WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:02.960 Malcom: Welcome To Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience. 00:00:03.083 --> 00:00:04.063 Day 100 and 1 00:00:04.530 --> 00:00:09.720 Then Jacob called together all his sons and said, gather around me and 00:00:09.720 --> 00:00:12.930 I will tell you what will happen to each of you in the days to come. 00:00:14.310 --> 00:00:15.060 Come and listen. 00:00:15.060 --> 00:00:17.520 You sons of Jacob, listen to his Israel. 00:00:17.520 --> 00:00:19.440 Your father Ruben. 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:24.780 You are my firstborn, my strength, the child of my vigorous youth. 00:00:25.230 --> 00:00:27.570 You are first in rank and first in power. 00:00:28.470 --> 00:00:32.730 But you are as unruly as a flood and you will be first no longer 00:00:33.390 --> 00:00:35.130 for you went to bed with my wife. 00:00:35.580 --> 00:00:37.620 You defiled my marriage couch. 00:00:38.370 --> 00:00:41.220 Simeon and Levi are too of a kind. 00:00:41.760 --> 00:00:43.680 Their weapons are instruments of violence. 00:00:44.490 --> 00:00:46.140 May I never join in their meetings. 00:00:46.410 --> 00:00:50.820 May I never be a party to their plans for in their anger, they murdered men 00:00:51.060 --> 00:00:53.100 and they crippled oxen just for sport. 00:00:53.730 --> 00:00:56.310 A curse on their anger for it is fierce. 00:00:56.640 --> 00:00:59.220 A curse on their wrath for it is cruel. 00:00:59.640 --> 00:01:02.010 I will scatter them among the descendants of Jacob. 00:01:02.340 --> 00:01:04.590 I will disperse them throughout Israel. 00:01:05.640 --> 00:01:07.800 Judah, your brothers will praise you. 00:01:08.190 --> 00:01:10.200 You will grasp your enemies by the neck. 00:01:10.500 --> 00:01:12.630 All your relatives will bow before you. 00:01:13.515 --> 00:01:14.025 Judah. 00:01:14.055 --> 00:01:19.035 My son is a young lion that has finished eating its prey like a lion. 00:01:19.035 --> 00:01:23.625 He CROs and lies down like a lion is who dares to rouse him. 00:01:24.345 --> 00:01:29.835 The scepter will not depart from Judah nor the ruler staff from his descendants until 00:01:29.835 --> 00:01:34.605 the coming of the one to whom it belongs, the one whom all nations will honor. 00:01:35.355 --> 00:01:40.335 He ties his fold to a grapevine, the cult of his donkey, to a choice vine. 00:01:40.875 --> 00:01:45.375 He washes his clothes and wine, his robes in the blood of grapes. 00:01:45.855 --> 00:01:50.445 His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk. 00:01:51.645 --> 00:01:55.185 Zebulon will settle by the seashore and will be a harbor for ships. 00:01:55.605 --> 00:01:57.465 His borders will extend to siden. 00:01:58.770 --> 00:02:02.250 A car is a sturdy donkey resting between two saddle packs. 00:02:02.880 --> 00:02:06.540 When he sees how good the countryside is and how pleasant the land, he 00:02:06.545 --> 00:02:10.500 will bend his shoulder to the load and submit himself to hard labor. 00:02:11.490 --> 00:02:16.770 Dan will govern his people like any other tribe in Israel, a Dan will be a snake 00:02:16.775 --> 00:02:21.960 beside the road, a poisonous viper along the path that bites the horse's hooves. 00:02:22.230 --> 00:02:23.850 So its rider is thrown off. 00:02:24.330 --> 00:02:26.400 I trust in you for salvation. 00:02:26.550 --> 00:02:27.330 Oh Lord. 00:02:28.305 --> 00:02:33.045 Gad will be attacked by Mooting bands, but he will attack them when they retreat. 00:02:33.915 --> 00:02:38.115 Asher will dine on rich foods and produce food fit for kings. 00:02:38.895 --> 00:02:42.525 Naftaly is a dough set free that bears beautiful. 00:02:42.555 --> 00:02:43.035 Vaughns. 00:02:44.205 --> 00:02:49.725 Joseph is the full of a wild donkey, the full of a wild donkey at a spring, 00:02:50.295 --> 00:02:52.185 one of the wild donkeys on the ridge. 00:02:52.845 --> 00:02:54.705 Archers attacked him savagely. 