In this section of Genesis, chapters 45 through 48, God encourages Jacob, now renamed Israel, to go to Egypt there promises to make Jacob's family a great nation. So, Jacob's entire family, seventy in number, go into Egypt, and Joseph and his father Jacob reunite. Because Joseph does not want them to assimilate into the culture, they settle in Goshen. Joseph being a "type" of Christ is discussed, as well as Pharoah being a "type" of God the Father. This lesson ends with Jacob blessing Joseph's two sons, indicating the younger will serve the older.
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