Everything in the Tanakh (The Old Testament) points to YESHUA which is why He says in John 5:39-40 (Hebrew)” Take pleasure in the writings! Wherein you think you will have everlasting life, and they are those WHICH BEAR WITNESS OF ME! But you do not take pleasure in coming to Me that you may have everlasting life.” The scriptures all bear witness of YESHUA and I did a video on the parallels between Isaac and YESHUA which also confirms this. If you have not seen that video, you can view it here: https://youtu.be/hQ9javdMfn4
This week, I want to cover the parallels between Joseph and YESHUA and how Joseph was a type of YESHUA! All of the scriptures with (Hebrew) in parenthesis are taken from Hebrewgospels.com
Matthew 27:6-11 (Hebrew)
“Then the chief of the priests took the thirty coins and said, “It is not a worthy thing that we place them in the house of the Sanctuary, for it is the price of blood. And when they had taken counsel together they bought a field from a potter in order to bury the strangers there. And because of this, that field is called Chaqal Dema, that is, the field of the blood—until this day. And then the word from Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, “And they took thirty coins of silver, which is the value wherewith the sons of Yisra’el valued Him, and they brought with them a field of a potter”—just like our Adon (Master) decreed. And YESHUA stood before Pilate—he asked Him saying, “Are you the KING OF THE YEHUDIM (Jews)?” And YESHUA said to him, “YOU ARE SAYING IT.”
Joseph and YESHUA both sold for 30 coins
Matthew 26:14-15 (Hebrew)
“Then one of His twelve talmidim (disciples) who is called Yehudah Ish-Qeriot (Judas Iscariot) went to the chief of the priests, and said to them, “What do you want to give, that I should deliver YESHUA to you? So they vowed to him THIRTY COINS OF SILVER.”
John 18:36 (Hebrew)
“YESHUA answered, “My kingdom is not from this world; if this world had been my kingdom-in truth-My servants would have resisted, that I would NOT BE SOLD to the Jews.”
Testament of Gad 2:1-3
“I confess now my iniquity, my children, that oftentimes I desired to kill him (Joseph), because I hated him from my heart. Moreover, I hated him yet more for his dreams; and I desired to lick him up from the land of the living, even as an ox licks up the grass of the field. Therefore Simeon and I SOLD him to the Ishmaelites for THIRTY PIECES OF GOLD, and ten of them were hid, and showed the twenty to our brothers.
I believe silver was intended here instead of gold, but nonetheless 30 coins were used in both transactions.
More connections with the #30
What are the other connections with the number 30?
Genesis 41:39-46 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)
Verse 39-41 “So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since ELOHIM has shown you all this there is no one as discerning and wise as you---you will be in charge of my household; all my people will be ruled by what you say. Only when I rule from my throne will I be greater than you.” Verses 46-49 “Joseph was THIRTY YEARS OLD when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt; then he left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled through all the land of Egypt. During the seven years of abundance, the earth brought forth heaps of produce. He collected all the food of these seven years in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities---the food grown in the fields outside each city he stored in that city. Joseph stored grain in quantities like the sand on the seashore, so much that they stopped counting, because it was beyond measure.”
Luke 3:23 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)
“YESHUA was about THIRTY YEARS OLD when He began His public ministry…”
The 12th letter in the Hebrew aleph-beit is “Lamed” which is a picture of a staff and represents the number 30! Lamed means leader, teacher, guide, yoke, or bind.
So, at 30 years old Joseph became governor/leader of Egypt and guided the decisions for how to store up grain. And at 30 years old, YESHUA our Leader, Teacher, and Shepherd Who guides the flock began His public ministry.
Both hated and plotted to be killed
Genesis 37:4 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)
“When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they began to hate him and reached the point where they couldn’t even talk with him in a civil manner.” Verse 18 “They spotted him in the distance, and before he arrived where they were, they had already plotted to KILL HIM.”
Matthew 12:14 (Hebrew)
“And then the Pharisees went out and held a council against Him (YESHUA)—by means they would BE ABLE TO KILL HIM.”
Matthew 27:24-25 (Hebrew)
“And when Pilate saw that he was not reaching anything, but that they still cried out, he took water and washed his hands before the people, and said, “I am he who does not know of the blood of this righteous man. Take heed for yourselves.” So all the total answered, “LET HIS BLOOD BE UPON US AND UPON OUR SONS!”
