Genesis 47:1-27
READING
47 Joseph went and told Pharaoh,
“My father and brothers, with their flocks and herds and everything they own,
have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.” 2 He
chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.
3 Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What is your
occupation?”
“Your servants are shepherds,” they replied to
Pharaoh, “just as our fathers were.” 4 They also said to him, “We
have come to live here for a while, because the famine is severe in Canaan and
your servants’ flocks have no pasture. So now, please let your servants settle
in Goshen.”
5 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your
brothers have come to you, 6 and the land of Egypt is
before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best part of the land.
Let them live in Goshen. And if you know of any among them with special
ability, put them in charge of my own livestock.”
7 Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and
presented him before Pharaoh. After Jacob blessed[a] Pharaoh, 8 Pharaoh
asked him, “How old are you?”
9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my
pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. My years have been few and difficult, and
they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.” 10 Then
Jacob blessed[b]
Pharaoh and went out from his presence.
11 So Joseph settled his father and his brothers in
Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of
Rameses, as Pharaoh directed. 12 Joseph also provided his
father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to
the number of their children.
13 There was no food, however, in the whole region
because the famine was severe; both Egypt and Canaan wasted away because of the
famine. 14 Joseph
collected all the money that was to be found in Egypt and Canaan in payment for
the grain they were buying, and he brought it to Pharaoh’s palace. 15 When
the money of the people of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all Egypt came to Joseph
and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? Our money is all
gone.”
16 “Then bring your livestock,” said Joseph. “I will
sell you food in exchange for your livestock, since your money is gone.” 17 So
they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for
their horses, their sheep and goats, their cattle and donkeys. And he brought
them through that year with food in exchange for all their livestock.
18 When that year was over, they came to him the
following year and said, “We cannot hide from our lord the fact that since our
money is gone and our livestock belongs to you, there is nothing left for our
lord except our bodies and our land. 19 Why should we perish before
your eyes—we and our land as well? Buy us and our land in exchange for food,
and we with our land will be in bondage to Pharaoh. Give us seed so that we may
live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”
20 So Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for
Pharaoh. The Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields, because the famine was
too severe for them. The land became Pharaoh’s, 21 and
Joseph reduced the people to servitude,[c] from
one end of Egypt to the other. 22 However, he did not buy the
land of the priests, because they received a regular allotment from Pharaoh and
had food enough from the allotment Pharaoh gave them. That is why they did not
sell their land.
23 Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have
bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is seed for you so you can
plant the ground. 24 But when the crop comes in, give a fifth of it to
Pharaoh. The other four-fifths you may keep as seed for the fields and as food
for yourselves and your households and your children.”
25 “You have saved our lives,” they said. “May we
find favor in the eyes of our lord; we will be in bondage to Pharaoh.”
26 So Joseph established it as a law concerning land
in Egypt—still in force today—that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh.
It was only the land of the priests that did not become Pharaoh’s.
27 Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region
of Goshen. They acquired property there and were fruitful and increased greatly
in number.
BOARD – Whose are you?
Where are
you?
When are
you?
What are
you?
Who are
you?
1-6 – Where are you?
47 Joseph
went and told Pharaoh, “My father and brothers, with their flocks and herds and
everything they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.” 2 He chose five of his
brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.
3 Pharaoh
asked the brothers, “What is your occupation?”
“Your servants are shepherds,” they
replied to Pharaoh, “just as our fathers were.” 4 They also said to him,
“We have come to live here for a while, because the famine is severe in Canaan
and your servants’ flocks have no pasture. So now, please let your servants
settle in Goshen.”
5 Pharaoh
said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you, 6 and the land of Egypt
is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best part of the
land. Let them live in Goshen. And if you know of any among them with special
ability, put them in charge of my own livestock.”
·
Joseph did what he
said he would do
·
His brothers did what
they said they would do
·
They realized that
they were in that kingdom under his rule – not separate
·
They requested not
demanded to settle in Goshen
·
Pharaoh did what he
would do based on Joseph and trusted them with his possessions because of
Joseph
·
Notice the brothers
did not question nor did they wait at this point – they just obeyed
Who
are you under?
How
do you live in that?
Do
you follow the direction of those that are in positions of authority?
