Genesis 45:20–21 (NIV84) 20 Never mind about your belongings, because the best of all Egypt will be yours.’ ” 21 So the sons of Israel did this. Joseph gave them carts, as Pharaoh had commanded, and he also gave them provisions for their journey.

Genesis 45:22–23 (NIV84) 22 To each of them he gave new clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes. 23 And this is what he sent to his father: ten donkeys loaded with the best things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other provisions for his journey.

Genesis 45:2828 And Israel said, “I’m convinced! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”

Genesis 45:26 (ESV)

26 And they told him, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” And his heart became numb, for he did not believe them.

�ג ּו —:pug - to grow numb ּפ�benumbed, stunned

Genesis 35:1 (ESV)

1 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

1. God had a plan for Jacob, but his boy’s sin changed that plan, his own stubbornness delayed that plan, and natural disaster changed that plan.

2. God had a plan for Adam and Eve, but their sin changed that plan.

3. God has a plan for us, but our sin or others sin, or disaster, or something else changes that plan, but not God’s plan for us.