Price of Blood
Matthew 27:6 (Hebrew)
“It is not a worthy thing that we place them in the house of the Sanctuary, for it is the PRICE OF BLOOD.”
Testament of Zebulon 3:1-3
“For I had no share in his PRICE, my children. But Simeon and Gad and six other brothers took the PRICE of Joseph, and bought sandals for themselves, and their wives, and their children, saying, ‘We will not eat of it, for it is the PRICE OF OUR BROTHER’S BLOOD, but we will assuredly tread it under foot, because he said he would be king over us, and so let us see what will become of his dreams.”
Brothers and gentiles will bow!
Genesis 37:5-10 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)
“Joseph had a dream which he told his brothers, and that made them hate him all the more. He said to them, “Listen while I tell you about this dream of mine. We were tying up bundles of wheat in the field when suddenly my bundle got up by itself and stood upright; then your bundles came, gathered around mine and PROSTRATED THEMSELVES BEFORE IT.” His brothers retorted, “Yes, you will CERTAINLY BE OUR KING. You’ll do a great job of bossing us around! And they hated him still more for his dreams and for what he said. He had another dream which he told his brothers: “Here, I had another dream, and there were the sun, the moon and eleven stars PROSTRATING THEMSELVES BEFORE ME.” He told his father too, as well as his brothers, but his father rebuked him: “What is this dream you have had? Do you really expect me, your mother and your brothers to come and prostrate ourselves before you on the ground?”
Genesis 42:6 (Complete Jewish scriptures)
“Joseph was governor over the land; it was he who sold to all the people of the land. Now when Joseph’s brothers came and PROSTRATED THEMSELVES BEFORE HIM TO THE GROUND.”
Genesis 41:41-45 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)
“Pharaoh said to Joseph, “here, I place you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.” Pharaoh took his signet ring off his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand, had him clothed in fine linen with a gold chain around his neck and had him ride in his second best chariot; and they cried before him. “BOW DOWN!”
Just as Joseph’s brothers and the Egyptians bowed down to him, so shall it be with YESHUA our King as that His brothers and the world will bow down before Him.”
Philippians 2:9-11 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)
“Therefore ELOHIM raised Him to the highest place and gave Him the Name above every name; that in honor of the Name given YESHUA, EVERY KNEE WILL BOW—in heaven, on earth and under the earth---and every TONGUE will acknowledge that YESHUA the Messiah is MASTER to the esteem of ELOHIM the Father.”
Zechariah 14:16-19
“Finally, everyone remaining from all the nations that came to attack Jerusalem will go up every year to worship the King, YAHWEH-TSVA’OT, and to keep the Festival of Sukkot. If any of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the king, YAHWEH-TSVA’OT, no rain will fall on them. If the family of EGYPT doesn’t go up, if they refuse to come, they will have no annual overflow from the Nile; moreover, there will be the plague with which YAHWEH will strike the nations that don’t go up to keep the festival of Sukkot. This will be EGYPT’S punishment and the punishment OF ALL THE NATIONS that don’t go up to keep the festival of Sukkot.”
King
Testament of Zebulon 3:3
“But we will assuredly tread it under foot, because he said he would be KING OVER US, and so let us see what will become of his dreams.”
Matthew 27:11 (Hebrew)
“And YESHUA stood before Pilate—he asked Him saying, “Are you the KING OF THE YEHUDIM (Jews)? And YESHUA said to Him, “YOU ARE SAYING IT.”
Jospeh proclaimed that he would be a ruler over them, and his brothers sarcastically said in Genesis 37 “Yes, you will CERTAINLY BE OUR KING.” And here YESHUA is making that same proclamation which was also rejected! When YESHUA says “You are saying it”, He is confirming what is being asked of Him. An example of this is found in:
Matthew 26:24-25 (Hebrew)
“And a man who walks with me will betray the Son of ELOAH (God), as it was prophesied of him. Woe to him!—To the man by whom the Son of the virgin will be betrayed: It would have been a good thing for him if he had not been born.” Then that man (Yehudah (Judas) who delivered him) answered and said, “Rabbi, is it I?” So YESHUA answered and said to him, “YOU ARE SAYING IT.”
