78. Joseph’s wise administration saved all (Gen 47:1-31)

Joseph’s father and brothers settled down in Goshen. Joseph’s wise administration saved all people from famine. 

๐Ÿ‘‰ Read Gen 47:1-31

 

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “All the years of my (         ) are 130. It has been few but (            ).” Jacob (            ) Pharaoh.

Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them (          ) and (             ). (11-12)

As the famine prolonged, all people and lands belonged to Pharaoh. Joseph taxed (          ) from the harvest and gave the rest to them. They said, “You have saved our (          )!” (23-25)

What was Jacob’s will? (28-30)


Answers and Meditation

Travel, painful, blessed

Jacob’s travel had started because of his cheating in Ch 27.

By Jacob’s blessing Pharaoh, God’s blessing flows to the Gentile nations through Abraham’s descendants.

“The lesser is blessed by the greater.” Jacob was greater than Pharaoh. 


Land, food

Joseph is the provider of all their needs.


One-fifth, lives

Joseph took care of not only his family but also all residents of Egypt.

Joseph saved their lives. This is a fulfillment of God’s promise to Abraham: ‘blessing to all nations through your descendant’


“Bury me with my fathers”

Jacob believed that God would lead them out of Egypt to the promised land in the future. Surely, he had lived a life of a sojourner.

 

God planned seven years of good harvest and seven years of famine, announced it through Pharaoh’s dreams, and raised Joseph to provide a way of life for all people. Thus, God is glorified when people get salvation through His chosen people, especially Joseph, in this episode. 

The story of Joseph shows how the Lord fulfills His promise to Abraham: the blessing of all nations through Abraham's descendants. This promise will be fulfilled completely through Jesus Christ. We can find similarities between Jesus and Joseph. Sinfulness of the chosen people -> rejection and betrayal against the Father's beloved Son -> suffering of the Son -> elevation of the Son by the Father -> all get salvation. 

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