This Sunday, we will conclude our journey through Genesis with the passing of God's blessing from one generation to the next. The book of Genesis closes with Jacob ‘death bed’ conversations with Joseph, Joseph’s sons, and eventually the whole set of 12 brothers. The book ends with emotional moments of past, present and future. We are struck with the reality that God was working before we came along, he is an ever-present companion in our life, and he will continue his work long after we are gone.

As Jacob recalls his life, he acknowledges how God has spoken with him and fulfilled his promises of descendants, land and blessing. Even in the hardest moments, Jacob is blessed tremendously. Jacob adopts Joseph’s boys as his own. This eventually effects the division of the promised land, hundreds of years later. God truly is good.

Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face again, and now God has allowed me to see your children too.”

Genesis 48:11