followHIM Genesis 42-50 Part 2 • Dr. Stephen Smoot • Mar. 16-22 • Come, Follow Me
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Mar 12, 2026 
Dr. Stephen Smoot, a professor and Genesis scholar, guides listeners through Genesis 46–50 with scholarly and faith-based insight. He explores Joseph’s famine leadership and statecraft. He unpacks Ephraim’s adoption and the birthright reversal. He highlights prophetic additions in the Joseph Smith Translation and connections to gathering and covenant themes.
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Tribal Lineage Means Covenant Responsibility
- The roles of tribes imply responsibilities, not status; tribal lineage brings duties in gathering Israel.
- Smoot links Ephraim's prominence to missionary responsibility and cautions against seeing lineage as personal superiority.
JST Links Ephraim And Manasseh To Latter Day Gathering
- The Joseph Smith Translation expands Jacob's blessing to promise Ephraim and Manasseh will help deliver Israel spiritually in the latter days.
- Smoot cites JST Genesis 48 where Joseph's seed are made a light to deliver Israel when bowed down in captivity and sin.
Small Ukrainian Chapel Had All 12 Tribes Gathered
- Amberlee Smoot witnessed all 12 tribes represented in a small Ukrainian chapel when Elder Don R. Clark named tribes and people stood.
- She and Stephen describe it as a sacred moment, possibly the first time since the scattering all tribes gathered in one place.