Genesis 48-50 Handout
Genesis 48-50
Jacob with Joseph - 48.1-7
Why is this meeting with Joseph so important?
What does “a company of peoples” mean?
Jacob Blesses Manasseh and Ephraim - 48.8-20
What is Jacob doing with Manasseh and Ephraim? What Hebrew idiom does the narrative use?
How does Jacob describe God? Does this description support the incarnation of Jesus?
Returning to the Land - 48.21-22
Jacob Calls His Sons - 49.1-2
Reuben - 49.3-4
What is Jacob’s blessing to Reuben?
How are Reuben’s descendants unstable like water?
Genesis 48-50
Simeon and Levi - 49.5-7
How did this blessings of Simeon and Levi work out?
Judah - 49.8-12
Does Judah receive the first born blessing?
Why will Judah be the praise of his people? Of the world?
Who or what is Shiloh?
Zebulun - 49.13
What is Zebulun’s destiny?
How much do we know about Zebulun’s tribe?
Issachar - 49.14-15
Being compared to a donkey was a demeaning characteristic, right?
Genesis 48-50
Dan - 49.16-18
What happened to Dan historically?
Gad - 49.19
What type of people do the Gadites produce?
When do we see these people in the gospels?
Asher - 49.20
What was Jacob’s blessing to Asher?
Naphtali - 49.21
Why was Naphtali important during the time of Christ?
Isaiah 9:1–2 But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. 2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.
Joseph 49.22-26
What is the overriding theme of Joseph’s blessing?
Genesis 48-50
Benjamim - 49.27
Why is Benjamin compared to a ravenous wolf?
What prominent people come from Benjamin’s tribe?
Concluding Remarks - 49.28
What is stated for the first time in this verse?
Jacob’s Death - 49.29-50.3
Why did they embalm Joseph? Do the Jews embalm today?
Burial of Jacob - 50.4-14
Joseph and His Brothers - 50.15-21
What were the brothers concerned about?
Joseph’s Death - 50.22-26
How long did Joseph live? How would you describe the last years of Joseph’s life?
What are the two governing principles that we learned in our study of Genesis?
Jacob with Joseph - 48.1-7
Why is this meeting with Joseph so important?
What does “a company of peoples” mean?
Jacob Blesses Manasseh and Ephraim - 48.8-20
What is Jacob doing with Manasseh and Ephraim? What Hebrew idiom does the narrative use?
How does Jacob describe God? Does this description support the incarnation of Jesus?
Returning to the Land - 48.21-22
Jacob Calls His Sons - 49.1-2
Reuben - 49.3-4
What is Jacob’s blessing to Reuben?
How are Reuben’s descendants unstable like water?
Genesis 48-50
Simeon and Levi - 49.5-7
How did this blessings of Simeon and Levi work out?
Judah - 49.8-12
Does Judah receive the first born blessing?
Why will Judah be the praise of his people? Of the world?
Who or what is Shiloh?
Zebulun - 49.13
What is Zebulun’s destiny?
How much do we know about Zebulun’s tribe?
Issachar - 49.14-15
Being compared to a donkey was a demeaning characteristic, right?
Genesis 48-50
Dan - 49.16-18
What happened to Dan historically?
Gad - 49.19
What type of people do the Gadites produce?
When do we see these people in the gospels?
Asher - 49.20
What was Jacob’s blessing to Asher?
Naphtali - 49.21
Why was Naphtali important during the time of Christ?
Isaiah 9:1–2 But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. 2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.
Joseph 49.22-26
What is the overriding theme of Joseph’s blessing?
Genesis 48-50
Benjamim - 49.27
Why is Benjamin compared to a ravenous wolf?
What prominent people come from Benjamin’s tribe?
Concluding Remarks - 49.28
What is stated for the first time in this verse?
Jacob’s Death - 49.29-50.3
Why did they embalm Joseph? Do the Jews embalm today?
Burial of Jacob - 50.4-14
Joseph and His Brothers - 50.15-21
What were the brothers concerned about?
Joseph’s Death - 50.22-26
How long did Joseph live? How would you describe the last years of Joseph’s life?
What are the two governing principles that we learned in our study of Genesis?
