And scholars make this mistake because they do not realize that Genesis chapters 25 through 35 are not about THE GENERATIONS OF JACOB! THEY ARE ABOUT THE GENERATIONS OF ISAAC! And this is true even though Jacob is the main character of Emphasis in those chapters, Gen 25-35.
What does the first verse of Genesis chapter 37 declare?
Gen 37:1 NOW THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF ESAU
Ok…so, we see the death of Isaac, and then we see a break between Genesis chapter 35 and 37. The story is in fact linear until Chapter 36. In Genesis Chapter 36, the timeline goes BACK, to tell the GENERATIONS OF ESAU! The events of Genesis Chapter 36 speak of events that OCCURRED PRIOR TO THE DEATH OF
ISAAC as noted In Genesis 35:29!!
Okay, so we can admit the LINEAR Story stops at Genesis chapter 36, and goes back to recap the Generations of ESAU which tell of events that occurred both prior to the death of Isaac, and as well, to events that occur well beyond the death of everyone in Genesis, noting (Gen 36:8, Gen 36:19, Gen 36:31, Gen 36:43) Esau is the father of the Edomites, and it gives Generations of Geneology of Esau to the Rise of the Edomite Kings who did not live until well after the death of Joseph and his brothers.
So this linear timeline of story telling we see in forward chronology from Genesis chapter 25 to 35 with focus on Jacob, this timeline of chronological progression is broken, and chatpter 36 first GOES BACK before the Death of Isaac, then FORWARD beyond the Death of Esau, Jacob, Joseph and all his brethren.
But Scholars mistakenly try to pick up on Chapter 37 of Genesis, continuing in a linear fashion from Genesis Chapter 35, and mistakenly think that Genesis chapter 37 is telling the story of Joseph.
But the opening remarks in Chapter 37 cite
Gen 37:2 THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF JACOB
So if this story,From Genesis Chapter 37 to Genesis chapter 50 is telling the GENERATIONS OF JACOB…why is more attention of the content given to Joseph?
It is because Here, does not refer to JACOB, but the PROMISE made him by YAH to raise a great nation from him! So the story is about YAH fulfilling his promise that he made Jacob in Genesis 35. And Genesis 25 through Genesis 35 is not about the Generations of Jacob at all…for we know that story begins being told in Genesis 37…rather Genesis chps 25-35 are about the GENERATIONS OF ISAAC!
In those 10 chapters of Genesis 25 through 35, were not truly focusing on the Character of JACOB, and Esau (thus including Genesis Chapter 36 as well)…rather those chapters were telling how YAH, was fulfilling his Promise to Isaac in such a fashion he could see such fulfillment in his lifetime, and envision the future of that promise being fulfilled beyond his lifetime prior to his death!
So, here we are at a point that I must ask you to do one of two things in this study, to trust me when I tell you The Lord revealed to me, that the events of Genesis chapter 35 and Genesis chapter 37 do not keep forward in linear chronology, rather Chapter 37 goes back a bit, and while not noting the death of Isaac a second time, picks up at point prior to the death of Isaac, just as portions of Genesis chapter 36 in telling the generations of Esau, likewise go back to an earlier point in time, and as well detail periods of time well beyond the death of Joseph and his brethren. Even chapter 36 is telling of multitudes of people arising from the seed of Isaac, to fulfill the promise Yah made to him, to his father Abraham. And if you will not trust me at this point in this study, then I must ask you to do a second thing, to INDULGE me, for sake of examination, and let us at this point just presume I may be correct, that in Genesis chapter 36, at 17 yrs old, Rachel, is still alive, and Joseph who becomes the PRIMARY focus of Genesis Chapters 37 through 50 detailing THE GENERATIONS OF JACOB, (the promise of Yah to Jacob) as Joseph is sold into slavery and we will see if Scripture illustrates this had to occur prior to the death of his Grandfather. And let us see the focus shifts in telling the Generations of Jacob upon Joseph to illustrate by Joseph how YAH allowed Jacob/Israel, see Yah fulfill his word in his lifetime, and in such fashion Jacob could see the future fulfillment of the same promise beyond his lifetime prior to his death.
