Laughlin Community Church

Jacob’s Burial So we read the first and the last, the request of Yaaqov to be buried in Canaan. We read the narrative fulfillment of it happening and then Yoseph and the brothers coming back. And so in the middle is the actual funeral procession. 1 Then Joseph fell on his father’s face, and wept over…

Introduction Last week, we began looking at one of the most challenging passages in the book of James. James asked the question: “What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith, but does not have works?” And then James gave us a rather uncomfortable answer. Faith that never…

Jacob’s Last Request Remember the Macro Design of Genesis 45:25-50 We are now in the third section On the outer ends, we have the parallel deaths of a father and a son, Yaaqov and Yoseph. Yaaqov asks for a burial in Canaan. And after his death, the narrative focuses on the elaborate funeral procession.…

Jacob’s Poem of Blessing Concludes 13 Zebulun will live by the seashore and will be a harbor for ships, and his territory will be next to Sidon. 14 Issachar is a strong donkey lying down between the saddlebags. 15 He saw that his resting place was good and that the land was pleasant, so he leaned his…