Romans
13:1-8
1
Peter 2:13-15
We
must live under the authority given by God.
In this place we have specific ‘rulers’ that we are subject to.
7-13
– When are you?
7 Then
Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him before Pharaoh. After
Jacob blessed[a]
Pharaoh, 8 Pharaoh
asked him, “How old are you?”
9 And
Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. My
years have been few and difficult, and they do not equal the years of the
pilgrimage of my fathers.” 10 Then
Jacob blessed[b]
Pharaoh and went out from his presence.
11 So
Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them property in
the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh directed. 12 Joseph also provided
his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according
to the number of their children.
13 There
was no food, however, in the whole region because the famine was severe; both
Egypt and Canaan wasted away because of the famine.
· Jacob blesses Pharaoh – the greater
always blesses the lesser! Hebrews
7:7
· Notice
the years are few but difficult –
o
What were the years of his fathers?
o
What were the difficulties of his life?
· Jacob blesses him a second time and
left
· Is it
important this Rameses?
· Food
was provided even though there was not food around them
At
this TIME –
· Jacob
was to bless the Pharaoh
· Joseph
was to settle the family in Goshen
· and
the Egypt and Canaan was to be in famine – this was THE TIME for all these things
This ISN’T the same time as their Ancestors in
exodus
"Now
there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. And he said to his
people, "Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.
Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war befall
us, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land."
"Therefore
they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens; and they
built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses. But the more they were
oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And the
Egyptians were in dread of the people of Israel. So they made the people of Israel
serve with rigor, and made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and
brick, and in all kinds of work in the field; in all their work they made them
serve with rigor." (Exodus 1:8-14)
What
time are you in?
Are
you in a storm, leaving a storm, or entering a storm?
This
is THE TIME for these things.
14-21 What are you?
14 Joseph
collected all the money that was to be found in Egypt and Canaan in payment for
the grain they were buying, and he brought it to Pharaoh’s palace. 15 When the money of the
people of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all Egypt came to Joseph and said, “Give
us food. Why should we die before your eyes? Our money is all gone.”
16 “Then
bring your livestock,” said Joseph. “I will sell you food in exchange for your
livestock, since your money is gone.” 17 So
they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for
their horses, their sheep and goats, their cattle and donkeys. And he brought
them through that year with food in exchange for all their livestock.
18 When
that year was over, they came to him the following year and said, “We cannot
hide from our lord the fact that since our money is gone and our livestock
belongs to you, there is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our
land. 19 Why
should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Buy us and our land
in exchange for food, and we with our land will be in bondage to Pharaoh. Give
us seed so that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become
desolate.”
20 So
Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh. The Egyptians, one and all,
sold their fields, because the famine was too severe for them. The land became
Pharaoh’s, 21 and
Joseph reduced the people to servitude,[c] from one end of Egypt to the
other.
They
wanted to LIVE
In what order were they giving things up to stay
alive?
· Money
· Livestock
– year
· Land
/ Selves
What was the ultimate conclusion? Servitude for EVERYONE.
Ultimately you are just a life – that is
it – no money, livestock, car, house, or even land
Question: "Why did God make man out of the
dust of the earth (Genesis 2:7)?"
Answer: Genesis 2:7 teaches, “The Lord God formed a man from the dust of the earth
and breathed into his nostrils the breath of
life, and the man became a living being.” With the rest of
creation, God had simply spoken things into existence (e.g., Genesis 1:3, 14, 20, 24), but God does things differently
with man.
Three important observations can be made. First,
the fact that man was created from dust makes him unique among all of God’s
creation. To create the sun, mountains, animal life, etc., God simply spoke. We
read, “Then God said” over and over in Genesis 1. Human life, however, included
the “dust of the earth” and the very breath of God. Man is a unique combination
of earthly, natural material and life-giving power from God Himself. Such a
mode of creation highlights the importance and value of human life.
Second, the use of dust suggests a certain
lowliness. God did not use gold or granite or gemstones to make man. He used
dust, a humble substance. What gives man his glory? The dust, or the breath of
God within the dust? Genesis 3:19 notes man’s dependence upon God and the
fragile nature of human life: “By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food
until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are
and to dust you will return.”
