How to become more aware and reverent of God's presence
The Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau, as in Genesis 33, oil on panel, at the National Galleries of Scotland (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, … bless these boys” ( Genesis 48:15–16). Jacob was dying, and Joseph came to visit him. Jacob told him to bring his two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh. For Jacob intended to bless them and adopt them as his own sons, on an equal par with Reuben, Simeon, and the rest. Jacob stated that God had appeared to him at Bethel and had blessed him with a promise of seed and land. Jacob intended to pass that blessing on to Joseph’s sons (Gen. 48:3–6). This act showed Jacob’s faith, for Jacob trusted in God’s promise. Even though Jacob would not live to see the land conquered and occupied, he trusted God’s Word. Jacob’s faith was worshiping faith. At the age of 77, he had left the land of promise to spend time with his relatives in Mesopotamia. Isaac was sending him back there to get a wife. On his