Genesis 46:1-47:12 Study Guide
Please read Genesis 46:1-4. What are the main aspects of the Abrahamic covenant reaffirmed here to Jacob? (For reference you can consider Genesis 12:1-3). What is the significance of God’s presence promise in verse 4?
What is the importance of the Israelites identifying as shepherds to dwell in Goshen? Who are some of the shepherds you can think of in the Bible?
Please read Psalm 23 and John 10:11. How does the shepherd stigma in Genesis 46 and 47 help us understand the character of God? Or the call for elder/pastors in 1 Peter 5:1-4 as “under-shepherds?”
Please read Isaiah 2:1-5. How does the provision and blessing for Egypt in Genesis foreshadow God’s desire for all nations to come to the “Mountain of the Lord?”
Throughout Genesis and in this text from last Sunday, we continually see God’s people among other nations but called to remain separate. Practically, as the Church, how are we remaining separate in our conduct and actions today?
The main idea of the sermon left us pondering our weakness before God. How has God made you aware of your need to boast in weakness that he might be glorified?
