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GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART LXIX
"I, Jacob, father of twelve sons, am on my way to Egypt together with my family... I never thought I would move from Canaan... But this morning we left early... However, we cannot reach Egypt in one day so we stopped over at Beersheba... I knew that before going to sleep last night I should offer sacrifices to my God and the God of my father Isaac... I now realise that God has kept His word... Many years ago... Twenty-two years ago to be exact....My favourite son Joseph told me about a dream he had had.... In that dream his brothers and I were bowing down to him... I did not know what to make of that dream... Yet I sensed the dream was from God...Soon afterwards I sent Joseph on a mission to find his brothers... A day or two later his brothers came to see me...However, Joseph was not with them... All they had was his many coloured coat.... The coat I had given him... I then decided that Joseph must have been killed by an animal.... I buried the dream Joseph had told me about... It could not be true... God could not possibly keep His word since Joseph was no longer alive... But now I realise that I should have held on to God's word that one day his brothers and I would bow down to him.... Had I done so I would have saved myself many, many days, even years of anguish... But God is so good... For He came to see me in a vision last night... And He spoke comforting words to me... It has been many years since the Lord spoke to me...Perhaps He has not spoken to me because I lived in unbelief all these years... But I am so grateful that He has spoken this time... And He has promised that He will be with me in Egypt... We must now leave Beersheba for Egypt.".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that Jacob and his family had a stopover at Beersheba on their way to Egypt....
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART LXIX
Jacob realises that that his eleven sons, who have returned from Egypt, have told him the truth when they said to him that his son Joseph is alive and is in charge of the grain distribution in that country. He must accept Joseph's invitation to move to Egypt and travel to Beersheba which is on the way to Egypt as you can read in Genesis 46:1-7
So Israel set out with all that was his, and when he reached Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, "Jacob!Jacob!" "Here I am," he replied. ""I am God, the God of your father." He said, "Don't be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph's own hand will close your eyes."
God personally assures Jacob that he is doing the right thing by going to Egypt thereby removing any fear he may still have related to his move into the unknown.
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