Genesis 43-50

We're on the home stretch for the book of Genesis. I've really enjoyed reading this book again and especially focusing on what I can learn about God from it. A few overall observations about God that really stand out to me:

1. God is completely trustworthy. He keeps His promises even when the people to who he made those promises rebel against Him.
2. God is so full of mercy and grace. The "God of the Old Testament" is not, as some would claim, an unloving tyrant or a God who delights in catching His people doing something wrong so that He can punish them. Since God does not change, He was, is and always will be a God of mercy and grace.
3. God is also a just God who will not let sin go unpunished forever. But God mourns when evil becomes so pervasive that He must step in to put it to an end.