Genesis concludes with Joseph’s death in Egypt, before which he reminded Israel of the promise that they would inherit the land promised to the patriarchs, and instructed them to bring him to Canaan in the future (50:24–26). So Genesis ends with Israel in the wrong place. The kingdom is the Lord’s, but Egypt was not where they were supposed to be. The offspring of Abraham were scarcely as many as the stars. They did not live in the land of Canaan, and worldwide blessing was not even close. Still,