Summary:
Joseph mourns and embalms Jacob, securing Pharaoh’s permission for a grand funeral procession to Canaan, where Jacob is buried in Machpelah.
Returning to Egypt, Joseph’s brothers fear retaliation and beg forgiveness; Joseph reassures them, affirming God’s sovereign intent to preserve life through their evil.
Joseph dies at 110, embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt, awaiting the promised exodus.
Pointing to Jesus:
Joseph’s declaration—“You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to preserve many people alive” (v. 20)—typifies Christ’s cross.
The brothers’ betrayal mirrors total depravity’s intent to destroy the beloved son, yet the triune God eternally decrees the same act for definite redemption: Jesus, sold for silver and lifted on a pole, sovereignly converts murder into the salvation of a multitude no man can number (Acts 4:27–28; Rom 8:28; Rev 7:9).
Reflection:
Joseph’s coffin in Egypt teaches believers to live as hopeful exiles—forgiving freely because providence overrules evil, working even through our worst failures for eternal good.
It calls Christians to gospel-shaped reconciliation, steadfast trust in unseen purposes, and patient waiting for the final exodus when death’s coffin gives way to resurrection morning.
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