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Genesis 47

- Jacob and his sons come to Egypt.

- Joseph presents Jacob and 5 sons to Pharaoh.

- Pharaoh employs Joseph’s brothers (v. 6 )

- Jacob Blesses Pharaoh ( v. 7, 10 )

- Famine gets more severe (v. 13 )

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Genesis 47

- Joseph sells grain for ALL THE MONEY (v.14 ).

- Joseph trades grain for ALL Livestock ( v. 17).

- Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Donkeys ( v. 17 ).

- Joseph trades for ALL the land ( v. 19-21).

- Joseph buys ALL the people as slaves ( v. 23 ).

- Joseph deals for 1/5 of ALL Harvests ( v. 24 ).

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Genesis 47

- Israel settled in the land of Goshen and they

gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and

multiplied exceedingly. ( v. 27 )

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Genesis 28

- Jacob slept

- ( the rest of God ).

- Jacob dreamed

- ( v. 12 )**

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Genesis 32

- Jacob wrestles with the Angel (God) (v. 24 ).

- Jacob says- “ I will not let you

go until you bless me ”

- Jacob gets a name change… from Jacob ( deceiver ) to Israel ( prince with God ).

- For you have striven with God and humans AND PREVAILED. (v. 28 ).

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God is a covenant keeping God- God of Legacy.

- God of Abraham ( Gen. 12, Gen. 15 )**

- God of Isaac ( Gen. 26: 3 )**

- God of Jacob ( Israel )

- God of Joseph

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Pharaoh understood WORLD EMPIRE, wealth riches, the best of everything from his birth. But he did not understand what it was like to have

ENCOUNTERS FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION.

Because he did not know the ONE standing at the top of the ladder. The Almighty.

***And Jacob Blessed Pharaoh***

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As I laid in bed and wrestled around at 2 am, it hit me on a whole other level.

God is doing something so much bigger than what we can comprehend, so much bigger than we have been expecting….We have to to change the way we THINK, the way we SEE things and what we SAY.

Stop limiting yourself.

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Deuteronomy 28**

If you will obey my Voice.

Deuteronomy 30:19

I set before you life and death,

Blessing and Cursing.

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Galatians 3:13-14

Christ purchased our freedom and redeemed us from the curse of the law and its condemnation by becoming a curse for us, for it is written “ Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”- in order that in Christ Jesus THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM MAY COME UPON THE GENTILES, so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

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The Blessing is a Continuous Supply

- The widow’s oil ( 2 Kings 4:1-7)

- The oil to the Lampstand ( Zech. 4 )

- The loaves and the fishes

Jesus Blessed it and it multiplied ( Matthew 14: 13-21)

- HE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR YOU AND ME.

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Philippians 4:19

And my God will supply all your need

according to

His riches in glory

by Christ Jesus

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The Blessing is ours in Christ.

Ephesians 3:20 ( TPT )

Never doubt God’s mighty power to work in you and accomplish all this. He will achieve infinitely more than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream and exceed your wildest imagination! He will outdo them all, for His miraculous power constantly energizes you.