1. Spreading the Word Genesis 48-50 So they read distinctly from the book, in the Law of God; and they gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading. (Nehemiah 8:8)

2. Genesis I. Creation & Fall of man (1–5) II. Noah, Flood & Babel (6-10) III. Tower of Babel (11) IV. Abraham (12-25) V. Isaac (25-27) VI. Jacob (27-36) VII. Joseph (37-50)

3. Better to go to the house of mourning Than to go to the house of feasting, For that is the end of all men; And the living will take it to heart. Ecc 7:2

4. Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. James 4:13-14

5. “Though the grace of faith is of universal use throughout the Christian’s life, yet it is especially so when we come to die. Faith has its great work to do at the very last, to help believers to finish well, to die to the Lord so as to honor Him, by patience, hope and joy so as to leave a witness behind them of the truth of God’s Word and the excellency of His ways. Matthew Henry (1662-1714) – Pastor, Commentator

6. Be Real (48:1)  Face sickness  Face death (v.21; 50:24)

7. Be Real (48:1) Be Family (48:2-) Be Blessing (48:3-22)

8. By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. Hebrews 11:21

9. The close of Jacob’s career stands in most pleasing contrast with all the previous scenes of his eventful history. C. H. Mackintosh (1820-1896) Irish preacher, Bible expositor

10. The supplanting, the bargain-making, the cunning, the controlling, the shifting, the shuffling, the unbelieving selfish fears,—all those dark clouds of nature and of earth seem to have passed away, C. H. Mackintosh (1820-1896) Irish preacher, Bible expositor

11. The supplanting, the bargain-making, the cunning, the controlling, the shifting, the shuffling, the unbelieving selfish fears,—all those dark clouds of nature and of earth seem to have passed away, and he comes forth, in all the calm elevation of faith, to bestow blessings, and impart dignities, in that holy skillfulness which communion with God can alone impart. C. H. Mackintosh (1820-1896) Irish preacher, Bible expositor

12. Be Real (48:1) Be Family (48:2-) Be Blessing (48:3-22)  By faith…w/Spiritual sight

13. Be Real (48:1) Be Family (48:2-) Be Blessing (48:3-22) Be Honest (49:1-33)

14. Reuben Simeon Levi Judah Zebulun Issachar Dan Gad Asher Naphtali Joseph Benjamin Leah’s kids

15. Reuben Simeon Levi Judah Zebulun Issachar Dan Gad Asher Naphtali Joseph Benjamin Bhilah’s kids

16. Reuben Simeon Levi Judah Zebulun Issachar Dan Gad Asher Naphtali Joseph Benjamin Zilpah’s kids

17. Reuben Simeon Levi Judah Zebulun Issachar Dan Gad Asher Naphtali Joseph Benjamin Rachel’s kids

18. Reuben Simeon Levi Judah Zebulun Issachar Dan Gad Asher Naphtali Joseph Benjamin

19. Be Real (48:1) Be Family (48:2-) Be Blessing (48:3-22) Be Honest (49:1-33) Be Missed (50:1-11)

20. He [Jehoram] was thirty-two years old when he became king. He reigned in Jerusalem eight years and, to no one’s sorrow, departed. However they buried him in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings. 2Chronicles 21:20

21. And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. Acts 8:2

22. Be Real (48:1) Be Family (48:2-) Be Blessing (48:3-22) Be Honest (49:1-33) Be Missed (50:1-11) Be at Peace (50:12-21) Be Expectant (50:22-26)

23. By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones. Hebrews 11:21-22

24. Be Real (48:1) Be Family (48:2-) Be Blessing (48:3-22) Be Honest (49:1-33) Be Missed (50:1-11) Be at Peace (50:12-21) Be Expectant (50:22-26)

25. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints. Ps 116:15

26. in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. Phil 1:20-21

27. in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. Phil 1:20-21

28. But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I cannot tell. For I am hard-pressed between the two Phil 1:22-24

29. Better to go to the house of mourning Than to go to the house of feasting, For that is the end of all men; And the living will take it to heart. Ecc 7:2

30. Be Real (48:1) Be Family (48:2-) Be Blessing (48:3-22) Be Honest (49:1-33) Be Missed (50:1-11) Be at Peace (50:12-21) Be Expectant (50:22-26)