Genesis Week 13 – The Book in Review The book of Genesis retells the origins of the universe, the story of a man of faith, the birth of a nation, and God’s pathway of the Messiah.

Summary of Quarter  Creation  The Fall of Mankind – Sin Enters the Picture  Downward Spiral of Sin – Flood and Babel  Abraham and the Nations  God’s Enduring Promises  Promises Pass to Isaac  Deception – Jacob & Esau  Jacob to Israel – Name Change  Joseph’s Slavery – More Promises from God  Reconciliation – Joseph with Family  Joseph’s Death, Burial – He wants to go “Home”

Adam to Joseph SHEM HAM JAPETH JOSEPH ABRAHAM ISAAC JACOB ADAM NOAH Adam to Noah = 10 Generations Noah to Abraham = 10 Generations Abraham to Joseph = 3 Generations Genesis Covers 23 Generations

Forming & Filling God Forms Day 1 - Light and Darkness Day 2 – Expanse and Atmosphere Day 3 – Earth & Seas & Plants & Trees God Fills Day 4 – Heavenly Lights/Time Day 5 – Sea and Air Dwellers Day 6 – Land Dwellers & Mankind God Rests Day 7 – God Ceased

Say again?  Why does the Lord repeat Ch1 in Ch 2?  Poetry (Chapter 1) vs. Narrative (Chapter 2)  Chapter 2 has more detail for the narrative Subject ComparisonChapter 1 Poetry (Factual) Chapter 2 Narrative (Descriptive) Creates Land Creates Man Garden of Eden Creates Woman

The Big Picture. The Point – Gen 1:26 3 Questions 1.Where’d I come from? 2.Why am I here? 3.Where am I going? Creatio n This is where I come from! EXALTED RELATIONSHIP

Adam, Type of Jesus  The Second Adam – 1 Cor 15:45  Miraculous Beginning  Perfect, Innocent, Holy  Adam made in image of God (Jesus).  Givers of Life  Deep sleep/Death & Wounded side produces bride  Both tempted by Satan  Failure to Victory  Adam failed the test, Jesus passed the test  Enslaved us with sin, Liberated us from sin  Expelled from paradise, Restores us to paradise

Noah  Sin spread like a virus  Gen 5 – Seth to Noah, the “righteous line”  Gen 6 – the spiral  His life shall be120 years  Sons of God (good) & Daughters of Men (evil)  Every thought of mankind was on evil  Save yourself from the perverse! Build an ark, Noah!

Really, It was Huge!

Ark Life – Gen 6  Animals came to Noah and entered the ark  Noah entered Ark on the day it began to rain  40 days & nights of solid rain – Water covered highest moutains  Global vapor canopy collapses  Fountains of the deep burst upward  5 th Month - Water peaked 150 days and began to subside  7 th month and 17 th day (2 months later) - ark rested on mountains of Ararat  10 th month – Water continues to drop. Began to see mountains tops.  11 th month – Noah opens a portal and sends forth birds  13 th month (2 months later) – Waters had dried up. God tells Noah to leave the ark

Ararat Nations – Genesis 10

Tower of Babel  Gen 9:1 – fill the earth…  Gen 11  Man organized and rebelled  Make a name  Resist dispersion  Languages  God’s will was done. They were dispersed anyway! Tower of Babel Lucas van Valckenborch, (1594)

Macro to Micro  Shift from nations to single man (Abram)  Nations not lost but blessed via him  Covenant  Based on God, not Abram’s faithfulness  God’s plan to use Abram’s faith and him  Big picture theme: All nations will be blessed through Abram by the blessing of the messiah.

Reflection & Discussion  15:7-21 – Weird Sacrificial Scene  Abram wanted assurances  Split sacrifices was a covenant  Both parties passed between them  Smoking Fire Pot represents God  Did Abram pass through? Why/Why not?  What is the implication?

