The Book of God: Joseph
Monday, March 26th, 2007
I’m up to page 90 in our book. Are you reading along with me? After Jacob married Laban’s daughters for 14 years of labor, he worked still for Laban. He finally broke with Laban and returned home. He met his brother Esau peacefully, and the two parted ways amicably. Jacob did see his father Isaac again, though. Isaac was 60 years old when Jacob was born, and he lived to be 180 years old, quite an accomplishment for a man who thought he was ready to die at least 20 years earlier. Doing the math leads us to know that Isaac lived for 105 years after his father Abraham died, so his death would have been about 2,286 years after creation, a bit over 30 lifetimes.
Those who are familiar with the Bible will know that Jacob came to be called Israel, and that his son Joseph was sold into slavery in Egypt. This is how the Jewish nation came to be in Egypt. We’ll discuss this more on Wednesday.