Matthew 26:63-65 (Hebrew)
“So the chief of the priests said to Him, “I adjure you by the living EL that you tell us whether you are the Mashiach (The Messiah), The Son of the living EL.” Then YESHUA said unto him, “YOU ARE SAYING IT. Truly I say to you that you will ALSO see the Son of the virgin sitting to the right side of EL, and coming with the clouds of the heavens.” Then the chief of the priests rent his garment and said, “This man speaks blasphemy!”
The high-priest knew exactly what YESHUA was saying which is why he tore his clothes and accused YESHUA of blasphemy for saying He was EL. YESHUA confirmed that He is the Messiah the Son of the living YAHWEH, then He further went on to solidify His statement by saying, “You will ALSO see the Son of the virgin sitting on the right side of EL, and coming with the clouds of the heavens.” So going back to Pilate’s question we can see that YESHUA was confirming this truth.
Matthew 27:11 (Hebrew)
“And YESHUA stood before Pilate—he asked Him saying, “Are you the KING OF THE YEHUDIM (Jews)? And YESHUA said to Him, “YOU ARE SAYING IT.”
Matthew 27:11 (Amplified Scriptures)
“Now YESHUA stood before Pilate the governor, and the governor asked Him, “Are you the King of the Jews? {IN AFFIRMATION} YESHUA said to him, “IT IS AS YOU SAY.”
Other confirmation of this in:
John 19:19-21 (Hebrew)
“(Now Pilate wrote a saying, and put it on the warp and woof (execution-stake). And this was its language: YESHUA of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.) So many of the JEWS read this writing, for that place where YESHUA was hanged is near the city. And it was written in Hebrew and Greek and Latin language. So the rulers of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The KING OF THE JEWS,’ BUT THAT HE WAS SAYING THAT HE IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
We can clearly see that YESHUA was not denying Who He was because the Jews said that they didn’t claim Him as King but that “He was saying that He is the King of the Jews.”
John 1:49 (Hebrew)
“Netanel answered Him and said, “Rabbi, You are the Son of ELOAH-YOU ARE THE KING OF YISRA’EL!” YESHUA answered and said to him, “Are you able to BELIEVE because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will still see greater things than this.” And He said to him, “In truth I say to you that you will see the heavens opened, and the messengers of ELOHIM ascending and descending because of the Son of man.”
2 Kings 9:12-13 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)
“They said, “You’re being evasive. Come on, tell us the truth.” Then he (Yehu) said, “This is exactly what he said to me and how he said it: ‘Here is what YAHWEH says: “I have anointed you KING OVER YISRA’EL.” At this, they hurried each one to take his cloak AND PUT IT UNDER YEHU at the top of the stairs. Then they blew the shofar and proclaimed, “YEHU IS KING!”
2 Kings 9:13 (Amplified Scriptures)
“Then they hastily took every man HIS GARMENT AND PUT IT [FOR A CUSHION] UNDER YEHU…”
The same way they CUSHIONED the ground for the king Yehu is the same thing the people did for YESHUA recognizing who He was!
Matthew 21:8 (Hebrew)
“And they brought the female donkey and the foal, AND THEY LAID THEIR GARMENTS ON THE ROAD. AND OTHERS CUT OFF BRANCHES FROM TREES AND SOFTENED THE ROAD WITH THEM.”
Mark 11:8-10 (Hebrew)
“Then many people STRIPPED OFF THEIR GARMENTS IN THE WAY, and other people were cutting off branches from the trees and SOFTENED THE ROAD. And those who were walking before Him, and those who were following after Him cried out, and said, “Hoshi’einu blessed Savior! Blessed is He who comes in the Name of YAHWEH AND blessed KING WHO IS A SAVIOR FROM THE HEAVENS!”
Luke 1:31-33 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)
“Look! You will become pregnant, you will give birth to a son, and you are to name Him YESHUA. He will be great, He will be called Son of Ha’Elyon (The Highest). YAHWEH, ELOHIM, will give Him the THRONE of His forefather David; and He will RULE the House of Jacob FOREVER---there will be no end to His Kingdom.”
Given over to gentiles
Genesis 37:28 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)
“So when the Midianite merchants, passed by, they drew and lifted Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for a half a pound of silver shekels to the Ishmaelites, who took Joseph on to Egypt.”
