2. God spake unto Israel--Here is a virtual renewal of the covenant and an assurance of its blessings. Moreover, here is an answer on the chief subject of Jacob's prayer and a removal of any doubt as to the course he was meditating. At first the prospect of paying a personal visit to Joseph had been viewed with unmingled joy. But, on calmer consideration, many difficulties appeared to lie in the way. He may have remembered the prophecy to Abraham that his posterity was to be afflicted in Egypt and also that his father had been expressly told not to go [Ge 15:13; 26:2]; he may have feared the contamination of idolatry to his family and their forgetfulness of the land of promise. These doubts were removed by the answer of the oracle, and an assurance given him of great and increasing prosperity.
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Outline
1 Jacob Is comforted by God at Beersheba.
5 Jacob with his household go down into Egypt
8 The number of his family that went Into Egypt
28 Joseph meets Jacob
31 Joseph instructs his brethren how to answer to Pharaoh
Map of the Journeys of Abraham
The Journeys of Abram and Lot
Quick Reference Map
Map of the Nile River and Egypt
Ancient Customs
Wept upon his neck
Cattle
Occupation
EYES CLOSED
HATRED OF SHEPHERDS
Ancient People
Jacob, Joseph, brothers, their families, Pharaoh
Jacob and all his seed
Egyptians
Hebrews
Geography
Egypt
The land of Canaan
The land of Goshen
The Old Testament
Genesis Resources
Creation
Adam and Eve
The
Flood
The Tower of Babel
Abraham the First Hebrew
Isaac, Son of Promise
Jacob
and the 12 Tribes
Joseph
and Egypt