The Bequeathment of the Blessings to Joseph: An Outline.
From Joseph emerged the English-Speaking Peoples along with elements in other Israelite Nations. Joseph was to receive special blessings and be entrusted with peculiar tasks of his own.
KNowledge of these facts helps us confirm the Israelite Identification of Peoples descended from the Ten Tribes. In the article below we examine the devolution of the blessings and tasks from Abraham to Joseph.
Joseph was to become the leading Tribe of Israel. Many amongst the English-Speaking Peoples are descended from Ephraim and Manasseh the sons of Joseph. Joseph received Blessings and Tasks of his own. Yair Davidiy, representing the Brit-Am Movement of the Ten Tribes describes the Devolution of the Blessings through Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob down to Joseph and his offspring .
Introduction
We are about to discuss how the blessings devolved: How the blessings were given
to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
First they were given to Abraham, then to Isaac, then to Jacob meaning Israel.
From Israel the blessings were given to all the 12 Twelve Tribes but an extra
blessing beyond that given to the other Tribes was bequeathed on Joseph and the
two sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh.
Blessings
and Tasks as Signs of Identification
In each stage of the blessings, first with Abraham, then with Jacob, then with
Joseph we may discern more details of the blessings and their explanation.
The Blessings were promised to Israel and were concomitant with a purpose or
task that they who received the blessings would have to fulfill. Most of the
Israelites including the Tribe of Joseph disappeared. They were exiled by the
Assyrians and lost consciousness of their ancestry. They became the Lost Ten
Tribes of Israel. By understanding the blessings and looking to see which
nations received the blessings and do what they were commanded to do in order to
receive them: We may discern where the Lost Ten Tribes are to day, i.e. who they
are. This conclusion may be analyzed in the light of additional Biblical verses
on the subject as well as from findings from Ancient History, Archaeology,
Linguistics, Mythology, and so on.
The results lead us to conclude that the Lost Ten Tribes are today to be found
amongst Western nations with the Tribes of Joseph predominating amongst the
so-called English-speaking peoples.
Abraham The Promised Blessings began with Abraham. He was the first
Patriarch and to him was it promised to become, "A great nation, and in you will
all the families of the earth be blessed" (Genesis 12:2-3).
"And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply
thee exceedingly" (Genesis 17:2).
"I will make nations of thee and kings shall come out of thee; And
I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in
their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy
seed after thee" (Genesis 17:6-7).
The blessings were concomitant with a Divine Purpose. There was a certain reason
for them. Of Abraham it was said, "Abraham shall surely become a great and
mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him. For I
know him that he will command his children and his house after him, and they
shall keep the way of the LORD to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may
bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him" (Genesis 18:18-19).
Isaac
Abraham begat Ishmael and Isaac. Ishmael traditionally was the forefather of
many of the Arabs. Isaac received the covenant promise and to him devolved the
promised blessings: "My covenant will I establish with Isaac" (Genesis 17:21);
"I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his
seed after him" (Genesis 17:19). God informed Abraham, "In Isaac shall thy seed
be called" (Genesis 21:21).
Esau and Jacob Isaac begat the twins Esau and Jacob. Of Esau it was
foretold, "By thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother" (Genesis
27:40). Esau became ancestor to the founder settlers of early Rome and to part
of the German people (Megilla 6), as well as to part of the ruling elite in
Continental Europe and some of the Japanese.
Esau hated Israel.
"And Esau hated Jacob because of the Blessing where with his father blessed him"
(Genesis 27:41).
Jacob becomes Israel Jacob received the Blessings promised to Abraham and to Isaac. The
Children of Jacob were to become the Chosen People.
Isaac blessed Jacob,
"God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful and multiply thee, that thou
mayest be a multitude of people; And give thee the blessing of ABRAHAM, to thee
and to thy seed with thee" (Genesis 28:2-3).
Jacob was given the additional name ISRAEL, "Thy name shall be called no more
Jacob, But ISRAEL; for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men and
hast prevailed" (Genesis 32:8).
"Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel
shall be thy name: and He called his name ISRAEL" (Genesis 35:10).
Jacob (Israel) had Twelve Sons, "Now the sons of Jacob were twelve" (Genesis
36:22).
The Twelve Sons of Israel
and the Birthright The Twelve Sons of Israel were Reuben, Simeon, Levi,
Judah, Issachar, Zebulon, Joseph, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. They
were the forefathers of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. All the sons of Israel
received a Blessing from their father, "Everyone according to his blessing he
blessed them" (Genesis 49:28). In addition to the individual blessing given to
each one there existed the Natural Right of Leadership and the Birthright. The
Natural Right of Leadership was to involve Judah who provided the House of David
and was to receive the task of Lawgiver. The Birthright, in effect, meant the
reception of those same blessings given to all the Tribes but in greater
quantity and intensity. It also indicated a natural right to a certain
predominance -and a two-fold portion in the inheritance.
"Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him (comes) the chief ruler; but the
birthright was Joseph's" (1-Chronicles 5:1-2).
Joseph Jacob blessed Joseph, "The blessings of thy father
have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of
the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of JOSEPH, and on the crown of
him that was separated from his brethren" (Genesis 49:6).
We have here an indication that Joseph beyond merely receiving an extra portion
as if he were the firstborn also has an ADDITIONAL TASK AND MERIT and as if in
some way he will also represent all of Israel.\\
"The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my
progenitors..." (Genesis 49:6).
Joseph had received an additional blessing and task beyond that of the other
Tribes and BEYOND that promised to Abraham, Isaac, and the rest of the Tribes.
Joseph is not only in the place of the firstborn with an extra portion, He is
also in another dimension, way beyond the others.
This idea is mentioned in the Rabbinical work, "Shnei Lukot HaBrit" 2;22;a: "Joseph has
the aspect of Jacob above the other tribes, He is Joseph and his two sons
Ephraim and Manasseh".
Ephraim and Manasseh Joseph had two sons, Ephraim and Menasseh. Both Ephraim and
Menasseh received the status of full Tribes in their own right. Jacob said:
## THY TWO SONS, EPHRAIM AND MANASSEH, ARE MINE; AS REUBEN AND SIMEON, THEY
SHALL BE MINE ## (Genesis 48:5)
meaning that the two sons of Joseph should be counted as Tribes amongst the
brothers of JOSEPH. Jacob blessed Ephraim and Manasseh, "The Angel which
redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and
the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in
the midst of the earth" (Genesis 48:16).
"And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless
saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before
Manasseh" (Genesis 48:20).
The prevalence of Ephraim is repeated in Jeremiah (31:9), "I am a father to
Israel, and EPHRAIM is my firstborn". Nonetheless towards the end times (in our
days) there was to be a stage in which Manasseh would be preeminent.
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