Beginnings: #11 Genesis 50

November 23, 2025           Rev. Thomas M. Cox

BEGINNINGS #11

Genesis 50:15-26

GOD’S GOOD PROVIDENCE

• RECAP OF CHAPTERS 46-50A
  

46- Jacob’s family moves to Egypt where he is R____________ with his son Joseph.

47- “Thus Israel settled in …the land of Goshen. And they… were fruitful and multiplied greatly.”27

48- Joseph’s sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, receive Jacob’s blessing (and are part of the 12 Tribes).

49-50A: Jacob blesses his sons (Lion of Judah8-9) and then dies. He is buried in the Promised Land.

2) JOSEPH ALLAYS HIS BROTHERS’ FEARS

• He knows his P_______19. He did not take R___________ upon them.

• He speaks of God’s great R______________ power20.

• He insisted on being buried with his fathers in Canaan.
  

3) TAKEAWAYS

1. HEAD: Know that Joseph had F____ in God’s promises. Know that He is working for our G___.

1. HEART: When we experience God’s mercy and grace, we can extend F___________ to others.

1. HAND: Read the Book of Genesis. Get acquainted with Hebrews 11– the Hall of Faith.

• Jesus, who was betrayed and S____, asked for His Father to forgive even when on the Cross.

Genesis 50:15-26 (ESV, emphases mine)

When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him.” 16 So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this command before he died: 17 ‘Say to Joseph, “Please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, because they did evil to you.”’ And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him. 18 His brothers also came and fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.” 19 But Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? 20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. 21 So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones.” Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.

22 So Joseph remained in Egypt, he and his father's house. Joseph lived 110 years. 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were counted as Joseph's own. 24 And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will visit you and bring you up out of this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.” 25 Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.” 26 So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

Acts 7:15-16 And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, he and our fathers, and they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

Hebrews 11:22 By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones.

Romans 8:28-30 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose. 

For those whom He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, in order that He might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom He predestined He also called, and those whom He called He also justified, and those whom He justified He also glorified.