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FCC Vision Statement: Building on Exposition, Centering on Christ, Dying in Community, Serving on Mission Genesis A New Home Dr. Lonnie Bell Download (NOTE: Allow 30-90 seconds after clicking the START-arrow or Download-button for recording of the testimony or sermon to begin.)A New Home — Lonnie D. Bell, Jr.Genesis 47:1-31Sermon Series: GenesisJanuary 12, 2020DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions1. Why does God settle his people in Egypt? How does this set the stage for the storyline of Scripture?2. Why is it important that this new settlement be official, based on Pharaoh’s command?3. Why is it significant that Jacob blesses Pharaoh? What is the immediate effect of this blessing in the narrative?4. Discuss the contrast between Jacob’s household and the people of Canaan and Egypt. How does this illustrate the contrast between believers and unbelievers?5. Why is Jacob so insistent that he be buried in Canaan rather than Egypt?References: Genesis 17:8; 15:13-14, 16; 12:2-3; Hebrews 7:7; Genesis 46:4; 24:1-9; John 14:1-3; Philippians 3:20-21.