.779
 this present

00:57:09.779 --> 00:57:10.299
 world, has

00:57:10.299 --> 00:57:11.619
 deserted me and

00:57:11.619 --> 00:57:12.019
 gone to

00:57:12.019 --> 00:57:12.619
 Thessalonica.

00:57:13.440 --> 00:57:14.460
 May that not

00:57:14.460 --> 00:57:15.339
 be the case

00:57:15.339 --> 00:57:15.799
 for us.

00:57:15.879 --> 00:57:17.139
 May we finish

00:57:17.139 --> 00:57:17.679
 well.

00:57:18.940 --> 00:57:19.940
 And praise the

00:57:19.940 --> 00:57:20.279
 Lord for

00:57:20.280 --> 00:57:20.800
 Joseph's

00:57:20.800 --> 00:57:21.300
 testimony.

00:57:22.800 --> 00:57:23.600
 Thanks for

00:57:23.600 --> 00:57:25.519
 listening and

00:57:25.519 --> 00:57:26.200
 walking through

00:57:26.200 --> 00:57:26.620
 this story

00:57:26.620 --> 00:57:26.880
 with me.

00:57:26.940 --> 00:57:27.140
 It's been

00:57:27.140 --> 00:57:27.700
 a joy.

00:57:27.699 --> 00:57:28.699
 Sorry.