So Moving forward on this, let us see if SCRIPTURE will back the proclamations made here! First we are going to briefly discuss the Symbolism of Joseph’s dreams, then we are going to look in depth at one aspect of this, THE AGE OF BENJAMIN in comparison to the AGE of JOSEPH, to illustrate the truth of that already discussed, to prove Benjamin, by TESTIMONY OF SCRIPTURES…HAD NOT BEEN BORN PRIOR to Joseph being sold into Slavery! This will take a highlighted look at portions of the Text from Genesis 37 through 50 to Establish the proper Chronology noted above, then we will go back, and begin with Chapters 37 and 38, and offer a commentary, progressing forward Chapter by Chapter, in which we progress ultimately to discover just WHAT Joseph SAW in his Visions at 17 years old as noted in Genesis 37!
Now as to mainstream interpretations of these passages and the position of generatiosn of scholars…many take the notion that the SUN and MOON
in Joseph’s vision , represents his Father and Mother, but they do
not. As we read the rest of this story through Genesis chapter 50, we must note that at NO POINT WHAT SO EVER… Does EITHER the mother or Father of Joseph EVER at any point EVER bow to him. Israel, even in the last chapters of Genesis, after finding his son to be both alive, and ruler of all the land…at no POINT BOWS TO Joseph! So either this notion that the SUN and THE MOON represent Jacob and Rachel, is a FALSE UNDERSTANDING…or, the VISION was false, because at no point is there any witness of JACOB as the SUN, bowing before Joseph! And we trust the prophecy was true, thus the UNDERSTANDING PROMOTED…that the SUN and MOON in Josephs vision represents his Father and Mother, MUST BE FALSE!
His parents never bow to him in the following chapters, His brothers do.
But inspiration tells me that at the time of Josephs dreams he only had TEN Brothers, His Mother and Grandfather were BOTH still alive, and we should note that even
after Jacob rebuked him for the dream, Jacob pondered the meaning as
we see in verse 11 he “observed the saying.” Jacob did not just “dismiss” the dream of Joseph, he “observed the saying.” We will come full circle by the end of this study, and come back to Chapter 37 in the final portion of this study, and perhaps then, you will see the story of Joseph’s dreams in a light you have never seen before, then we will discuss how they relate to our current position on the prophetic timeline of Yah’.
So Joseph has these dreams, one of which causes Joseph much trouble.
We will see later The dream was meant to
bring joy, and much later it did, but not in the moment, in the moment
his family all thought he was crazy. I get that, I really do. By the
very announcement of the 11th star, was the prophecy that Jacob and
Rachel would have yet another son. SO WHO THEN ARE THE SUN AND THE
MOON?
THE SUN, is the nation of Egypt, and the MOON is The Hebrews and the
land of Canaan. Egypt was comprised of Sun Worshippers at that time.
Often you have likely heard it said that the Christians go around
borrowing from other religions and adapting those beliefs to their
own, the Jews are guilty of such as well… but it Doesn’t make either side
right.
Canaan had many Gods as did Egypt, and as Amen Ra HoTep was
their primary deity and sun god, Canaan worshipped Baal and EL.
I don’t think these references to the Sun and Moon were references to the
religious aspects of these nations, but rather to the size of the peoples.
Such application of the former could even be dangerous. Stars,
represented here as individuals, the brethren of Joseph, were
considered in the timeframe to be “LESSER LIGHTS.” (Gen chp 1) The SUN and
The MOON in that day were considered greater bodies than the stars,
the Greater Lights (Gen chp 1) of the two, the moon was “THE LESSER
LIGHT TO RULE THE NIGHT,” and the SUN, “The Greater Light to Rule the day”
and it is in this aspect as later all of
Egypt, the KINDGOM OF THE SUN of his time, bows before Joseph by the
decree of Pharaoh that the greater body, Egypt fulfills this vision, the dream of Joseph. And as pharaoh declares he will only be greater than Joseph in the Throne, we see The
Hebrews by their regions were in the land of Moon Worshippers, and the entire land of Canaan, MOON Worshippers would also later bow before Joseph, and in so doing, before his God, YAH! It would seem the Bible is the Synthesis of all other religions, but such is the polar opposite of the truth! YAH, is in Controversy with all these other Religons!
And by Joseph, we see the entire world bow before Yah!
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