Matthew 20:18-19
“See! We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of EL will be delivered into the hands of the chiefs of the priests and wise ones of the law, and they will sentence Him to death, and will DELIVER HIM TO THE GENTILES.”
Brothers didn’t recognize them
Genesis 42:8 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)
“So Joseph recognized his brothers, but THEY DIDN’T RECOGNIZE HIM.”
Joseph’s brothers did not recognize him, the same way YESHUA’ brothers did not recognize Him as the promised Messiah and handed Him over to be crucified.”
Isaiah 53:1-8 (Aramaic)
“Who has believed our report? And to whom is the arm of YAHWEH revealed? For He grew up before Him like an infant and like a root out of the dry ground; He had no form nor comeliness; and we saw that He had no beauty, WE DENIED HIM. He is despised and humbled of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and we turned our faces away from Him; we despised Him and we esteemed Him not.” Verse 8 “He was taken from prison and from judgment; and who can describe His anguish? For He was cut off out of the land of the living; and some of the EVIL MEN OF MY PEOPLE STRUCK HIM.”
Both saved others
Genesis 45:5-8
“But don’t be sad that you sold me into slavery here or angry at yourselves, because it was ELOHIM who SENT ME AHEAD OF YOU TO PRESERVE LIFE. The famine has been over the land for the last two years, and for yet another five years there will be neither plowing nor harvest. ELOHIM sent me ahead of you to ensure that you will have descendants on earth and TO SAVE YOUR LIVES IN A GREAT DELIVERANCE. So it was not you who sent me here, but ELOHIM.”
Matthew 27:42 (Hebrew)
“And like these words, the high priest and the scribes and the wise ones and all the aged ones spoke unto Him—mocking about Him, and saying, “HE SAVES OTHERS, but is He not able to save Himself? If You are King of Yisra’el—come down from the warp and woof (execution-stake), that we may see it and believe you.”
Isaiah 53:5-6
“But He was slain for OUR SINS, He was afflicted for our INIQUITIES; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with His wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have strayed; we have turned every one to his own way; and YAHWEH has laid upon Him the iniquities of us ALL.”
Joseph saved his brothers and the world from a physical famine, and YESHUA saved the world’s souls from a spiritual famine by dying for our iniquities, because we were all dead men walking in our transgressions!
2 Corinthians 5:14 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)
“For the Messiah’s love has hold of us, because we are convinced that one Man DIED ON BEHALF OF ALL MANKIND (which implies that ALL MANKIND WAS ALREADY DEAD), and that He died on behalf of all in order that those who live should not live any longer for themselves but for the One who on their behalf died and was raised.”
1 John 4:9-10 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)
“Here is how ELOHIM showed His love among us: ELOHIM sent His only Son into the world, so that through Him we MIGHT HAVE LIFE. Here is what love is: not that we have loved ELOHIM, but that He loved us and SENT HIS SON to be the atonement for our iniquities.”
Forgave those who hated them
Genesis 50:15-21 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)
“Realizing that their father was dead, Joseph’s brothers said, “Joseph may hate us now and pay us back in full for all the SUFFERING WE CAUSED HIM.” So they sent a message to Joseph which said, “Your father gave this order before he died: ‘Say to you Joseph, “I beg you now, please FORGIVE YOUR BROTHERS’ CRIME AND WICKEDNESS IN DOING YOU HARM.” So now, we beg of you, forgive the crime of the servants of the ELOHIM of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him; and his brothers too came, prostrated themselves before him and said, “Here, we are your slaves.” But Jospeh said to them, “Don’t be afraid! Am I in the place of ELOHIM? You meant to do me harm, but ELOHIM meant it for good---so that it could come about as it is today, with many people’s lives being saved. So don’t be afraid---I will provide for you and your little ones.” In this way he comforted them, speaking kindly to them.”
Luke 23:33-34 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)
“When they came to the place called the Skull, they nailed Him to a stake; and they nailed the criminals to stakes, one on the right and one on the left. YESHUA said. “Father, FORGIVE THEM; THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE DOING.”
Joseph’s brothers caused him much suffering though they did not understand what they were doing and were forgiven and in the process many lives were saved, just as YESHUA’s brothers caused Him much suffering and they did not know what they were doing yet He forgave them and through His blood many lives are saved for those who profess YESHUA as their Savior and live for Him!
As always may YAHWEH bless you all in YESHUA’s Name!