“MANASSEH AND EPHRAIM”
The Egyptian children of Joseph were given two tribes among the children of Israel, and their tribes were known to be the tribe of Manasseh and Ephraim (Genesis 13:8, 11). These tribes became leaders among the Hebrews and Jewish communities. Moses was able to select two people from each tribe of the Egyptian sons of Joseph to spy the land of Canaan (Numbers 13:1-2,8,11,16). Manasseh was given his father's place, he took over the tribe of Joseph which was among the twelve tribes of Israel (Numbers 13:11). Both the Egyptian tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim were sealed during the millennium (Revelations 7:6, 8). When Jacob was about to die, he adopted the two sons of Joseph that was born by Asenath the Egyptian in the land of Egypt, and made them his first and second born children, instead of Reuben and Simeon. He asked God to bless them, and let his name be named on them, which means the name of Israel and the inheritance of firstborn was given to the Egyptian children of Joseph to take the role of Reuben and Simeon who once represented the children of Israel (Genesis 48:1-6). According to the book of chronicles it states “Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the …show more content…
This same way Reuben the firstborn of Israel lost his birthright to the Egyptian children of Joseph who took his birthright and the blessing of the firstborn and ruled over Israel. While Ishmael the son of the Egyptian bondwoman was rejected to be the son of the promise, the Egyptian children of Joseph were accepted and given the birthright and the inheritance of the firstborn of Israel and became leaders in the land of Israel of which Joshua the successor of Moses was the grandson of Joseph which I will talk about
The Egyptian children of Joseph were given two tribes among the children of Israel, and their tribes were known to be the tribe of Manasseh and Ephraim (Genesis 13:8, 11). These tribes became leaders among the Hebrews and Jewish communities. Moses was able to select two people from each tribe of the Egyptian sons of Joseph to spy the land of Canaan (Numbers 13:1-2,8,11,16). Manasseh was given his father's place, he took over the tribe of Joseph which was among the twelve tribes of Israel (Numbers 13:11). Both the Egyptian tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim were sealed during the millennium (Revelations 7:6, 8). When Jacob was about to die, he adopted the two sons of Joseph that was born by Asenath the Egyptian in the land of Egypt, and made them his first and second born children, instead of Reuben and Simeon. He asked God to bless them, and let his name be named on them, which means the name of Israel and the inheritance of firstborn was given to the Egyptian children of Joseph to take the role of Reuben and Simeon who once represented the children of Israel (Genesis 48:1-6). According to the book of chronicles it states “Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the …show more content…
This same way Reuben the firstborn of Israel lost his birthright to the Egyptian children of Joseph who took his birthright and the blessing of the firstborn and ruled over Israel. While Ishmael the son of the Egyptian bondwoman was rejected to be the son of the promise, the Egyptian children of Joseph were accepted and given the birthright and the inheritance of the firstborn of Israel and became leaders in the land of Israel of which Joshua the successor of Moses was the grandson of Joseph which I will talk about