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God made you an original, so be authentic! Anybody can travel with the herd. It takes faith to be yourself and resist the forces that want to make you conform to the thoughtless crowd around us. In this study of Genesis 25-50, you will meet three unique men (and some unusual women) who dared to be authentic: • Isaac, whose quiet life made a difference in history. • Jacob, who had his ups...

Genesis 49 is usually titled “Jacob Blesses His Sons,” but Jacob used the word “bless” only with reference to Joseph (vv. 25–26). Three times in verse 28 we’re told that Jacob’s words were “a blessing” upon the sons, and in a prophetic sense, they certainly were; for Jacob announced what the Lord had in store for them in the future.1 But Jacob’s “blessing” was much more than that. For one thing, Jacob’s words were a revelation of human character