Day 020 - Genesis 48-50

It's the final stretch and by the end of the book both Jacob and his son Joseph have died. Jacob takes the opportunity of being on his death bed to gather his many sons around them and prophesy a future for them. Before this however he blesses his grandsons by Joseph, but deliberately switches his hands over so that he blesses the younger one with his right hand. There's no explanation given as to why he does this but I would suspect that it has a lot to do with the fact that Jacob himself was a second son who usurped his elder brother's position.

The book ends a a whimper really with the word, 'coffin,' as Joseph is buried and the scene is set for the next book, Exodus. However we'll be popping ahead to Job next as the events described happened during the period described in Genesis.