00:02:55.095 --> 00:02:59.685 They shot at him and harassed him, but his bow remained taught and 00:02:59.685 --> 00:03:04.305 his arms were strengthened by the hands of the mighty one of Jacob by 00:03:04.305 --> 00:03:06.285 the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel. 00:03:06.825 --> 00:03:09.075 May the God of your father help you. 00:03:09.525 --> 00:03:13.755 May the Almighty bless you with the blessings of the heavens above and 00:03:13.755 --> 00:03:18.915 blessings of the watery depths below, and blessings of the breasts and womb. 00:03:19.635 --> 00:03:21.645 May my fatherly blessings on you. 00:03:21.645 --> 00:03:25.035 Surpass the blessings of my ancestors reaching to the 00:03:25.035 --> 00:03:26.595 heights of the eternal hills. 00:03:27.645 --> 00:03:31.965 May these blessings rest on the head of Joseph, who is a prince among his 00:03:31.965 --> 00:03:38.445 brothers, Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, devouring his enemies in the morning 00:03:38.715 --> 00:03:41.025 and dividing his plunder in the evening. 00:03:42.315 --> 00:03:46.275 These are the 12 tribes of Israel, and this is what their father 00:03:46.275 --> 00:03:48.165 said as he told his sons goodbye. 00:03:48.735 --> 00:03:51.345 He blessed each one with an appropriate message. 00:03:52.995 --> 00:03:54.435 Then Jacob instructed them. 00:03:54.765 --> 00:04:01.515 Soon I will die and join My ancestors bury me with my father and grandfather in the 00:04:01.515 --> 00:04:03.855 cave in the field of Ephron, the Hitite. 00:04:04.635 --> 00:04:09.465 This is the cave in the field of Ma Pilla near Mammary in Canaan that 00:04:09.465 --> 00:04:13.935 Abraham bought from Ephron, the Hitite as a permanent burial site there. 00:04:13.935 --> 00:04:16.455 Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried. 00:04:17.100 --> 00:04:17.370 There. 00:04:17.370 --> 00:04:21.300 Isaac and his wife Rebecca are buried, and there I buried Leah. 00:04:21.840 --> 00:04:24.540 It is the plot of land and the cave that my grandfather 00:04:24.540 --> 00:04:26.220 Abraham bought from the Hittites. 00:04:27.510 --> 00:04:31.500 When Jacob had finished this charge to his sons, he drew his feet into 00:04:31.505 --> 00:04:36.270 the bed, breathed his last, and joined his ancestors in death. 00:04:37.860 --> 00:04:42.360 Joseph threw himself on his father and wept over him and kissed him. 00:04:43.185 --> 00:04:46.785 Then Joseph told the physicians who served him to embalm his father's 00:04:46.785 --> 00:04:49.035 body, so Jacob was embalmed. 00:04:49.665 --> 00:04:53.655 The embalming process took the usual 40 days, and the Egyptians 00:04:53.655 --> 00:04:58.635 mourned his death for 70 days, and the period of mourning was over. 00:04:58.935 --> 00:05:03.105 Joseph approached Pharaoh's advisors and said, please do me this favor 00:05:03.405 --> 00:05:05.055 and speak to Pharaoh on my behalf. 00:05:05.910 --> 00:05:08.610 Tell him that my father made me swear an oath. 00:05:09.060 --> 00:05:12.180 He said to me, listen, I am about to die. 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:16.410 Take my body back to the land of Canaan and bury me in the tomb. 00:05:16.410 --> 00:05:22.620 I prepared for myself, so please allow me to go and bury my father after his burial. 00:05:22.620 --> 00:05:24.270 I will return without delay. 00:05:25.260 --> 00:05:27.090 Pharaoh agreed to Joseph's request. 00:05:27.630 --> 00:05:29.910 Go and bury your father as he made you promise. 00:05:29.910 --> 00:05:31.290 He said, so. 00:05:31.290 --> 00:05:33.030 Joseph went up to bury his father. 00:05:33.675 --> 00:05:37.125 He was accompanied by all of Pharaoh's officials, all the senior 00:05:37.125 --> 00:05:41.085 members of Pharaoh's household and all the senior officers of Egypt. 00:05:42.015 --> 00:05:45.855 Joseph also took his entire household and his brothers and their households, 00:05:46.515 --> 00:05:50.055 but they left their little children and flocks and herds in the land of Goshen. 