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GENESISChapter 48
JOSEPH THE BUSINESSMAN SHREWD YET GODLY
I. Introduction
A. Jacob arrived in Egypt.
1. Jacob and Joseph meet!
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2. Jacob felt life couldn’t get any better!
a) He would live another 17 years!
B. They were keepers of the livestock.
1. “Shepherd loathsome to Egyptians.”
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a) Jewish shepherd slaughtered for sacrifice!
II. Genesis 47:1-3
A. They were to say they were keepers of livestock?”
1. Yes he did!
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a) They were herdsmen.” (1) Should have been
translated “herdsmen.”
(2) Genesis 13:7(a) So they do as instructed.
III. Genesis 47:4-6
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A. They are “sojourners”!
1. Pharaoh tells Joseph to settle them in
Goshen!
IV. Genesis 47:7
A. Pharaoh receive a blessing from Jacob.
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1. Pharaoh is not God’s man.
2. Jacob is old and is still God’s man!
V. Gen 47:8-12
A. Abraham lived to be 175 years old.
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1. He chose a hard path.
a) It was his choice to steal the
birthright!b) That choice led
him to Uncle Laban.
(1) Those choices resulted in a
hard life!
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(a) A warning to us. VI. Genesis 47:13-17
A. Joseph a shrewd businessman.
1. Pharaoh rich collecting money for food.
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2. When money ran out, people bartered their livestock!
VII. Genesis 47:18-22
A. The following year they agree to sell their lands and themselves into slavery.
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1. Egyptian priests lived off of a rations supplied
by Pharaoh. VIII. Genesis 47:23-26
A. It was ingenious, and gracious!
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1. 1/5th be returned to Pharaoh!
IX. Genesis 47:27-31
A. Jacob’s 147 years old.
1. Joseph agrees to return his remains to Canaan.
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a) Jacob worships the Lord.
X. CONCLUSION
A. Joseph’s “business practices”.
1. Made most of his time!
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a) He had 7 years to prepare before the
famine!(1) Time one thing we will never have again.
2. Always “on time!”a) You must be on
time.
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(1) Joseph didn’t have time to waste!
3. He was organized!a) Didn’t “fly by the seat of his pants”.
(1) He had a plan!
4. Worked with urgency!
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a) He did not put it off.5. He worked with zeal!
a) Worked “as unto the Lord”!
(1) Hard getting behind an idea their leader doesn’t believe in!
(2) Colossians 3:23-24(a) He knew vision
was from the Lord!
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(b) Genesis 47:25(i) We should be about our Father’s
business!