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Last week we began our journey through the Bible with the first 26 chapters of Genesis. This coming week we will read the rest of Genesis, chapters 27 through 50. Genesis means the origin, or the beginning of something. “In the Beginning God created.” Such a powerful statement and such a statement of power! The rest of the book begins to establish the nature of God and his relationship to his creation, the earth and people.

Genesis establishes themes that are found throughout the Bible. The covenant with Abraham and his descendants that all the people of the earth will be blessed through him l...