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COMMENT: YEHOVAH made promises to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob of
both national prosperity and the "scepter" promise of eternal salvation to
come through Yeshua the Messiah.

8. Did Jacob (Israel) pass on
the blessings of Abraham to his
children? Genesis 49:1-2. Who
received the "scepter" prom-
ise? Verse 10. And to whom
did the birthright blessings
go? Verses 22-26; I Chroni-
cles 5:2.

9. Did Jacob adopt Joseph’s
two sons, Ephraim and Manas-
seh? Genesis 48:3-5. And did he pass on the birthright -- the material
promises -- to them? Verses 15-20.

COMMENT: The physical, material promises were passed from Jacob to
his son Joseph and his sons, Ephraim and Manasseh. (Originally there
were twelve sons of Jacob and they became known as the tribes of Israel.
But since Ephraim and Manasseh represent Joseph, there were in reality
13 tribes.)

The Bible and history makes clear who
the modern descendants of the birth-
right tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh
are, and why they are so blessed today
-- not because of any righteousness on
their part (of which there is little, if any),
but because of YEHOVAH God’s prom-
ises to their faithful forefathers, Abra-
ham, Isaac, and Jacob. Many assume
the birthright tribes are the Jews. But
the Jews of today descend, in the main
part, from the non-Semitic Khazars
th
who converted to Judaism in the 8
century A.D. The true “Jews” (those
descended from Judah) migrated with
the other tribes through Europe to set-
tle the British Isles and eventually
spread to North America and the British
Empire countries. These are the birth-

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