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  (GENESIS) GENESIS 38:27-30
  by J. Vernon McGee
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Summary: The sermon explores the story of Judah and Tamar, the genealogy
of Jesus, and the story of Joseph in Egypt, highlighting the importance
of faith and understanding our place in God's plan.

Duration: 3:01 Topics: "Genesis"
Scripture References: Genesis 37:2-38, Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:16

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In this sermon, the preacher focuses on the story of Joseph from the
book of Genesis. Joseph is sold into slavery by his brothers and ends up
in Egypt, where he becomes a prominent official in the military. The
preacher highlights the significance of Joseph's lineage, as he is a
direct ancestor of Jesus Christ. The sermon also briefly mentions the
birth of twins, Phares and Zira, and connects their names to the
genealogy mentioned in the New Testament.

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Now we are told, verse 27, It came to pass in the time of her travail
that, behold, twins were in her womb. It came to pass when she travail
and the one put out his hand, the midwife took and bound upon his hand a
scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. It came to pass as he drew
back his hand that, behold, his brother came out, and she said, How hast
thou broken forth? This breach is upon thee.

Therefore his name was called Phares. And afterward came out his brother
that had the scarlet thread upon his hand, and his name was called
Zerah. Now here are these names that we've looked at, and I'd like for
you now to go with me over to the first book of the New Testament, and
let's read here.

The first chapter, second verse, Abraham begat Isaac, Isaac begat Jacob,
and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren, and Judas begat Phares, and
Zerah of Tamar, and Phares begat Ezram, and Ezram begat Aram, and on
down, Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab, and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth, and Obed
begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David the king, and if you just follow it
right on through, why, you find out here, and Jacob begat Joseph, the
husband of Mary of whom was born Jesus, who's called Christ. This is the
line into which the Lord Jesus came, by the way, and this is an evidence
of the fact that God must now get His people down into the land of
Egypt. All right, we'll return then to the story of Joseph, because he's
already down there.

He didn't go down willingly, but he's down there. He was taken down, and
we saw at the conclusion of chapter 37, the 36th verse, the Midianites
sold him, that is, Joseph, into Egypt under Potiphar, an officer of
Pharaoh's and captain of the guard. Now, we're going to find out that
Joseph is an altogether different kind of boy than Judah was.

I always have felt that Joseph and Benjamin did a great deal of teaching
and instruction and personal attention that the other ten boys never did
get. These were the only two that Jacob seemed to be interested in. Now
Joseph, because of the hatred and animosity of his brothers, he's been
sold down into the land of Egypt in the house of Potiphar, and he
happens to be a very important soldier.

He's in the military. He had his office in the Pentagon of that day, and
he's part of the brass. He's a prominent official, by the way.

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Audio: https://sermonindex1.b-cdn.net/9/SID9268.mp3
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/j-vernon-mcgee/genesis-genesis-3827-30/
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