From the Epistle to the Hebrews,
in the New Testament of the Holy Bible:
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.-Hebrews 11:20-22***Manasseh and Ephraim were the sons born to Joseph and his wife Asenath. Asenath was born to Potipherah, an Egyptian priest. Joseph was the 1st son born to Jacob (Israel) and his 2nd wife Rachel. Rachel and her older sister Leah were born to Laban the Syrian (Aramean). Laban and his sister Rebekah were born to Bethuel the Syrian (Aramean). Bethuel was born to Nahor and Milcah. Milcah was born to Haran. Haran, Nahor, Abraham (Abram the Hebrew), and Sarah (Sarai) were born to Terah. Isaac was Abraham and Sarah's only child. Jacob and his older fraternal twin brother Esau (Edom) were Isaac and Rebekah's only children. Esau was Isaac's favorite child, and Jacob was Rebekah's favorite. When Isaac was elderly, and his eyesight was diminished, and he thought he was dying, he sent Esau to hunt a specific animal, and prepare a specific meal, and receive a specific blessing. Rebekah heard Isaac speaking to Esau, and led Jacob to deceive Isaac, cheat Esau, and receive the blessing that Isaac intended for Esau. When Esau went to Isaac, expecting Isaac to eat the meal and have Isaac bless him, the deception was realized. Esau pleaded with Isaac, and Isaac blessed Esau. When Rebekah learned that Esau planned to kill Jacob, she spoke words that led Isaac to send Jacob to Laban and Bethuel's home in Padan, Aram, Haran, in northern Mesopotamia. While Jacob was in Bethel (Luz), Jacob saw angels and the Lord God in a dream and heard the Lord God speaking to him. The Lord God promised to give Canaan, land inhabited by idolaters, to Jacob and Jacob's descendants. During the 7th year after Jacob arrived in Haran, Jacob was married to Leah and Rachel. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and daughter Dinah were born to Jacob and Leah. Dan and Naphtali were born to Jacob and Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant. Gad and Asher were born to Jacob and Zilpah, Leah's maidservant. After Joseph was born, Jacob sought Laban's permission to return, with his family, to Canaan. When Jacob saw the outcome from another arrangement between him and Laban, the Lord God spoke to Jacob, and Jacob spoke to Leah and Rachel. Thus, at least 20 years after Jacob arrived at Laban's, Jacob prepared to move. During the return journey, Esau and Jacob were reunited. In Canaan, Benjamin was born near Bethlehem, and Rachel died. In Hebron, Jacob and Isaac were reunited. When 180-year-old Isaac died, Esau and Jacob buried Isaac's body. When Joseph was at least 17 years old, his brothers sold him to merchants traveling to Egypt and led Jacob to believe that Joseph was killed by a wild animal. The merchants sold Joseph to Potiphar, an Egyptian official. After Potiphar's wife made a false accusation, Potiphar put Joseph in the king's prison. In prison, Joseph explained the meaning of a dream to the imprisoned cupbearer of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and explained the meaning of a dream to Pharaoh's imprisoned baker. At least 2 years thereafter, Joseph explained the meaning of a dream to Pharaoh, and Pharaoh proclaimed Joseph to be second-in-command. During a famine, Jacob sent 10 of his sons to Egypt to buy corn (grain). When Jacob's sons were in Egypt the 2nd time, Joseph identified himself and told them to bring their families, with Jacob, to Egypt. Moreover, Pharaoh provided for and welcomed 130-year-old Jacob and his family. In Egypt, Jacob made Joseph vow to bury his body in Canaan, and Jacob proclaimed Manasseh and Ephraim to be his own sons, and Jacob blessed Manasseh and Ephraim, and Jacob blessed all his sons. After 147-year-old Jacob died, his family buried his body in Canaan, in the same cave wherein the bodies of Sarah, Abraham, Isaac, Rebekah, and Leah were buried. Before 110-year-old Joseph died, he made his brethren vow to take his bones with them when the Lord God brought the Israelites out of Egypt and to the Promised Land. Sometime thereafter, the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt. Miriam and her younger brothers Aaron and Moses were Israelites from the tribe of Levi. When Moses was 80 years old and Aaron was 83, they led the Israelites away from Egypt, across the divinely parted Red Sea, into the desert wilderness of Shur, according to the commands of the Lord God. Moses carried Joseph's bones with him. During the 40-year journey to Canaan, the Promised Land, Miriam died and was buried in Kadesh, in the desert wilderness of Zin. Upon Mount Hor, 123-year-old Aaron died. When Moses went upon Mount Nebo, the Lord God showed Moses the Promised Land, and 120-year-old Moses died and was divinely buried. Joshua, Moses' successor from the tribe of Ephraim, led the Israelites across the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham, and Isaac, and to Jacob, and their descendants. In Canaan, the Israelites buried Joseph's bones in Shechem, in land that Jacob purchased from Hamor the Hivite. Over 1,300 years after 110-year-old Joshua died and was buried in his tribe's portion of the Promised Land, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born in Bethlehem into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Approximately 30 years after Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by Mary's relative John the Baptist, from the tribe of Levi. Jesus having prayed, the heavens tearing open, the Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus. The Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. Jesus fasted 40 days and nights and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist, and John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men to follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites, the treasured and chosen people of the Lord God. Less than 3 1/2 years after Jesus was baptized, Jesus was betrayed by Judas Iscariot the disciple and apostle, and Jesus was arrested, crucified, buried in a tomb, resurrected, and returned to heaven. Sometime thereafter, the divinely inspired Epistle to the Hebrews was written by someone who has not been definitively identified.-Genesis, Exodus, Numbers 12:1-14:45, 20:1-29, 26:1-27:23, Deuteronomy 31:1-34:12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra 1:1-11, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26, Hebrews
Reference Information:
commandment = eneteilato/entellomai = instructions, gave orders
departing = exodou/exodos = exodus, exiting
staff = rhabdou/rhabdos = rod, stick, cane, scepter
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