I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Genesis 48-50.

The description of the death of Jacob shows that the Egyptians of Joseph’s day treated him as if he was royalty.  Perhaps some day a cave will be discovered in the land of Israel which contains the remains of several people, one of whom was embalmed in the Egyptian style.  I suspect that this will not happen, since it is likely that the site which has already been identified as this site is indeed the site where Jacob was buried.  We also see in this passage that Joseph’s forgiveness of his brothers was not just for the sake of his father.  This passage strikes home to me because I have siblings who will not speak with each other now that my mother has died.  There is blame to share around, but I wish my family could experience the forgiveness which Joseph and his brothers experienced.