Third, the literary structure of the passage puts
man’s creation from the dust of the earth in a place of significance. The structure of Genesis 2:5–9 can be broken down
like this:
A No plant life (verse 5a)
B No intervention by God
(verse 5b)
C No man to work
the ground (verse 5c)
D Mist from
God (verse 6)
E God
creates man (verse 7a)
X
God gives life (verse 7a)
E Man
become a living creature (verse 7b)
D Garden from
God (verse 8a)
C Man works the
ground (verse 8b; cf. verse 15)
B God intervenes (verse
9)
A Plant life exists (verse 9)
God could have chosen to create humans in any way
He desired. However, Scripture records the particular way He did create—using
both natural material (dust) and supernatural power to give humans a unique
place in the cosmos. The recipe of dust of the earth + God’s breath emphasizes
the supernatural power of God and the fragile nature of humanity. Human life is
completely dependent upon God, and, as a result, humans are called to worship
the Lord and to serve Him only.
22-27 – Who are you?
22 However,
he did not buy the land of the priests, because they received a regular
allotment from Pharaoh and had food enough from the allotment Pharaoh gave
them. That is why they did not sell their land.
23 Joseph
said to the people, “Now that I have bought you and your land today for
Pharaoh, here is seed for you so you can plant the ground. 24 But when the crop
comes in, give a fifth of it to Pharaoh. The other four-fifths you may keep as
seed for the fields and as food for yourselves and your households and your
children.”
25 “You
have saved our lives,” they said. “May we find favor in the eyes of our lord;
we will be in bondage to Pharaoh.”
26 So
Joseph established it as a law concerning land in Egypt—still in force
today—that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. It was only the land of
the priests that did not become Pharaoh’s.
27 Now
the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property
there and were fruitful and increased greatly in number.
Let’s
look at the 3 peoples listed:
1.The Priests did not have to sell
their land because they were taken care of
2.Those that were not priests were
to give what they made – a portion - They had come down to being in bondage to
Pharaoh willingly – we will be in bondage – because they accepted his help in
saving them from death
3. Now called Israelites – the owned
property and were fruitful and increased GREATLY – now – because they were
Israelites
I am connected...
John 1:12 I
am God's child.
John 15:15 As
a disciple, I am a friend of Jesus Christ.
Romans 5:1 I
have been justified.
1 Corinthians
6:17 I am united with the Lord,
and I am one with Him in spirit.
1 Corinthians
6:19-20 I have been bought with a price
and I belong to God.
1 Corinthians
12:27 I am a member of Christ's
body.
Ephesians
1:3-8 I
have been chosen by God and adopted as His child.
Colossians
1:13-14 I have been redeemed and
forgiven of all my sins.
Colossians 2:9-10 I am complete in Christ.
Hebrews
4:14-16 I have direct access to
the throne of grace through Jesus Christ.
I am confident...
Romans 8:1-2 I
am free from condemnation.
Romans 8:28 I
am assured that God works for my good in all circumstances.
Romans 8:31-39 I
am free from any condemnation brought against me and I cannot be separated from
the love of God.
2 Corinthians
1:21-22 I have been established,
anointed and sealed by God.
Colossians
3:1-4 I
am hidden with Christ in God.
Philippians
1:6 I
am confident that God will complete the good work He started in me.
Philippians
3:20 I
am a citizen of heaven.
2 Timothy 1:7 I
have not been given a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind.
1 John 5:18 I
am born of God and the evil one cannot touch me.
I am complete...
John 15:5 I
am a branch of Jesus Christ, the true vine, and a channel of His life.
John 15:16 I
have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit.
1 Corinthians
3:16 I am God's temple.
2 Corinthians
5:17-21 I am a minister of
reconciliation for God.
Ephesians 2:6 I
am seated with Jesus Christ in the heavenly realm.
Ephesians 2:10 I
am God's workmanship.
Ephesians 3:12 I
may approach God with freedom and confidence.
Philippians
4:13 I
can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
Who I am is directly
connected to Whose I am –
Final Questions –
If someone were to ask you these 4 questions how would
you answer honestly?
Where are you in God’s Tapestry?
When are you in God’s Tapestry?
What are you in God’s Tapestry?
Who are you in God’s Tapestry?
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