“Wordled” Gen 17:4-8:

Aleppo Haran Mari Babylon Ur Zoan Shechem Bethel Beersheba Terah takes Abram, Sarai, and Lot from Ur to Haran – Gen 11:31 Terah takes Abram, Sarai, and Lot from Ur to Haran – Gen 11:31 God tells Abram to go to Canaan (75 yrs old) – Gen 12:1 God tells Abram to go to Canaan (75 yrs old) – Gen 12:1 Abram goes to Egypt (famine in Canaan) – Gen 12:5-10 Abram goes to Egypt (famine in Canaan) – Gen 12:5-10 Abram returns from Egypt to Canaan – Gen 13:1 Abram returns from Egypt to Canaan – Gen 13:1 Abram: Ur to Canaan

Abram & Lot – Gen 13  Gen 13:5 – Abram & Lot traveled together from Egypt to between Bethel & Ai  Possessions too great to live together.  Needed space for flocks  Herdsmen quarrelling  Separated  Lot chose Jordan valley to the East  Gen 14 – Lot gets into caught between two warring kings and Abram rescues him

Sodom & Gomorrah (& Zoar, Zaboim, Admah)  Gen 19:1-11 – Wickedness of Sodom & Gomorrah (and the other cities in the area)  Gen 19:12-29 – Lot departs the city, but sons-in-law stay  Sodom & Gomorrah  Zaboim & Admah also destroyed  Zoar spared as a refuge  Lot’s wife turns  Why is this story included in the Abraham tale?  How does it help us understand the promise of “in you all families of the earth shall be blessed?”

God Promises a Son  17:16 – “a son BY HER”  17:17 – Abraham’s faithLESSness  Fell on his face and laughed!  Abraham is so faithless he refers to Ishmael  God says, “NO! It shall be Isaac.”  18:12 – Sarah laughed!  So, name him, Isaac or (He Laughs).  This concept of “ Son ” underscores the entire book of Genesis and cannot be overstated.

Like Father Like Son  Read Genesis 26:1-16  God confirms his covenant to Isaac  Lies & Deceit (Abraham and Isaac)  Same Wife/Sister Lie  Same Place (Gerar)  To same King (Abimelech), perhaps son or grandson  V – How did God “punish” Isaac for this lie?  What does this say about the nature of God and his blessings to us?

“I Am with you”  I AM is with us.  Is there anything more comforting?  God appears to Isaac  26:24 - At Beersheba to remind him…  I am the God of your Father…  Fear Not, for I am with you…  …I will multiply your offspring…  Exodus 3:14-17 – to Moses. “I AM WHO I AM”  I am the God of your fathers, A, I, and J  I will bring you out of Egypt

Isaac’s Sons  Isaac is old, dim eyed, and preparing to die.  Given this, was both Isaac’s physical and spiritual eyesight dim?  Do you recall Abraham’s final wish for Isaac?  Find a good wife from his kinsmen  Now it is Isaac’s turn  Gen 26:34-35 – Esau took Hittite wives  Judith, daughter of Beeri & Basemath, daughter of Elon  Made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah? Why?  Can children do the same thing to parents today? If so, how? Hittite artifacts shown at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations at Ankara, Turkey

The Deception  27:5-27:46 – Rebekah & Jacob’s deception  Was it successful?  Consequences Good or Bad?  Isaac: blinded by his traditions, growing dim spiritually, his will was thwarted, 27:37  Esau: cheated out of his blessing 27:38, incited to murder 27:41-42  Jacob: compromised himself spiritually and forced into exile 27:43  Rebekah: loses her child to exile 27:43 Jacob Receives Isaac's Blessing Jusepe de Ribera (1637)

Exile Road  Gen 28 – Bethel ladder dream was a sort of conversion for Jacob  Hebrew “ladder” could also denote a “stair way”  Significance  Confirmation God was with Jacob  Purpose of a ladder or stairway?  Look at John 1:51  28:16 - Jacob understood that God could be with him on earth at that place  Bethel means “House of God” Jacob's Dream, Raffaello Sanzio (Raphael) (1519)

Reunion  27:41 – Why did Jacob originally go into exile in Haran?  33:4 – Esau’s reaction  33:12-20 – Jacob and Esau travel separately  V.15 – Esau offer’s protection but Jacob refuses. Why?  V. 19 – Jacob purchases land at Shechem  V. 20 – Erects alter to honor God

Jacob’s Children Leah (Fertile Myrtle) Bilhah (Rachael’s Slave) Zilpah (Leah’s Slave) Rachael 1Reuben 2Simeon 3Levi 4Judah 5Dan 6Naphtali 7Gad 8(Reuben’s Mandrakes) Asher 9Issachar 10Zebulun 11Dinah 12Joseph 13Benjamin

Joseph the Dreamer  Jacob favored Joseph  Created friction in the family  37:5 – Joseph Tells His Dreams  Sheaves of grain  Sun, moon, and stars  37:8-11 – Rebuked by entire family  What does Joseph’s interaction with his family tell us about Joseph?  Do we see God’s hand of providence working throughout?

