November 9 | To Make the Blessings Flow | Genesis 45-47

  1. What would it have taken, if you were Joseph, to forgive your brothers?

  2. Read Genesis 45:1-15. According to Joseph, what part did God play in the events that brought him to Egypt as a slave (vv. 5, 7, 9)? What part did the brothers play (vv. 4-5)?

  3. Read Genesis 46:1-4. What did God tell Jacob to do?

  4. Why do you think Jacob needed God appear and assure him about going down to Egypt?

  5. Is there anyone you have wronged, or who has wronged you, and with whom you should seek to be reconciled?

  6. Take time together as a group to pray that God would bring healing and reconciliation to broken relationships.

* These questions have been adapted from Salvation Revealed: Genesis 12-50: 10 Interactive Bible Studies for Small Groups and Individuals by Matt Olliffe.

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