Genesis Worksheet - Chapter 46

Genesis Chapter 46

The brothers have convinced Jacob that Joseph is really alive and wants the family to come live in the land of Goshen to be taken care of through the next five years of famine.  With the wagons and all the provision that has been sent, he decides to go, for the family must eat or die and besides, he will get to see the son he thought had been dead these 20 years - his firstborn son through his beloved Rachel - Joseph.

1.  Where is the first place that Jacob goes and what does he do there? vs. 1 -

2.  After he makes the sacrifices, what does God speak to Jacob in a vision of the night? vs. 2 - 4 -

Jacob arose from Beersheba and the family made the journey with all they had acquired in the land of Canaan and came to Egypt.

3.  Name the sons that came with each of Jacob's sons below:

These were the sons born to Leah.  She also had a daughter named Dinah.  All his sons and his daughter through Leah numbered 33. Sons of Reuben - vs. 9 - Name 4 sons: Sons of Simeon - vs. 10 - Name 6 sons: Sons of Levi - vs. 11 - Name 3 sons: Sons of Judah - vs. 12 - Name 5 sons: Which 2 sons had already died in the land of Canaan?  The names of the grandson Perez are mentioned.  Name his 2 sons: Sons of Issachar - vs. 13 - Name 4 sons: Sons of Zebulun - vs. 14 - Name 3 sons:

 

These are the sons born to Zilpah, Leah's maid.  She bore to Jacob 16 persons. Sons of Gad - vs. 16 - Name 7 sons: Sons of Asher - vs. 17 - Name 4 sons and 1 daughter: The names of the grandson Beriah are mentioned.  Name his 2 sons:

 

These are the sons of Rachel, born to Jacob.  She gave him 14 persons in all. Sons of Joseph - vs. 20 - born in the land of Egypt to Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.  Name his 2 sons: Sons of Benjamin - vs. 21 - Name 10 sons:

 

These are the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid.  She gave him 7 persons in all. Sons of Dan - vs. 23 - Name 1 son: Sons of Naphtali - vs. 24 - Name 4 sons:

 

4.  What was the total of persons belonging to Jacob that came from Canaan to Egypt? vs. 26 -

5.  What was the total of Jacob's household in Egypt after he joined with Joseph's family? vs. 27 -

6.  Jacob sent Judah out before him to Joseph to point the way to the land of Goshen.  Joseph prepared his chariot and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel (Jacob). 

What was the reunion like? vs. 29-30 -

7.  Joseph told the brothers that he would tell Pharaoh that they were keepers of livestock and they had brought all they had with them. 

What did Joseph tell the brothers to tell Pharaoh if he asked about their occupation and why were they to say that? vs. 33-34 -

Application:

8.  He went to Beersheba to worship and offer sacrifices.  Look up these verses and write out the significance Beersheba has already had in the history of his forefathers and himself:

• Genesis 21:31-33 -
• Genesis 26:31-33 -
• Genesis 22:19-

Israel was in the land of Canaan, raising his family.  He had heard of the promise of becoming a great nation and possessing the land of Canaan from God himself, but also from his father, Isaac, and his grandfather, Abraham.  All three had been promised the land of Canaan as a possession. When Abraham had gone through a famine in the past, he was told by God not to go to Egypt.  Now Joseph is in Egypt and asking them to come live there because of the famine that will last another 5 years.  What was going on? Can you imagine the pull on his heart between what God wanted and what his flesh wanted in seeing Joseph and having his family taken care of ?  So, before the journey is made, Jacob turns to the God of his fathers and to his God, who had appeared to him and confirmed the covenant to him.

Have you ever felt God had planted you in the center of His will and all of a sudden, a change of events turned everything upside down? 

You end up somewhere you never dreamed was a part of God's plan for your life!  This is the way God often works as we see in Israel's life.

Wonder if he had been told what God had told his grandfather when He first appeared to him?  He told him his ancestors would be enslaved for 400 years.  But Israel wouldn't know that going to Egypt at this time of blessing would be the road to the fulfillment of that promise in the distant future.

9.  Refresh on this - It is doubtful that Abraham knew that nation would be Egypt or when it would take place.

• Genesis 15:13-15 -

When circumstances turn upside down and God's plan seems to be on hold, we must remember that He holds our future in His hands and He knows exactly where the road leads.  What is our responsibility?  We are to be like Jacob.  Go back to the altars where God has spoken to us and worship Him.  Place our trust completely in Him and not in man or our circumstances.

10. Comment on these:

• Proverbs 16:9 -
• Proverbs 3:5-6 -

11. After Jacob worships God, he goes to bed.  That very night, God speaks to him. 

What is God's assurance to him?

• Genesis 46:3-4 -

 

God has made us promises that He will never leave us or forsake us.  We may not understand what turns our lives take on the road, but we can know that our future is in God's hands.  Will we worship and leave the driving to Him?

12. If we seek Him first and above all else, what assurance does He give us?

• Matthew 6:33 -

Your summary and prayer today:

 

 

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