Week 9: The Promise Fulfilled
Week 9 Overview
Genesis ends not with triumph but with trust. Jacob’s family descends to Egypt — a temporary sojourn, not a permanent home. Jacob blesses his sons with words that reach far into the future, including a remarkable prophecy about Judah that points toward a king who is coming. Joseph dies with a request: when God brings you up from this land, take my bones with you. He does not live to see the exodus — but he dies trusting it will happen. The last word of Genesis is a coffin, and that is not the end of the story.
Weekly Memory Verse
“I am about to die, but God will visit you and bring you up out of this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.” — Genesis 50:24 (ESV)
Daily Readings
| Day | Title | Passage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob Goes to Egypt | Genesis 46:1–34 |
| 2 | Settling in Goshen | Genesis 47:1–31 |
| 3 | Jacob Blesses His Sons | Genesis 48:1–49:28 |
| 4 | Jacob’s Death and Burial | Genesis 49:29–50:14 |
| 5 | Joseph’s Final Years | Genesis 50:15–26 |
Discussion
Background
Jacob’s blessing of Judah in Genesis 49:8–12 contains the phrase “until Shiloh comes” — one of the oldest messianic prophecies in the Old Testament. The imagery of a king from Judah’s line, whose rule the nations obey, sets the stage for David’s kingdom and points beyond it to the one David foreshadows. Genesis ends with the covenant still intact, the family in Egypt, and a coffin — but with a promise still alive.