Genesis Worksheet - Chapter 47

Genesis Chapter 47

Joseph told Pharaoh that his father and brothers and all they that had were now in the land of Goshen.  Joseph took 5 of the brothers and presented them to Pharoah.  Pharaoh asked them their occupations and they told him they were shepherds.  They asked that Pharoah would allow them to live in the land because the famine was so severe in Canaan.

1.  How did Pharaoh answer Joseph? vs. 5-6 -

2.  Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and presented him to Pharaoh. 

What did Jacob do? vs. 7 -

3.  Pharaoh asked Jacob how old he was.  What did Jacob tell him? vs. 8 - 9 -

4.  What kind of life did Jacob say he had had? vs. 9 -

A brief review of Jacob's life.. he struggled in his mother's womb (Gen.25:21-26).. he stole his brother's blessing by deception and was forced to leave his family because Esau was going to kill him (Gen.27)... he spent years in exile, serving his Uncle Laban wo repeatedly cheated him..he planned to marry one wife he loved, but had to work 14 years to have her and ended up with 4 wives.....(Gen.29)... his only daughter, Dinah, was violated at Shechem.  He lived in fear of reprisal from Shechem's neighbors when his sons killed the men of Shechem (Gen.34).. he lost his beloved wife Rachel at an early age when she gave birth to Benjamin (Gen.35)... his oldest son, Reuben, lay with one of his wives (35:22)... his favorite son, Joseph, was tragically lost and presumed dead.. now, he was on the verge of losing everything due to a 7-year world wide famine!.. his life has definitely been full of hardship. (And we thought we had it bad or our family had some shady characters?)..

5.  What did Jacob do when he left Pharaoh's presence? vs. 10 -

6.  What do you think gave Jacob, an old Jewish man who was worn out and broken, the right or the authority to "bless" the greatest man in all the earth, the king of Egypt, Pharaoh?

That is the same right that you and I have to give a blessing to those around us!  Jacob was not greater than Pharaoh in his person, but he was greater than Pharoah in his position, as a child of God, as a servant of the Most High God!

7.  Comment on these verses:

• 1 Peter 3:9-12 -
• What purpose do you have as your calling from God? vs. 9 -
• Notice that Jacob blessed Pharoah when he came in (vs.7) and when he went out (vs.10).  Who can you give a spoken blessing to today? 

8.  Joseph settled his father and brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt.  What kind of land was this? vs. 11 -

9.  What kind of provision was the family given? vs. 12 -

10.  How did Joseph take care of all the people as they were famished during the coming years throughout all of Egypt and the land of Canaan? vs.13-19 -

11.  As a result of Joseph's ruling over the grain and the way he handled all these things, the entire land became Pharaoh's because all the people had to sell their land to live. 

What was the only land that Pharaoh did not buy and why? vs. 22 -

12.  Joseph gave the people 'seed' to 'sow' in the land.  What were they to give to Pharaoh who owned their land at the harvest time? vs. 24 -

13.  How did the people respond to this? vs. 25 -

14.  As Israel (Jacob's family) lived in the land of Egypt, how was life for them? vs. 27 -

15.  How long did Jacob live after he arrived there with his family? vs. 28 -

16.  What age was he when he died? vs. 28 -

17.  What did Jacob ask of his son Joseph when his time to die was growing near? vs. 29-31 -

Application:

• Of the 3 things that the people of Egypt gave up - money, belongings, property, and independence - which do you think was the easiest? 
• The hardest?  
• What would you have to surrender in order to follow God more fully?
• Are you willing so that you can eat of the best of the land in the blessings of God?

Read Romans 12:1. 

What will you surrender to Him today as a living sacrifice?

Your summary and prayer today:

 

 

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