Genesis 46 - Praying God's Word

Please read Genesis 46.

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Meditate on verses 1.

So Israel set out with all that he had, and came to Beersheba,

 and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

Israel (Jacob) had not seen his beloved Joseph for 22 years. Jacob thought he was dead, but miraculously, after 22 years, Jacob was told Joseph was alive. He would see his precious son. As he traveled to be reunited with Joseph, Jacob made a stop. When he came to Beersheba, the place where his grandfather Abraham had called on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God, and where Jacob had grown up, he stopped and offered sacrifices to God (Genesis 21:33; 28:10).

Jacob worshipped God first! Following the pattern of his grandfather Abraham, worshipping God took precedence over his son (Genesis 22). God honored Jacob’s sacrifice of time, and He spoke these words to him:

“I am God, the God of your father; 

do not be afraid to go down to Egypt,


for I will make you a great nation there.

I will go down with you to Egypt, 

and I will also surely bring you up again;

 and Joseph will close your eyes.”

—Genesis 46:3-4

These were words from the Everlasting God to an old man taking a long journey with his family of 66 people to a land that was not theirs. The words of the prophecy made to his grandfather 213 years earlier must have been in the back of his mind:

Know for certain that your descendants 

will be strangers in a land that is not theirs,


where they will be enslaved and oppressed four hundred years.

—Genesis 15:13

Would this journey be the beginning of the fulfillment of that prophecy? Jacob needed to spend time with his God. God knew his fears; His were the words Jacob needed to hear.

Where are you about to journey? Whether it is to the other side of the world or to your place of work, stop and worship God. Hear the words He wants to whisper into your ears today.

Pray Genesis 46:2 in response to God as you hear Him call your name.

“LORD, I hear you calling me.

 ‘____________, ____________ .’

Here I am, LORD.”

The WATCHMAN on the WALL ~ Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell