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A (0:06)
Hey, it's Shelby and Scott, and it's a big day.
B (0:10)
It is.
A (0:10)
We've made it to the end of the book of Genesis. If you're reading along with us, maybe you have read through the Bible several times in a year, or maybe it's your first time. I just want to say great job being consistent. Making it all the way through Genesis is a big step. But we're also really excited to go through Exodus with you starting tomorrow. So our. All right, can you wrap up Scott for us? The book of Genesis?
B (0:31)
Yeah, absolutely. So we got two chapters that we're looking at on this final day of Genesis. So kind of like the study day does. I want to mention real quickly a couple of the sons that Jacob addresses in 49. So he's kind of giving these blessings, which might feel like curses for some of these sons, but these final words to his, all his sons. It's important to remember a couple events from day 12 where we covered chapters 34 and 36. And so in 34, for example, you had Simeon and Levi, who rightfully angry about what Shechem had done to their sister Dina, kind of went over and beyond in retaliation. I mean, justice was not their goal. It was just revenge. And they went over and beyond what they should. You also have this comment in 35, real brief that we didn't cover, but with Reuben sleeping with his father's concubine, it's kind of mentioned and then moved on. But we kind of see the effects of these events in 34 and 35 here. It actually negatively affects what Jacob says to each of these three sons, the three oldest sons. And so none of them inherit this huge blessing from their father. There's consequences for their actions. But, you know, he, he goes through all of his sons. Most prominent though, are what he says to Joseph and then Judah. So Joseph, as we talked about yesterday, would continue to play a huge role among God's people for many generations to come. But Judah, too, has emerged as a. As a huge leader, an important figure in these chapters. You know, by sacrificing himself for Benjamin, um, he's emerged as a leader. And, and Jacob's blessing reflects that. I love. Jacob speaks of this. A future ruler who would arise from Judah, whose rule would be prosperous. And interestingly, when the kingdom of Israel is later split after Solomon dies, the southern kingdom was called Judah, and the northern kingdom was sometimes just called Israel, but a lot of times it was called Ephraim. So it's interesting, you see just the prominence of these two sons, even Just in what the kingdoms were called over time. Psalm 78, verses 67 and 68 point this out. Judah came to overshadow Joseph in prominence. And we really see this prominence in King David from Judah's line. And eventually, of course, Jesus, the descendant of Judah, and David, who is called the lion from the tribe of Judah in Revelation 5. 5. So just some neat groundwork is being laid in these words to Judah that reverberate all the way to Revelation.