Read Genesis 47:28-48:22 at Bible Gateway.
The teaching tools of scripture
Gen 1:1-2:3 and the teaching tools of scripture part one and part two
Gen 1:1-6:8 and finding the topic themes of scripture
Hebrew paragraph divisions
46:28-47:31 {p} Jacob went down/ Joseph the provider/ Jacob’s request to go back up again
48:1-22 {p} Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasseh
Strong themes of the parashah
41:1-47:31 {sx3+p} Joseph raised to overseer to provide for his father and brothers
Gen 47:28-4:22 Chiastic Structure
Download the fully expanded Gen 47:28-48:22 Triennial Vayechi chiasm pdf (Coming …).
Theme of the parashah
Jacob blessed the two sons of Joseph with his sons before his death.
Finding Messiah in Triennial Vayechi
And the time drew near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, “If now I have found grace in your sight, put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Bury me not, I pray you, in Egypt, but I will lie with my fathers, and you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place.” And he said, “I will do as you have said.” And he said, “Swear unto me.” And he swore unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head. Gen 47:29-31
Joseph gives his promise to his father that he will carry him up from Egypt. The promise is fulfilled in Joseph’s lifetime when he takes his father to Machpelah for burial; but also it speaks prophetically of Messiah carrying Israel up out of the kingdom of darkness into the Promised Land. So there was and is a quadruple fulfillment of the promise, the first in Joseph’s lifetime; the second when God sent Moses, another Messianic type, to bring Israel up from Egypt, a third which is yet ongoing, a spiritual fulfillment in Messiah bringing us up from slavery in the kingdom of darkness into His own kingdom, and a fourth also ongoing, in the regathering of the children of Israel to their land from the kingdoms of this world.
Additional readings for this parashah
Psa 39 (my notes) | 2 Kin 13 (my notes) | Rev 22 (my notes)
Studies in Triennial Vayechi
Genesis 47, Bible for Beginners
Genesis 48, Bible for Beginners
Genesis 47:28-48:22, Chiastic structure
Genesis 48:1-22, Chiastic structure
Genesis 48 through 50, The blessing on Jacob’s sons
SCRIPTURE REVEALED SERIES by CHRISTINE MILLER:
THE LAW of LOVE | FINDING MESSIAH in TORAH | GENESIS in CHIASTIC STRUCTURE
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