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I gave Joseph's sons sons Manasseh and Ephraim as one example of that very
thing. Another is located in the book of Ruth where a boy ends up with two fathers:
one paternal and one adopted.
There's a law in the covenant that Moses' people agreed upon with God regarding
men who die leaving behind no son to perpetuate their name. The man's widow is
required to seek out the deceased husband's nearest male kin to remarry. Their
first son from the union is to be reckoned her first husband's son.
Long story short, Ruth got together with a man named Boaz and they together
produced a little guy named Obed. His family history is interesting because Obed is
Boaz's paternal son and Elimelech's legal son: two fathers of the same boy.
Obed was an important kid because anon he became the father of David, from
whom came Christ (Rom 1:3). To top it off, little Obed was not only Christ's
paternal grandfather, but Mary's too. (Luke 1:31-33)
I've compared the genealogies given by Matthew and Luke in several different
Bibles-- Catholic and Protestant, and even the Jehovah's Witnesses --in every
version both genealogies are Joseph's; which is problematic because it means that
Joseph had a father leading back to Solomon, and another father leading back to
Solomon's brother Nathan.
If we're to accept both genealogies as true, inspired, and reliable; then I think we
have to concede the possibility that one of Joseph's fathers was paternal and one
was adopted. Fortunately the Bible gives us two precedents for this situation,
which, if applicable, spares us the trouble of twisting Luke 3:23 to say that it's
Mary's genealogy instead of Joseph's.
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I gave Joseph's sons sons Manasseh and Ephraim as one example of that very
thing. Another is located in the book of Ruth where a boy ends up with two fathers:
one paternal and one adopted.
There's a law in the covenant that Moses' people agreed upon with God regarding
men who die leaving behind no son to perpetuate their name. The man's widow is
required to seek out the deceased husband's nearest male kin to remarry. Their
first son from the union is to be reckoned her first husband's son.
Long story short, Ruth got together with a man named Boaz and they together
produced a little guy named Obed. His family history is interesting because Obed is
Boaz's paternal son and Elimelech's legal son: two fathers of the same boy.
Obed was an important kid because anon he became the father of David, from
whom came Christ (Rom 1:3). To top it off, little Obed was not only Christ's
paternal grandfather, but Mary's too. (Luke 1:31-33)
I've compared the genealogies given by Matthew and Luke in several different
Bibles-- Catholic and Protestant, and even the Jehovah's Witnesses --in every
version both genealogies are Joseph's; which is problematic because it means that
Joseph had a father leading back to Solomon, and another father leading back to
Solomon's brother Nathan.
If we're to accept both genealogies as true, inspired, and reliable; then I think we
have to concede the possibility that one of Joseph's fathers was paternal and one
was adopted. Fortunately the Bible gives us two precedents for this situation,
which, if applicable, spares us the trouble of twisting Luke 3:23 to say that it's
Mary's genealogy instead of Joseph's.
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