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Why did God choose Joseph to be the father of Jesus?
God chose Joseph to be the earthly father of Jesus. The Bible tells us in the Gospel of Matthew, that Joseph was a righteous man. His actions toward Mary, his fiance, revealed that he was a kind and sensitive man. Perhaps this noble quality made him God’s choice for the Messiah’s earthly father.
What tribe was Joseph from?
If you are asking Joseph the husband of Mary, then he was of the tribe of Judah throught the line of David and his son Solomon. (Mary was also of the tribe of Judah but through David’s son Nathan not Solomon. If you are asking about Old Testament Joseph, he was one if the original patriarchs whose name became a tribe.
Was Nathan the son of David?
Nathan is a son born to David and Bathsheba. The first book of the Books of Chronicles has a passage that states the sons of David born to him in Hebron, before recounting their sons and then nine more sons and one daughter of David who were also born to him in Jerusalem.
What is the relationship between David and Jesus?
Jesus is a direct descendant of David, as evident from the very beginning of the Gospel of Matthew. The first book of the New Testament starts by revealing the genealogy of Christ by listing all generations from Abraham to Jesus.
Who was the father of Joseph the father of Jesus?
Heli
In Luke’s genealogy of Jesus, Heli is listed as the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and the son of Matthat (Greek: μαθθατ). Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, of Heli, of Matthat, of Levi (…)
Who is Joseph’s son?
Ephraim
Manasseh
Joseph/Sons
Jacob, Joseph’s father, adopted Joseph’s two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, to share in Jacob’s inheritance equally with Jacob’s own sons (Genesis 48:5). Manasseh is counted as the father of the Israelite Tribe of Manasseh, one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
What happened to Joseph’s sons in the Bible?
Jacob, Joseph’s father, adopted Joseph’s two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, to share in Jacob’s inheritance equally with Jacob’s own sons (Genesis 48:5). Jacob also blessed Ephraim over his older brother (Genesis 48:20). Manasseh had a son, Asriel, with his wife; and Machir with his Aramean concubine (1 Chronicles 7:14).