Joseph’s Brothers Sell Him The Brothers Sell Joseph into Slavery Konstantin Flavitsky (1855)

Presentation of the Coat Joseph's Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob, Diego Velázquez (1630)

Joseph Pursues Righteousness Joseph Flees Potiphar’s Wife Guido Reni  Joseph elevated through God’s plan

Joseph in Egypt  Joseph elevated through God’s plan.  Regardless of his position as chief slave or prisoner, Joseph was faithful, honest, hard working, etc  39:23 – Who made it succeed?  Thrown into prison  40 – Joseph interprets prisoner’s dreams  41 – Joseph interprets Pharaoh’s dreams  41:37-56 – Rise to Power

Sons of Jacob Leah Rueben HanochPallu HezronCarmi Simeon JemuelJamin OhadJachin ZoharShaul Levi GershonKohath Merari Judah Er*Onan* ShelahPerez Zerah Issachar TolaPuvah YobShimron Zebulun SeredElon Jahleel Zilpah Gad ZiphionHaggi ShuniEzbon EriArodi Areli Asher ImnahIshvah IshviBeriah Serah (Sister) Rachel Joseph ManassehEphraim Benjamin BelaBecher AshbelGera NaamanEhi RoshMuppim HuppimArd Bilhah Dan Hushim Naphtali JahzeelGuni JezerShillem * - Died in the land of Canaan. Did not go to Egypt How many people went down to Egypt? How many tribes of Israel were there? How many tribes inherited land in Canaan?

A Suitable Conclusion  Israel is about to die. Retraces out promises for offspring  Recalls Great Nation promise God made to Israel at Bethel/Luz in 48:4  Recalls Land promise  48:21-22 – How is blessing of land passed on to Joseph and his sons?  Ephraim placed ahead of Manessah  What famous Israelite leader was an Ephraimite? – 1 Chr 7:  48:8-22 – How is the blessing passed from Israel to Joseph?  Via adoption of Ephraim and Manasseh  Why not bless Joseph?

Blessing the Kids – Gen 49 Leah Zilpah (L’s Slave)Rachael Bilhah (R’s Slave)Israel’s Blessings 1Reuben 1 st born but not preeminent, Unstable, Defiled father’s bed with Bilhah 2Simeon Weapons of violence, Killed men & abused animals, Cruel Anger, divide & scatter 3Levi 4Judah Praise, conquer enemies, Scepter until tribute comes to him, rich, purple garments, 5Dan Judge of his people, aggressive serpent/viper in the way, left out of 144K in Rev, 1 st to plunge Israel into idolatry (Jud 1:16-20) 6Naphtali Doe to bear beautiful fawns, Possibly a fast runner “a doe set free” 7Gad David’s Favorite Tribe – The ORIGINAL Raiders 8Asher Rich food, delicacies 9Issachar Strong donkey, Hard Worker, Name sounds like “Hired” since he was the product of mandrakes 10Zebulun Beach dweller, haven for ships 11Dinah 12Joseph Fruitful bough, persistent in face of adversity, strong & agile, 13Benjami n Ravenous wolf, devouring prey in AM and dividing spoil in afternoon

Caves of Macpelah in Hebron (Video - 25 mins)

Death of Joseph  50:22 – How old was he at his death?  110  Saw his Great Great Grand Kids  50:24 – Joseph is 110 and the yougest. Yet, he is still talking to his brothers. They must be >110 years old!  50:25 – Made the sons of Israel swear to take his bones to Canaan when they leave Egypt…fulfilled in Exodus 13:19 and buried at Shechem Josh 24:32.

Next Week  Historical Joseph  