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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 48:17

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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48:17-19 Joseph was upset: He expected God to act according to convention, but faith recognizes that God’s ways are not man’s ways, and God’s thoughts are not man’s thoughts. It took Jacob a lifetime to learn this lesson, but he did learn it, and here he acted on it.
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