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The First Four Sons; Genesis 47-50
Season 1, Episode 13
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19-Jan-2026
Genesis 47 ushers us into a new time for the people of Jacob. As they are introduced into Egypt and to the Pharaoh, they settle and grow over the next four hundred years. In chapter 48, word came to Joseph that his father Jacob was sick, so Joseph took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, to visit. What happened next is extremely interesting: God revealed the future of Jacob’s family to him. We get to read prophecies about the future of Israel’s sons. Genesis 50 then describes the death of Jacob, which really meant the birth of the nation of Israel. Today, our focus will be chapter 49, and we will consider the first four sons of Jacob and the prophecies about their future. All that they had done would affect them within their nation of Israel. Though Jacob’s physical sight had become hazy, his spiritual sight was clear as he delivered his blessings to Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah.
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