Hey, you're listening to A Year in the Bible with Daily Grace. I'm Shelby, and I'm here with

Scott, and we're in Genesis chapters 46 through 48 today. We've seen some kind of reconciliation

and redemption in Joseph's story, and we're going to continue pulling that thread

through these chapters today. Can you break down what's happening for us, Scott?

Yeah, it's the penultimate episode of Genesis, Shelby, winding down. Yeah. Yeah, these final

chapters, I think it's important to have a couple of moments in mind from earlier in Genesis.

First was that promise way back in chapter three of this offspring from the woman who would come

and crush the head of the serpent, someone who would come and undo the effects of the fall.

You know, we talked about how that promise gained more clarity when we got to Abraham.

So it's like someone from this family will be that offspring,

who will bring blessing to all the nations of the world.

So, you know, God had promised a great nation to Abraham.

He promised to give that nation this land, the land of Canaan, to dwell in,

and then ultimately, like I said, to bless all the nations of the earth.

And those promises are really near the surface in these final

chapters of Genesis. For example, at the beginning of Genesis 46, which we're in today,

Jacob is leaving the promised land to go to Egypt. God told him to do this. On his way out of town,

right before he leaves that land, God appears to him.

And he tells Jacob, remember Jacob's name is Israel.

He tells him that he will make him into a great nation while they are staying in Egypt, which I think is, you know, you get that promise from Abraham.

So they're going to become a great nation.

That's going to happen in Egypt.

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