00:05:50.745 --> 00:05:53.835 A great number of chariots and cherry hitters accompanied Joseph 00:05:55.125 --> 00:05:58.965 when they arrived at the threshing floor of aad near the Jordan River. 00:05:59.415 --> 00:06:02.295 They held a very great and solemn memorial service. 00:06:02.925 --> 00:06:07.665 With a seven day period of mourning for Joseph's father, the local residents, 00:06:07.725 --> 00:06:11.445 the Canaanites watched them mourning at the threshing floor of aad. 00:06:12.225 --> 00:06:16.275 Then they renamed that place, which is near the Jordan Abel Misam 00:06:16.575 --> 00:06:20.655 for, they said, this is a place of deep mourning for these Egyptians. 00:06:21.435 --> 00:06:23.775 So Jacob's sons did as he had commanded them. 00:06:24.405 --> 00:06:28.335 They carried his body to the land of Canaan and buried him in a cave in 00:06:28.335 --> 00:06:30.795 the field of Ma Pilla near mammary. 00:06:31.530 --> 00:06:35.340 This is the cave that Abraham had bought as a permanent burial site from Ephron. 00:06:35.340 --> 00:06:35.850 The Hitite. 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:42.450 After burying Jacob, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had 00:06:42.450 --> 00:06:44.490 accompanied him to his father's burial. 00:06:45.540 --> 00:06:49.740 But now that their father was dead, Joseph's brothers became fearful. 00:06:50.490 --> 00:06:55.230 Now Joseph will show his anger and pay us back for all the wrong we did to him. 00:06:55.260 --> 00:06:58.470 They said, so they sent this message to Joseph. 00:06:59.160 --> 00:07:03.120 Before your father died, he instructed us to say to you, please 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:06.420 forgive your brothers for the great wrong they did to you for their 00:07:06.420 --> 00:07:08.190 sin in treating you so cruelly. 00:07:08.880 --> 00:07:13.170 So we the servants of the God of your father beg you to forgive our sin. 00:07:13.950 --> 00:07:17.070 When Joseph received the message, he broke down and wept. 00:07:17.910 --> 00:07:20.370 Then his brothers came and threw themselves down before 00:07:20.370 --> 00:07:22.980 Joseph, look we are your slaves. 00:07:22.980 --> 00:07:26.970 They said, But Joseph replied, don't be afraid of me. 00:07:27.450 --> 00:07:29.850 Am I God that I can punish you? 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:34.500 You intended to harm me, but God intended at all for good. 00:07:35.130 --> 00:07:39.330 He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people. 00:07:40.140 --> 00:07:42.030 No, don't be afraid. 00:07:42.570 --> 00:07:45.450 I will continue to take care of you and your children. 00:07:46.320 --> 00:07:48.990 So he reassured them by speaking kindly to them. 00:07:49.695 --> 00:07:54.105 So Joseph and his brothers and their families continued to live in Egypt. 00:07:54.945 --> 00:07:57.585 Joseph lived to the age of 110. 00:07:58.425 --> 00:08:02.085 He lived to see three generations of descendants of his son Rai, 00:08:02.865 --> 00:08:06.105 and he lived to see the birth of the children of Manasas son make 00:08:06.105 --> 00:08:08.205 here whom he claimed as his own. 00:08:09.315 --> 00:08:10.545 Soon I will die. 00:08:10.845 --> 00:08:12.135 Joseph told his brothers. 00:08:12.570 --> 00:08:16.800 But God will surely come to help you and lead you out of this land of Egypt. 00:08:17.340 --> 00:08:20.550 He will bring you back to the land he solemnly promised to give to 00:08:20.550 --> 00:08:23.250 Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. 00:08:24.570 --> 00:08:29.820 Then Joseph made the Sons of Israel swear an oath and he said, when God 00:08:29.820 --> 00:08:34.350 comes to help you and lead you back, he must take my bones with you. 00:08:35.280 --> 00:08:38.010 So Joseph died at the age of 110. 00:08:38.685 --> 00:08:43.695 The Egyptians embalmed him and his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt. 00:08:48.915 --> 00:08:51.735 This concludes today's Immer reading experience. 00:08:51.915 --> 00:08:53.115 Thank you for joining us.