Lesson 23 – Jacob Goes to Egypt (Genesis 46-47)
Lesson 23 – Jacob Blesses Manasseh and Ephraim
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Scripture Passage: Genesis 47:28-48:22
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OPEN IT
1. Who is someone you have not seen in a long time that you would like to see?
EXPLORE IT
2. What did Israel do when he reached Beersheba? (46:1)
3. What did God tell Jacob? (46:2-4)
4. What did Jacob do after God spoke to him? (46:5-7)
5. How many children did Jacob have? (46:8-25)
6. Who went to Egypt with Jacob? (46:26-27)
7. What happened when Jacob arrived in Egypt? (46:28-30)
8. What did Joseph say he would do, and what did he tell his brothers to do? (46:31-34)
9. What did Joseph ask Pharaoh, and what was Pharaoh's response? (47:1-6)
10. What happened when Joseph presented his father to Pharaoh? (47:7-10)
11. What happened when people in both Egypt and Canaan ran out of money? (47:13-19)
12. Whose land did Joseph buy for Pharaoh? (47:20-22)
13. What law did Joseph establish? (47:23-26)
14. What happened to the Israelites in Egypt? (47:27)
GET IT
15. What makes moving away from home so difficult?
16. How do you feel when you see someone whom you have not seen in a long time?
APPLY IT
17. How can you show love and encouragement this week to someone you have missed or been separated from?
Explore It Answers
This section is designed to prompt thoughts about how and why to derive each scripture-based answer, so the actual answer is based upon individual study and may not be fully disclosed here. Here, also, are parallel verses for the key scripture texts.
Biblical Answer 2
What did Israel do when he reached Beersheba? (46:1)
Key Scripture: Genesis 46:1 | Parallel Texts: Romans 12:18; Proverbs 16:7; Matthew 5:9
Biblical Answer 3
What did God tell Jacob? (46:2-4)
Key Scripture: Genesis 46:2-4 | Parallel Texts: Psalm 24:1; Acts 17:28; Romans 14:12
Biblical Answer 4
What did Jacob do after God spoke to him? (46:5-7)
Key Scripture: Genesis 46:5-7 | Parallel Texts: Romans 12:18; Proverbs 16:7; Matthew 5:9
Biblical Answer 5
How many children did Jacob have? (46:8-25)
Key Scripture: Genesis 46:8-25 | Parallel Texts: Genesis 44:33-34; John 15:13; Romans 5:7-8
Biblical Answer 6
Who went to Egypt with Jacob? (46:26-27)
Key Scripture: Genesis 46:26-27 | Parallel Texts: Genesis 49:10; Isaiah 9:6-7; Revelation 5:5
Biblical Answer 7
What happened when Jacob arrived in Egypt? (46:28-30)
Key Scripture: Genesis 46:28-30 | Parallel Texts: James 1:19-20; Proverbs 15:1; Ephesians 4:31-32
Biblical Answer 8
What did Joseph say he would do, and what did he tell his brothers to do? (46:31-34)
Key Scripture: Genesis 46:31-34 | Parallel Texts: Genesis 1:27; Genesis 9:6; James 3:9
Biblical Answer 9
What did Joseph ask Pharaoh, and what was Pharaoh's response? (47:1-6)
Key Scripture: Genesis 47:1-6 | Parallel Texts: James 1:19-20; Proverbs 15:1; Ephesians 4:31-32
Biblical Answer 10
What happened when Joseph presented his father to Pharaoh? (47:7-10)
Key Scripture: Genesis 47:7-10 | Parallel Texts: Romans 12:18; Proverbs 16:7; Matthew 5:9
Biblical Answer 11
What happened when people in both Egypt and Canaan ran out of money? (47:13-19)
Key Scripture: Genesis 47:13-19 | Parallel Texts: James 1:19-20; Proverbs 15:1; Ephesians 4:31-32
Biblical Answer 12
Whose land did Joseph buy for Pharaoh? (47:20-22)
Key Scripture: Genesis 47:20-22 | Parallel Texts: Genesis 45:5; Genesis 50:20; Romans 8:28
Biblical Answer 13
What law did Joseph establish? (47:23-26)
Key Scripture: Genesis 47:23-26 | Parallel Texts: Genesis 44:33-34; John 15:13; Romans 5:7-8
Biblical Answer 14
What happened to the Israelites in Egypt? (47:27)
Key Scripture: Genesis 47:27 | Parallel Texts: Romans 12:18; Proverbs 16:7; Matthew 5:9
Commentary Summary
In Genesis 47:28-48:22, Jacob Blesses Manasseh and Ephraim highlights doctrinal themes such as God’s character, human accountability, and the certainty of His redemptive purpose. Christ's sufferings and obedience have obtained a vast treasure of blessings for perishing sinners. The emphasis is theological, asking what the text teaches about creation, covenant, judgment, grace, salvation, and the trustworthiness of God. This summary is designed to identify the major truths being taught, not merely repeat the narrative details.
In Jacob Blesses Manasseh and Ephraim, the flow of Genesis 47:28-48:22 emphasizes practical faith, obedience, and response to God. Unlike Joseph, He offers them for free to all who come to Him. The focus here is pastoral and applicational, showing how the lesson challenges the reader to trust, repent, endure, worship, and walk in obedience. This summary is intentionally more devotional and exhortational so it does not simply duplicate the doctrinal wording used in the other commentary summaries.
Within the broader storyline of Genesis and the Bible as a whole, Genesis 47:28-48:22 helps move forward the pattern of promise, failure, mercy, and restoration that runs through Scripture. But like Joseph, Christ makes all whom He saves into servants of God to do His will. This summary is shaped to sound more like a Bible Project overview by emphasizing literary flow, biblical themes, and how the lesson contributes to the unified story of Scripture. The goal is to locate the passage in the wider narrative rather than repeat the same doctrinal or devotional emphasis.
Last Week
THINK ABOUT THIS: The exalted lord of Egypt tested his brothers to convict them of their sins against him. Notice the similarities to the first regal act of the Lord after His ascension: He poured out the Spirit and convicted Israel of their sins against Him. Pray for the Spirit of Christ to convict the lost, so that they may begin to long for salvation and be open to hear the gospel.
This Week
THINK ABOUT THIS: Christ's sufferings and obedience have obtained a vast treasure of blessings for perishing sinners. Unlike Joseph, He offers them for free to all who come to Him. But like Joseph, Christ makes all whom He saves into servants of God to do His will.
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