Oh let the Son of God and found you with his spirit and his love,

let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you

whole. you home.

Welcome to the word for today,

featuring the Bible Teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calbury Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire

Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck continues with the tribes

of Israel as we pick up in Genesis chapter 48 verse one and now with today's

message here's Pastor Chuck.

Twelve tribes of Israel go in in reality, there were 13 actual tribes, or possibly if indeed the tribe

of Joseph existed separate from me from Manassa.

You had 14 tribes, but never a listing of 14, only of 12.

So here he claims the two sons, E from and Manassa, they're just going to be like Rubin and Simeon, and

there's so receive their inheritance in the land. And so then Israel, and no doubt his eyes were failing him and he saw just the shadowy figure of Joseph's two sons, who at this time were probably in their

20s. They weren't just little kids. They were probably in their 20s at this time because Joseph by this time was 56 years old.

And so his sons are in their early 20s at this point and so

Jacob sees these two others and he said who are these and Joseph answered these are my two sons, Manassa and Ephraim.

And Joseph thought that they bring them near to him, and he kissed them and he hugged them.

And Israel said to Joseph, I had given up ever seeing your face and lo God has even shown me your children. He had really figured that he had never be able to see the face

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