The new adventure begins. It’s been 144 years since Joseph died and was buried at the end of Genesis. Judah and all the other tribal heads, the sons of Jacob, are now all dead. A dynasty died and a new re-unified Egypt has emerged, stronger than ever, and determined to kill anyone that gets in its way. Enter Moshe and his people: loyal to the ousted dynasty, squatting on the most fertile land in Egypt and a threat to the new dynasty’s national security. But a hidden hero awaits–hidden in plain sight of the throne–and the days soon come when he will rise and save 2 million people.
The new adventure begins. It’s been 144 years since Joseph died and was buried at the end of Genesis. Judah and all the other tribal heads, the sons of Jacob, are now all dead. A dynasty died and a new re-unified Egypt has emerged, stronger than ever, and determined to kill anyone that gets in its way. Enter Moshe and his people: loyal to the ousted dynasty, squatting on the most fertile land in Egypt and a threat to the new dynasty’s national security. But a hidden hero awaits–hidden in plain sight of the throne–and the days soon come when he will rise and save 2 million people.
The Final Act. In a drama literally more than 2,300 years in the making, the book of Genesis comes to a climactic close. Joseph has made himself known to his brothers, but even though he has promised forgiveness and restoration to them, the guilty siblings are not so sure they are out of danger. Meanwhile, Jacob dies after 17 years in Egypt and details about his funeral give us even more proof that Jacob was indeed elevated to be a vassal king by the Pharaoh through Joseph. Find out the latest evidence, as archaeology and the Scripture come closer than ever before and see a brand new updated timeline for all the events from Joseph’s death to Exodus.
The Final Act. In a drama literally more than 2,300 years in the making, the book of Genesis comes to a climactic close. Joseph has made himself known to his brothers, but even though he has promised forgiveness and restoration to them, the guilty siblings are not so sure they are out of danger. Meanwhile, Jacob dies after 17 years in Egypt and details about his funeral give us even more proof that Jacob was indeed elevated to be a vassal king by the Pharaoh through Joseph. Find out the latest evidence, as archaeology and the Scripture come closer than ever before and see a brand new updated timeline for all the events from Joseph’s death to Exodus.
The Final Act. In a drama literally more than 2,300 years in the making, the book of Genesis comes to a climactic close. Joseph has made himself known to his brothers, but even though he has promised forgiveness and restoration to them, the guilty siblings are not so sure they are out of danger. Meanwhile, Jacob dies after 17 years in Egypt and details about his funeral give us even more proof that Jacob was indeed elevated to be a vassal king by the Pharaoh through Joseph. Find out the latest evidence, as archaeology and the Scripture come closer than ever before and see a brand new updated timeline for all the events from Joseph’s death to Exodus.
“You didn’t send me to Egypt…Elohim did, so I could save lives!” Thus says Joseph to his brothers as they finally reconcile in a moment 22 years in the making. In the end, Joseph needed to have a picture painted of the suffering of his father Jacob to finally relent, even as his brothers also came into increasing awareness of their sins as well. But this parsha is about far more than just that one moving moment. It is also the time when Joseph’s father Jacob may have been appointed as a ruler in Egypt–twice–by the most famous Pharaoh of his dynasty. See the archaeology and judge it for yourself!
“You didn’t send me to Egypt…Elohim did, so I could save lives!” Thus says Joseph to his brothers as they finally reconcile in a moment 22 years in the making. In the end, Joseph needed to have a picture painted of the suffering of his father Jacob to finally relent, even as his brothers also came into increasing awareness of their sins as well. But this parsha is about far more than just that one moving moment. It is also the time when Joseph’s father Jacob may have been appointed as a ruler in Egypt–twice–by the most famous Pharaoh of his dynasty. See the archaeology and judge it for yourself!
“You didn’t send me to Egypt…Elohim did, so I could save lives!” Thus says Joseph to his brothers as they finally reconcile in a moment 22 years in the making. In the end, Joseph needed to have a picture painted of the suffering of his father Jacob to finally relent, even as his brothers also came into increasing awareness of their sins as well. But this parsha is about far more than just that one moving moment. It is also the time when Joseph’s father Jacob may have been appointed as a ruler in Egypt–twice–by the most famous Pharaoh of his dynasty. See the archaeology and judge it for yourself!
Where is the line between poetic justice and blind revenge? Just ask Joseph this week, as he finally gets the upper hand over his brothers. The only problem is, he has forgotten the grief of his father in the process by threatening the only son by Rachel he has left, Benjamin, and he is the most innocent person of them all. So beneath the pranks and practical jokes he pulls, there is also a deadly seriousness surrounding almost everyone here. One brother offers to kill his own sons if he can’t bring his other brother home, while dear old Dad sinks lower and lower each day from the weight of his grief and meanwhile–did we mention?–there’s a deadly famine going on that threatens to kill almost everyone in the entire region. And, after all that, this parsha ends on a cliffhanger worthy of any Hollywood blockbuster screenwriter, or is the other way around, that Hollywood aspires to write like Moshe and fails miserably? Either way, this crisis won’t be resolved, whether at the family or the international level, any time soon.
Where is the line between poetic justice and blind revenge? Just ask Joseph this week, as he finally gets the upper hand over his brothers. The only problem is, he has forgotten the grief of his father in the process by threatening the only son by Rachel he has left, Benjamin, and he is the most innocent person of them all. So beneath the pranks and practical jokes he pulls, there is also a deadly seriousness surrounding almost everyone here. One brother offers to kill his own sons if he can’t bring his other brother home, while dear old Dad sinks lower and lower each day from the weight of his grief and meanwhile–did we mention?–there’s a deadly famine going on that threatens to kill almost everyone in the entire region. And, after all that, this parsha ends on a cliffhanger worthy of any Hollywood blockbuster screenwriter, or is the other way around, that Hollywood aspires to write like Moshe and fails miserably? Either way, this crisis won’t be resolved, whether at the family or the international level, any time soon.