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MODULE 6: Jacob’s Song of Blessing

SESSION 21: Jacob Blesses Joseph’s Sons

As Genesis draws to a close, the narrative revisits the question of how God’s blessing of Abraham will carry forward, with an intensification of blessing vocabulary not seen for many chapters. Yaaqov blessing his sons in Genesis 48-49 is matched by Moses blessing the tribes of Israel at the end of Deuteronomy, creating a bookend frame around the whole Torah. Yaaqov adopts Joseph’s Egyptian sons as his own, making Egypt part of the family of promise and pointing to a future hope of the inclusion of the nations in the Eden blessing of Abraham’s family.