June 26, 2010 – Genesis 47 - 48:11

I don’t understand this part of the story. Egypt knew of the famine that was coming and Joseph had them store up food. Now it appears the Egyptians had not saved enough or they had stored the extra with Joseph or the Pharaoh and were being forced into slavery to get back what they contributed. It just didn’t seem to flow from what we had learned of Joseph, or even the Pharaoh for that matter.

Once again we see that God does not give His blessings on the one we would expect. God is always trying to show us that the our ways are not His ways.