Book of Mormon Challenge (Nov 12, 2018 - 6 of 12)

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Book of Mormon Challenge (Nov 12, 2018 - 6 of 12)

Reading starts Monday, November 19, 2018

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Book of Mormon Challenge (Nov 12, 2018 - 6 of 12).
Reading starts Monday, November 19, 2018.

Biblical Proof Number 4:
Joseph’s Descendants

There is a passage in Genesis chapter 49 that has strong ties to the Book of Mormon. Jacob, the old patriarch, is dying.
We’re reading his last words as he pronounces prophetic blessings upon his sons and upon his two grandsons, words concerning the descendants of Joseph.

"…Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well, whose branches run over the wall…The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren."
--Genesis 49:22,26

An interesting passage, indeed. Joseph and his descendants have been separated "from his brethren."

Here are a couple points to consider:
1) Joseph is a fruitful bough by a well.
What’s a "bough" and what’s a "well?"

Let scripture answer scripture. The Psalmist said,
"…O Shepherd of Israel, thou what leadest Joseph like a flock…Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt; thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it…She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river…"
--Psalm 80: 1,8,11

The "bough" is Joseph’s lineage and the "well" is the sea. The remnant escaping Jerusalem is the flock of Joseph. And where did the Shepherd of Israel lead the flock of Joseph "…whose branches [lineage] run over the wall [sea]?" Over the seas unto the New World. To be separate from his brethren.

Isaiah says,
"…they [Israel] wandered through the wilderness; her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea." –Isaiah 16:8

Second point to consider: where are the "everlasting hills?"
This is Biblical Proof, Number 5, which will be shared, tomorrow.