Are they not sons of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? Let me know why because in all my church teaching this is the first that I have heard that only the people of Judah are Jews. Really interesting!
“Are they not sons of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? Let me know why because in all my church teaching this is the first that I have heard that only the people of Judah are Jews. Really interesting!”
Look at Ishmael and Isaac. Then look at Esau and Jacob. Look at their relationship with G-d and with each other.
Let us know what you find.
Read 2 Kings 17. Then read Genesis 48.
Genesis 48: 12 So Joseph brought them from beside his knees, and he bowed down with his face to the earth.
13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near him.
14 Then Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
15 And he blessed Joseph, and said: “God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, The God who has fed me all my life long to this day, 16 The Angel who has redeemed me from all evil, Bless the lads; Let my name be named upon them, And the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; And let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”
The descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh are Biblical Israel.