DAY 16 Read Genesis 46 through 48
Today's reading tells of Jacob's incredulous reception of the news about Joseph, followed by the move of Jacob's clan to Egypt, and ends with the unusual circumstances in Jacob's blessing Joseph's two sons.
Memory gem: "So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our heart unto wisdom" (Psalm 90:12).
Thought for today:
Let's go back to old Egypt, to that day when Joseph brought Jacob, his father, before Pharaoh. As the king looked upon the noble face of the patriarch, he said, "How old art thou?" And Jacob replied in those wonderful words that we find in Genesis 47:9: "The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage."
In this beautiful oriental expression he humbled himself, and yet he was the greatest man there, because the next verse tells us that "Jacob blessed Pharaoh." And the Holy Bible assures us that the lesser is blessed of the greater. Can't you see the royal head of Pharaoh bowed as the hands of the aged shepherd were laid upon him in blessing! You see, age was more imperial than authority--the old shepherd greater than a mighty king.
As you grow older, there are two words that you will say more and more. They are these: "I remember." The experiences of your youth will mean more and more to you as you get older. You will live again in the school days, the happy days of vacation, the days at home with father and mother, brothers and sisters, and friends. Those days will glow with a golden hue as time goes on, and you will say, "I remember."
Today's reading tells of Jacob's incredulous reception of the news about Joseph, followed by the move of Jacob's clan to Egypt, and ends with the unusual circumstances in Jacob's blessing Joseph's two sons.
Memory gem: "So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our heart unto wisdom" (Psalm 90:12).
Thought for today:
Let's go back to old Egypt, to that day when Joseph brought Jacob, his father, before Pharaoh. As the king looked upon the noble face of the patriarch, he said, "How old art thou?" And Jacob replied in those wonderful words that we find in Genesis 47:9: "The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage."
In this beautiful oriental expression he humbled himself, and yet he was the greatest man there, because the next verse tells us that "Jacob blessed Pharaoh." And the Holy Bible assures us that the lesser is blessed of the greater. Can't you see the royal head of Pharaoh bowed as the hands of the aged shepherd were laid upon him in blessing! You see, age was more imperial than authority--the old shepherd greater than a mighty king.
As you grow older, there are two words that you will say more and more. They are these: "I remember." The experiences of your youth will mean more and more to you as you get older. You will live again in the school days, the happy days of vacation, the days at home with father and mother, brothers and sisters, and friends. Those days will glow with a golden hue as time goes on, and you will say, "I remember."
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