Jacob lived another seventeen years after he arrived in Egypt and died at the ripe old age of one hundred and forty-seven. Very venerable to the Egyptians. Before he died, he called all of his sons together to bless them. These blessings were not only expected but were important to the inheritance of the father’s wealth and authority. We will find as Jacob blesses his sons that, again, birth order does not count.
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THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
The coat that Jacob made for Joseph only poured more fuel on the fire of his brothers’ hatred. Everyone had a coat or cloak of some type but this particular coat was a very significant item. It was very colorful. Made of many colors and probably of very expensive materials. It wasn’t the common everyday kind of coat his brothers had. It was more a coat for royalty.
