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Genesis 45:25 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, "
Genesis 45:25
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And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed
And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
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At the end of the last chapter, we left Jeroboam standing by his altar at Bethel. We find him there again at the start of this chapter, and there he receives God’s warning against his idolatry, that is, his worship of false gods, and his rebellion against God.
God sent this warning by a prophet, a man of God from Judah. He is the main figure in this chapter. The chapter tells us what happened between him and the new king. The prophet speaks against Jeroboam’s altar (1 Kings 13:1-2) and gives him a sign (1 Kings 13:3), which comes true at once (1 Kings 13:5). The king then threatens the prophet, and God gives the king another sign by withering his hand (1 Kings 13:4), then restoring it after the king yields and the prophet prays for him (1 Kings 13:6).
After that, the prophet refuses the reward and kindness offered to him there (1 Kings 13:7-10). Then the chapter turns to what happened between him and an older prophet. The older prophet brings him back by lying to him and gives him food and lodging (1 Kings 13:11-19). For accepting this in disobedience to God’s command, the man of God is told that death will come to him (1 Kings 13:20-22). The warning is carried out, and a lion kills him (1 Kings 13:23-24). He is then buried at Bethel (1 Kings 13:25-32).
The chapter ends with Jeroboam still hardened in his idolatry (1 Kings 13:33-34). “Your judgments, Lord, are a great deep.”
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Genesis 45:1
"Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren."
Genesis 45:2
"And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard."
Genesis 45:3
"And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence."
Genesis 45:4
"And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt."
Genesis 45:5
"Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life."
Genesis 45:6
"For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest."
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