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Fr. Larry Richards is the founder and president of The Reason for our Hope Foundation, a non- profit organization dedicated to ”spreading the Good News” by educating others about Jesus Christ. His new homilies are posted each week.
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Jacob journeys to Egypt with his entire family after receiving divine reassurance that God will be with him and make his descendants into a great nation there. The emotional reunion between Jacob and Joseph after 22 years of separation reafirms God's providence through all things to fulfill His purpose.
• God appears to Jacob in a night vision, promising to make him into a great nation in Egypt
• Jacob brings all his possessions, all his livestock, and all his direct descendants to Egypt
• The genealogical record carefully documents all family members by their mothers
• Joseph prepares his chariot and rushes to meet his family in Goshen
• Joseph strategically plans to settle his family in Goshen, separate from Egyptian society
• Hebrew shepherds were considered an "abomination" to Egyptians due to their pagan practices.
• Jacob declares he can now die in peace after seeing Joseph alive
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Chapters
1. God Comforts Jacob About Egypt (00:00:00)
2. Jacob's Family Journeys to Egypt (00:04:56)
3. Listing Leah's Descendants (00:07:16)
4. Counting Rachel and Servants' Descendants (00:11:40)
5. Joseph and Israel's Emotional Reunion (00:14:43)
6. Shepherds in a Land of Stigma (00:18:31)
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