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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
1 Chronicles 2:1–17, “These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him. And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul. And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed. And the sons of Ethan; Azariah. The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse, And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, Ozem the sixth, David the seventh: Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.”
While only one of Abraham’s sons inherited the promise of being the vector of God’s blessing to all the families of the earth, all of Jacob’s (Israel) sons were part of the Lord’s overall plan. Jacob’s first son, Reuben, slept with his father’s concubine and forfeited the birthright. Simeon and Levi, ruthlessly murdered all the inhabitants of Hamor’s settlement and made significant trouble for Jacob in Canaan. These two brothers forfeited their right to the birthright. Jacob blessed Joseph and gave him the blessing and the birthright. However, the Lord chose Judah to be the ancestor of Israel’s kings, the kings chosen and anointed by the Lord. Judah was king David’s ancestor and David’s cousins had an important role in the Israeli military.
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