Joseph brought his family to Egypt to live while there was still five years of famine left. So seventy Israelites moved to Goshen in the fertile Nile delta in the midst of a regional famine. Meanwhile Joseph continued to provide leadership for Egypt during the famine... by selling grain, Joseph eventually collected all of the money in Egypt and Canaan for Pharaoh, then he traded grain for livestock and soon Pharaoh owned all of the livestock, then he traded grain for land and soon Pharaoh owned all the land and all the people were his servants. And then a couple paragraphs later we read... "Meanwhile, the people of Israel settled in the region of Goshen in Egypt. There they acquired property, and they were fruitful, and their population grew rapidly."
Don't you just love that! While all of the natives of Egypt and Canaan were selling everything they owned to just get enough food to live, Jacob and his family thrived. They were more than saved, they were exalted. That is how it is to be in God's grace. Yes, Jesus died on the cross and shed his blood that we might be saved, but we are more than saved, more than conquerors even, we are exalted into the presence of the Father... for eternity. Woo Hoo! Praise God! Halleluia! Thank you, Jesus.
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