Review Way back in the beginning, after God created Adam, he commissioned Adam to fill the earth and to subdue it. In other words, the Lord wanted Adam to fill the earth with people who would bear his image and who would be able, therefore, to reflect his glory on the earth. And the Lord … Continue reading Genesis 33 →

Introduction Two weeks ago we saw how Jacob adopted and blessed Joseph's two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh. And so, from that time on, they were regarded as sons of Jacob and heirs to all of God's promises. And we thought about how, through faith in the Lord Jesus, we're adopted into God's family so that … Continue reading Genesis 49(29)–50(26) →

Introduction Last week we saw how Jacob adopted and blessed Joseph's two sons. From that time on, they were regarded as his sons and heirs to all of God's promises. And we thought about how, just as Joseph brought his sons to his Father for adoption, so the Lord Jesus brings us to God the … Continue reading Genesis 49 →

Introduction It's been a few weeks since we were studying Genesis together. We've followed the story of Abraham and God's promise to him of a people and a place: God would make him into a great nation; and give him and his descendants a land to live in. And God repeated the same promise to … Continue reading Genesis 48 →

Introduction We're almost at the end of the story of Joseph. And we're followed his life, from the time when he was 17 years old when he dreamed his dreams about his brothers bowing down to him; to the time when his brothers sold him into slavery and he ended up a slave in Potiphar's … Continue reading Genesis 47(13–31) →

Introduction We've been studying the story of Joseph for a few weeks now. And we reached the point last week whenever he revealed his true identity to his brothers who had come to Egypt to buy grain because of the famine in the land of Canaan. And instead of being angry with his brothers, and … Continue reading Genesis 45(16)–47(12) →

Introduction We've got a lot to cover this evening. As I've already said, I want to take this long section together. And as I've done previously, let me summarise the passage, making a few comments on the way; and then I'll make a few main points at the end. Chapter 42 And so, we read … Continue reading Genesis 42(01)–45(15) →

Introduction We've been thinking about the story of Joseph for a few weeks now. And we've been seeing how the history of Joseph's life reveals to us the history of our Lord's life. Joseph was his father's Beloved Son just as the Lord Jesus Christ is God the Father's Beloved Son. And just as Joseph … Continue reading Genesis 40+41 →

Introduction Last week we spent our time on Genesis 38 and the story of Judah and Tamar. And though it may seem that chapter 38 interrupts the story of Joseph which began in chapter 37 and resumes in chapter 39, nevertheless I explained last week that chapter 38 and the story of Judah and Tamar … Continue reading Genesis 39 →

Introduction A few weeks ago, when we were studying chapter 34, and the story of what Shechem the son of Hamor did to Jacob's daughter, Dinah, and what Jacob's sons did to the city of Shechem afterwards, I said it was the kind of chapter which makes you wonder why it's in the Bible. Why … Continue reading Genesis 38 →