Genesis 47:1-10

Good movies end with a nice resolution—a happy ending to a pressing problem, or a relationship restored, or a quest completed. The music flourishes, the credits roll, and you leave the theater. But faithful fans know that the credits are not always the end of the story. There’s often a small part shared after the credits are finished.

If the life of Joseph were a movie, it could have ended quite nicely after chapter 46—reconciled with his brothers, Joseph sends them to get their father, Jacob. There would be a final sweeping and emotional scene of Joseph and Jacob embracing in Egypt. The music swells. The screen fades to black. And the credits roll.
But…this is not the end of the story for Joesph or Jacob. God is still setting the stage for the most intricate, interwoven, and undeniable backstory to His story the world has ever seen. In Genesis 47 to 50, we have a “post-credit” sequence that gives clues about God’s grand plan of redemption that will continue.