CHAPTER NINE

GOD'S HISTORY IN TIME
GEN. 1:1—REV. 20:15

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WORKING ON HIS ELECT
FROM ABRAHAM TO JOSEPH

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WORKING ON ISAAC AND JACOB
WITH JOSEPH

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Scripture Reading: Gen. 32:24-32; 35:1-15; 47:7, 10-12, 27-31; 48:8-9, 15-16, 20; 49:28; 41:39-44, 55-57

OUTLINE

2. Working on Jacob with Joseph:
3. Having destined him to live a struggling life all his days:
8. To escape from his uncle Laban according to the indication of the complaint of Laban's sons and the attitude of Laban, and according to God's instruction—31:1-21.
9. To face the trouble of Laban's pursuing and overtaking him while he was under the secret care and protection of God as the Angel of God—Christ (31:10-13)—31:22-55.
10. To face the trouble of his brother Esau's dealing with him—32:1-23; 33:1-17.
11. To wrestle even with God, who changed his name from Jacob to Israel, indicating that God would transform him from a supplanter (Jacob) to a wrestler with God or a prince of God (Israel), and who made him limp—32:24-32.
12. To face the trouble of the case of his daughter Dinah—ch. 34.
13. To be purified with his family from the foreign gods and their ornaments which they loved, according to God's commandment, that they might serve God with an altar built at Bethel, where God changed his name from Jacob to Israel and promised him that:
1. He as the all-sufficient God would make him fruitful and multiplied; a nation and a company of nations would be of him, and kings would come out of his loins.
2. He would give to him and his seed the land He gave to Abraham and Isaac—35:1-15.
14. To take care of the burial of Deborah, his mother Rebekah's nurse, without seeing his mother—35:8.
15. To suffer the death of Rachel at the birth of Benoni (the son of my sorrow, named by Rachel while dying at his birth), Benjamin (the son of the right hand, named by Jacob the father)—35:16-20.
16. To suffer his son Reuben's incest with his concubine Bilhah—35:22.
17. To suffer the loss of his beloved son Joseph—ch. 37.
18. To suffer the danger of losing his son Simeon and his youngest son Benjamin—42:18—43:15; 44:9-34.
4. Releasing him from all his sufferings:
1. To see his beloved son Joseph again in his honor and glory—45:1—47:12.
2. To enjoy a rich and peaceful life with the worship to God at his old age—47:11-12, 27-31.
5. Causing him:
1. To be transformed from a supplanter (Jacob) to a prince of God (Israel)—35:9-10.
2. To be matured to bless all people whom he contacted:
1. To bless Pharaoh—47:7, 10.
2. To bless Joseph with his two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh—ch. 48.
3. To bless all his twelve sons—49:1-28.
6. Causing him, with Joseph:
1. To go through a long period of suffering—37:4-36; 39:1-23; 40:12-15, 21-23; 41:9-37.
2. To be exalted as the sovereign ruler—41:39-44:
1. To rule over all of Egypt—45:8b-9a.
2. To supply all the earth with food—41:55-57; 42:5-6.