Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Genesis)
我夜间的歌曲《创世记》
Text: Genesis 50: 12-14
MEDITATION
Genesis 50:12-14
12 So his sons did for him just as he had commanded them.
13 For his sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as property for a burial place.
14 And after he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers and all who went up with him to bury his father.
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. The final act of burial
a. The sons of Jacob were involved in burying their late father.
b. All that he had commanded were carried out.
2. The burial ground
a. This was bought by Abraham.
b. It was the field of Machpelah, before Mamre.
c. This piece of land was purchased from Ephron the Hittite.
d. It would be the burial ground of all the patriarchs:
i. Abraham and Sarah
ii. Isaac and Rebekah
iii. Jacob and Leah
e. This part of the burial was attended to by the sons of Jacob.
3. The return to Egypt
a. Joseph returned as he had promised the Pharaoh.
b. He would return to his duties as the one who governed Egypt for Pharaoh.
c. The brothers also returned to Egypt.
d. Everything they had was now in Goshen, Egypt.
e. The huge entourage returned with Joseph to the land of Egypt.
经文:创世记 50:12-14
沉思
《创世记 50:12-14》
12雅各的儿子们就遵着他父亲所吩咐的办了,
13把他搬到迦南地,葬在幔利前麦比拉田间的洞里。那洞和田是亚伯拉罕向赫人以弗仑买来为业,做坟地的。14约瑟葬了他父亲以后,就和众弟兄并一切同他上去葬他父亲的人,都回埃及去了。