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JANUARY 25
DAY 24: How was Joseph a type of Christ?
Joseph Parallels Jesus
37:2 A shepherd of his father’s family John 10:11,27–29
37:3 His father loved him dearly Matthew 3:17
37:4 Hated by his brothers John 7:4,5
37:13,14 Sent by father to brothers Hebrews 2:11
37:20 Others plotted to harm them John 11:53
37:23 Robes taken from them John 19:23,24
37:26 Taken to Egypt Matthew 2:14,15
37:28 Sold for the price of a slave Matthew 26:15
39:7 Tempted Matthew 4:1
39:16–18 Falsely accused Matthew 26:59,60
38:20 Bound in chains Matthew 27:2
40:2,3 Placed with two other prisoners, one who was saved
and the other lost Luke 23:32
41:41 Exalted after suffering Philippians 2:9–11
41:46 Both 30 years old at the beginning of public recognition Luke 3:23
42:24;45:2,14,15;46:29 Both wept John 11:35
45:1–15 Forgave those who wronged them Luke 23:34
45:7 Saved their nation Matthew 1:21
50:20 What men did to hurt them,God turned to good 1 Corinthians 2:7,8

January 25 And scatter them in Israel.

8 “Judah, you are he whom your brothers
Genesis 49:1–50:26 shall praise;
Your hand shall be on the neck of your
And Jacob called his sons and said, enemies;
49 “Gather together, that I may tell you Your father’s children shall bow down
what shall befall you in the last days:
before you.
2 9 Judah is a lion’s whelp;
“Gather together and hear, you sons of
Jacob, From the prey, my son, you have gone
And listen to Israel your father. up.
He bows down, he lies down as a lion;
“Reuben, you are my firstborn, And as a lion, who shall rouse him?
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My might and the beginning of 10 The scepter shall not depart from
my strength, Judah,
The excellency of dignity and the Nor a lawgiver from between his feet,
excellency of power.
Unstable as water, you shall not excel, And to Him shall be the obedience of
4 Until Shiloh comes;
Because you went up to your father’s the people.
bed; 11 Binding his donkey to the vine,
Then you defiled it— And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,
He went up to my couch.
“Simeon and Levi are brothers;
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Instruments of cruelty are in their
dwelling place. 49:1–28 With Judah and Joseph receiving the
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Let not my soul enter their council; most attention (vv. 8–12,22–26), the father’s
Let not my honor be united to their blessing portrayed the future history of each
assembly; son, seemingly based upon their characters
For in their anger they slew a man, up to that time.The cryptic nature of the poet-
And in their self-will they hamstrung ry demands rigorous analysis for correlating
an ox. tribal history with Jacob’s last word and testa-
Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce;
7 ment. See Moses’ blessing on the tribes in
And their wrath, for it is cruel! Deuteronomy 33, ca. 1405 B.C.
I will divide them in Jacob

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