Daily Devotions

My Song In The Night (Genesis)
我夜间的歌曲《创世记》

My Song In The Night (Genesis)
我夜间的歌曲《创世记》
 
Day 
Day 355

Text: Genesis 46: 8-27

MEDITATION

Genesis 46:8-27

8 Now these were the names of the children of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: Reuben was Jacob’s firstborn.
9 The sons of Reuben were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
10 The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.
11 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12 The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
13 The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron.
14 The sons of Zebulun were Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
15 These were the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Padan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the persons, his sons and his daughters, were thirty-three.
16 The sons of Gad were Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
17 The sons of Asher were Jimnah, Ishuah, Isui, Beriah, and Serah, their sister. And the sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel.
18 These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob: sixteen persons.
19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife, were Joseph and Benjamin.
20 And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him.
21 The sons of Benjamin were Belah, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
22 These were the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: fourteen persons in all.
23 The son of Dan was Hushim.
24 The sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
25 These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and she bore these to Jacob: seven persons in all.
26 All the persons who went with Jacob to Egypt, who came from his body, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, were sixty-six persons in all.
27 And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who went to Egypt were seventy.

MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE

1. Jacob’s family in Canaan

a. All accounted for (Children and grandchildren).
b. They numbered 66.
c. Names were given for identification.

2. The number 70

a. This would include Jacob (He was not counted in the above account).
b. Joseph, already in Egypt.
c. His two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim (born in Egypt).

经文:创世记 46:8-27

沉思

《创世记 46:8-27》
8来到埃及的以色列人名字记在下面。雅各和他的儿孙:雅各的长子是鲁本,
9鲁本的儿子是哈诺、法路、希斯仑、迦米。
10西缅的儿子是耶母利、雅悯、阿辖、雅斤、琐辖,还有迦南女子所生的扫罗。
11利未的儿子是革顺、哥辖、米拉利。
12犹大的儿子是珥、俄南、示拉、法勒斯、谢拉,唯有珥与俄南死在迦南地;法勒斯的儿子是希斯仑、哈母勒。
13以萨迦的儿子是陀拉、普瓦、约伯、伸仑。
14西布伦的儿子是西烈、以伦、雅利。
15这是利亚在巴旦亚兰给雅各所生的儿子,还有女儿底拿,儿孙共三十三人。 16迦得的儿子是洗非芸、哈基、书尼、以斯本、以利、亚罗底、亚列利。
17亚设的儿子是音拿、亦施瓦、亦施韦、比利亚,还有他们的妹子西拉;比利亚的儿子是希别、玛结。
18这是拉班给他女儿利亚的婢女悉帕从雅各所生的儿孙,共有十六人。
19雅各之妻拉结的儿子是约瑟和便雅悯。
20约瑟在埃及地生了玛拿西和以法莲,就是安城的祭司波提非拉的女儿亚西纳给约瑟生的。
21便雅悯的儿子是比拉、比结、亚实别、基拉、乃幔、以希、罗实、母平、户平、亚勒。
22这是拉结给雅各所生的儿孙,共有十四人。
23但的儿子是户伸。
24拿弗他利的儿子是雅薛、沽尼、耶色、示冷。
25这是拉班给他女儿拉结的婢女辟拉从雅各所生的儿孙,共有七人。
26那与雅各同到埃及的,除了他儿妇之外,凡从他所生的,共有六十六人。

27还有约瑟在埃及所生的两个儿子。雅各家来到埃及的共有七十人。

在生活里有意义地应用

1.雅各在迦南的家人

a.此经文记载了所有的家人(子孙们)
b.共有六十六人
c.他们的名字都被提及,以便确认

2.七十这个数目

a.这包括了雅各(他的名并没记在上面.
b.约瑟,他人已在埃及了
c.他的两个儿子,玛拿西和以法莲(在埃及出生)