Day Eleven
Genesis 41 - 45
Bible Time Period: Patriarchs
In the time of the Patriarchs, you called Abraham and promised his children land, a royal kingdom, and worldwide blessing: Help me to trust in your promises today.
In the time of the Patriarchs, you called Abraham and promised his children land, a royal kingdom, and worldwide blessing: Help me to trust in your promises today.
Reflection
Today’s Question
Do you see any change in Judah’s character by the end of Genesis 44? How has he grown?
The good that God can bring from evil comes out clearly in
the readings today. Joseph, sold into
slavery, is destined to become the savior of Egypt and the surrounding nations
- not to mention of those who handed him
over. Watch how this forerunner of our
Lord reconciles his brothers to their father in the process.
Today’s Reading
Genesis 41 – 45
Genesis 41 – 45
Today’s Question
Do you see any change in Judah’s character by the end of Genesis 44? How has he grown?
The New Testament is hidden in the Old and the Old Testament
is revealed in the New
“In the Genesis narrative both Joseph and Judah prefigure Jesus’
redeeming work of salvation. Joseph, the
beloved son of his father, was sent to his brother. His brothers rejected him and sought his
death. They got rid of him through the
agency of a third party (the slave traders), but God took their evil intention
and through His grace brought about the means of the brothers’ salvation and
the restoration of Jacob’s family through Joseph’s sufferings and elevation to
the Vizier of Egypt. In the same way
Jesus, the beloved Son of God the Father, was sent to His “brothers” who
rejected Him and sought His death, using the Roman governor. What was a great evil in crucifying God the
Son became, through God’s grace, a great act of redemption for mankind in Jesus’
atoning death and Resurrection which resulted in the gift of salvation being
offered to His “brothers” and all “brothers” and “sisters” in the human family.
Judah’s willingness to sacrifice his life for Benjamin
prefigured the willing sacrifice of his descendant, Jesus of Nazareth, for His “brothers”
in the family of man. Judah was the
first person in Sacred Scripture who willing offered his own life to preserve
the life of another; an act of self-sacrifice that healed the breach caused by
the sin against Joseph and healed the disunity within his own family. His unselfish love for his father and brother
and his willingness to sacrifice his own life prefigures Christ’s freely
offered atoning death on the altar of the Cross which healed the breach sin
caused between God and man in the human family.” Agape Catholic Bible Study
Lesson 17 Genesis 41:1 – 43:14
Commentary
Discussion Boards for Day Eleven
Catholic Scripture Study Supplementary Notes Genesis 42 - 43
Catholic Scripture Study Supplementary Notes Genesis 44 - 45
Agape Catholic Bible Study Commentary Genesis 41:1 -43:14
Agape Catholic Bible Study Commentary Genesis 43:15 - 45:28
Discussion Boards for Day Eleven
Catholic Scripture Study Supplementary Notes Genesis 42 - 43
Catholic Scripture Study Supplementary Notes Genesis 44 - 45
Agape Catholic Bible Study Commentary Genesis 41:1 -43:14
Agape Catholic Bible Study Commentary Genesis 43:15 - 45:28
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The above 10-minute study was taken from the Great Adventure Bible Study for Catholics.
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