Were Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Jews? - Part 3 - Joseph the Patriarch and The Birthright Inheritance.

Please read parts 1 and 2 of this series in order to gain a full understanding of this crucial story in OUR history. Thank you.

All of so called Christendom and millions outside of it know the story of Joseph and his special status in the sight of his father Jacob/Israel and, how, through this favour he received the famous coat or tunic of many colours. A more powerful story of family favouritism, feuding and the fallout from same, you would be hard pressed to find!! The thing is, did this have anything to do with Jewishness and whether Joseph was a Jew?

Quite plainly from my previous articles on this subject I have proven that Joseph through his non-Jewish parentage – Jacob and Rachel being descendants of Eber and from the land of the Chaldeans, that he was not a Jew. His half brother Judah was the forefather of the Jews – how, I hear you say? Easy, Judah, like his half brother Joseph, was a Patriarch and was therefore the first so called ‘Jew’, so many of his descendants were also Jews, but not all – The Jewish race and Royal Judahite race begin here with Judah and Judah only.

Ok, so we have proven Joseph was not a Jew, but he, like his half brother Judah, was also a Patriarch and an Israelite. Joseph was the most favoured Patriarch and Israelite through Jacob’s blessings and favour, not Judah.

Later on in this story we will discover just how blessed Joseph and his descendants were to become, through the promises made by God to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, none of whom, including Joseph, were Jews.

Moving on we discover that Joseph has been given the Spiritual gift of dreams or the gift of God given dreams with powerful messages for him and those around him:

Genesis 37:3 (KJV) Now Israel (Jacob) loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. 4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more thanall his brethren, they hated him,and could not speak peaceably unto him. 5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: 7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold,your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. 8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us?or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us?And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? 11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed (guarded or kept) the saying.(Brackets and all emphasis mine)

Here above in this short passage of Holy Scripture we have vividly described for us the beginnings of family jealousy and the subsequent feuding that would grow into tribal jealousy, rivalry and hatred leading eventually to national antagonism and numerous bloody wars in the future. This, literally, is the beginnings of real national families at war.

Most of us know the story from here on in but if not you can catch up by reading it all in Genesis chapter 37 and then chapters 39-47. I will come back to chapter 38 in another study.

The Birthright Inheritance   

I will press on now and jump to Genesis chapter 48 where we read of Jacob/Israel’s passing on the blessings of Abraham and Isaac to his two grandsons, Joseph’s sons by his Egyptian wife – Manasseh the elder son and Ephraim the younger son. So not only do we have Joseph who is not Jewish, but we now have an Egyptian woman in the mix as well, who is not even an Israelite, producing two heirs to the birthright inheritance of Abraham Isaac and Jacob/Israel. Why are these two boys inheriting and not Jacob’s eldest son Rueben? Notice, too, that Judah, the forefather of the Jews, is not inheriting either. The normal tradition would be for the eldest son to inherit. Unfortunately for Rueben he forfeited his right to the inheritance because of one serious misdemeanour – he defiled his father’s bed by sleeping with one of his father’s wives. 

Genesis 49:3-4 (KJV) Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: 4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

1 Chron 5:1-2 (KJV) 1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the [Royal] genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. 2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; [Royalty and the King's line to David and Yashua Anointed – The Lord Jesus Christ - The Royal Judahite line] but the birthright was Joseph’s:)[Square Brackets and all emphasis mine].

The above Holy Scriptures tell us that Kings, as promised to Abraham, would come from him and through Isaac and Jacob/Israel to Judah to David to Yashua Anointed (The Lord Jesus Christ), but Joseph, who was not a Jew would inherit the physical birthright blessings. We can now go to Genesis 48 where this whole chapter is given over to the blessings of his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim.

Genesis 48:5 (KJV) And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

Even though half Egyptian, Jacob makes these two boys full blooded Israelites thereby nullifying the Egyptian blood in their veins, but notice they were not Jews and notice too that he specifically uses Rueben’s and Simeon’s names so as not to confuse anyone then or in the future with them being Jews.

Verses 8-9 And Israel (Jacob) beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these?9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place (Egypt). And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them. (Brackets and emphasis mine)

Verse 10 Now the eyes of Israel (Jacob) were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

erse 13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near unto him.

Here we see Joseph following family tradition and bringing Manasseh the elder son to Jacob’s right hand and Ephraim the younger to his left hand, but look what happens?

Verse 14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. 15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,

Joseph tries to correct his father:

Verse 17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head. 18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

Jacob/Israel is having none of it:

Verse 19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

o here we have it or rather here we have them, two boys who are half Egyptian and half Israelite made full Israelites by the blessings of their forefathers Abraham, Isaac and their grandfather Jacob/Israel but at the same time were not Jews.

Even if we didn’t have the background history we would have to be suspicious of the prophecy that descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob would become two great nations one of which becoming a multitude of nations. This prophecy if applied to the Jews could never be made to fit because they have never been a great nation and they certainly have never been a multitude of nations. This evidence is crucial in proving that not all Israelites are Jews.

These two boys were not only blessed with God’s national blessings, they also became Patriarchs too, as the fathers of two of the tribes of Israel and are mentioned in Revelation – Joseph representing Ephraim.

Revelation 7:4 (KJV) And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. 5 Of the tribe of Juda (Judah) were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. 6 Of the tribe of Aser (Asher) were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses (Manasseh) were sealed twelve thousand. 7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. 8 Of the tribe of Zabulon (Zebulon) were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph (Ephraim) were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand. (Brackets mine)

Again here we have it, a time yet to come, just prior to, when Yashua Anointed (The Lord Jesus Christ) returns to this earth and seals in the foreheads 144,000 people from the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Now notice, only 12,000 are Judahites so who are the others?

All will be revealed soon, including why the Tribe of Dan is not mentioned in Revelation.

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