Sermons & Devotionals by David Guzik

A. The sons of Jacob come to Egypt. 1. (1-4) Jacob sends his sons to Egypt to buy grain. When Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, "Why do you look at one another?" And he said, "Indeed I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down to that place and buy for us there,... Read More

A. Jacob decides to let the brothers return to Egypt with Benjamin. 1. (1-2) Jacob gives the order to get more food. Now the famine was severe in the land. And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, "Go back, buy us a litt... Read More

A. Joseph sends them on their way. 1. (1-5) Joseph puts money in his brothers' bags again. And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, "Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man's money in the mouth of his sack. Also put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth o... Read More

A. Joseph reveals himself to his brothers. 1. (1-3) The emotional revelation. Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, "Make everyone go out from me!" So no one stood with him while Joseph made himself known to his brothers. And he wept aloud, and t... Read More

A. The family comes to Egypt. 1. (1-4) God speaks to Jacob on the way to Egypt. So Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. Then God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, "Jacob, Jacob!" And he said, ... Read More

A. Jacob meets Pharaoh. 1. (1-4) The brothers ask for the land of Goshen. Then Joseph went and told Pharaoh, and said, "My father and my brothers, their flocks and their herds and all that they possess, have come from the land of Canaan; and indeed they are in the land of Goshen." And he took five m... Read More

A. Jacob calls for his sons. 1. (1-4) Jacob's remembers God's promise. Now it came to pass after these things that Joseph was told, "Indeed your father is sick"; and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. And Jacob was told, "Look, your son Joseph is coming to you"; and Israel strength... Read More

A. The cryptic blessings. 1. (1-2) What will befall the sons of Jacob in the last days. And Jacob called his sons and said, "Gather together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days: Gather together and hear, you sons of Jacob, And listen to Israel your father." a. Jacob called hi... Read More

A. Introduction to the genealogy. 1. (1-2) Adam's "signature." This is the book of the genealogy of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. He created them male and female, and blessed them and called them Mankind in the day they were created. a. This is the book o... Read More

A. Jacob is buried in Canaan. 1. (1-3) Jacob is embalmed and mourned. Then Joseph fell on his father's face, and wept over him, and kissed him. And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. Forty days were required for him, for such are the... Read More

A. The wickedness of man in the days of Noah. 1. (1-2) Intermarriage between the sons of God and the daughters of men. Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; a... Read More

A. Final preparations for the flood. 1. (1) God invites Noah into the ark. Then the Lord said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation. a. Come into the ark: The idea is that God will be with Noah in the ark, so ... Read More

A. God remembers Noah. 1. (1) God focuses His attention on Noah again. Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided. a. God remembered Noah: This is an anthropomorphism (a non-... Read More

A. God's covenant and instructions to Noah. 1. (1-4) Instructions for living in a new world. So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on ... Read More