Joseph and Abraham
Joseph was descended from Abraham.
The first Hebrew was Abraham.
Abraham was the forefather of the Israelite Nation.
See:
Proofs from Abraham
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/biblical-proof/abraham.html
Abraham was promised that his offspring would be exceedingly numerous, and also powerful and possessor of strategic points of entry ("gates of you enemies") and also that they should do RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE, and be a blessing to all mankind, as mentioned in the verses below.
Genesis (TCT) 12:
2 AND I WILL MAKE YOU INTO A GREAT NATION, AND I WILL BLESS YOU, AND I WILL AGGRANDIZE YOUR NAME, AND [YOU SHALL] BE A BLESSING.
3 AND I WILL BLESS THOSE WHO BLESS YOU, AND THE ONE WHO CURSES YOU I WILL CURSE, AND ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED IN YOU."
Genesis (TCT) 18:
17 AND THE LORD SAID, "SHALL I CONCEAL FROM ABRAHAM WHAT I AM DOING?
18 AND ABRAHAM WILL BECOME A GREAT AND POWERFUL NATION, AND ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD WILL BE BLESSED IN HIM.
19 FOR I HAVE KNOWN HIM BECAUSE HE COMMANDS HIS SONS AND HIS HOUSEHOLD AFTER HIM, THAT THEY SHOULD KEEP THE WAY OF THE LORD TO PERFORM RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE, IN ORDER THAT THE LORD BRING UPON ABRAHAM THAT WHICH HE SPOKE CONCERNING HIM."
Genesis (TCT) 22:
15 AND AN ANGEL OF THE LORD CALLED TO ABRAHAM A SECOND TIME FROM HEAVEN.
16 AND HE SAID, "BY MYSELF HAVE I SWORN, SAYS THE LORD, THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE THIS THING AND YOU DID NOT WITHHOLD YOUR SON, YOUR ONLY ONE,
17 THAT I WILL SURELY BLESS YOU, AND I WILL GREATLY MULTIPLY YOUR SEED AS THE STARS OF THE HEAVENS AND AS THE SAND THAT IS ON THE SEASHORE, AND YOUR DESCENDANTS WILL INHERIT THE CITIES OF THEIR ENEMIES.
18 AND THROUGH YOUR CHILDREN SHALL BE BLESSED ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD, BECAUSE YOU HEARKENED TO MY VOICE."
Abraham begat Isaac and Ishamel.
Ishmael was the forefather of the Arabs. He recevied a blessing of his own and he was not the Chosen Seed.
Isaac was the Chosen inheritor.
God told Abraham that Isaac was his "ONLY" son.
cf.
Genesis (TCT) 22:.. FOR NOW I KNOW THAT YOU ARE A GOD FEARING MAN, AND YOU DID NOT WITHHOLD YOUR SON, YOUR ONLY ONE, FROM ME."
Isaac married Rebeccan. Rebecca hbad been lberssedd by her family:
Isaac begat Jacob and Esau who were twins.
Isaac wished to give the right of pre-eminence to Esau but the Almighty decided it should go to Jacob who was re-named Israel.
Nevertheless, Esau was given something and many leading elites in Europe and Asia came out of him.
Jacob received the Blessings promised to Abraham and to Isaac. The Children of Jacob were to become the Chosen People.
Isaac blessed Jacob,
"GOD ALMIGHTY BLESS YOU, AND MAKE YOU FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY YOU, THAT YOU MAY BE A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLES [Hebrew: "Kahal Amim"]; AND GIVE YOU THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM, TO YOU AND TO YOUR SEED WITH YOU" (Genesis 28:2-3).
Jacob was given the additional name ISRAEL,
"YOUR NAME SHALL BE CALLED NO MORE JACOB, BUT ISRAEL; FOR AS A PRINCE HAVE YOU POWER WITH GOD AND WITH MEN AND HAVE PREVAILED" (Genesis 32:8).
"YOUR NAME IS JACOB: YOUR NAME SHALL NOT BE CALLED ANY MORE JACOB, BUT ISRAEL SHALL BE YOUR NAME: AND HE CALLED HIS NAME ISRAEL" (Genesis 35:10).
Jacob (Israel) had Twelve Sons, "NOW THE SONS OF JACOB WERE TWELVE" (Genesis 36:22).
See:
Genealogy of the Blessings
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/biblical-proof/genb.html
All the sons of Israel received a Blessing from their father,
"EVERYONE ACCORDING TO HIS BLESSING HE BLESSED THEM" (Genesis 49:28).
Jacob blessed his 12 sons but Joseph received a special blessing.
Joseph had been sold in Egypt as a slave and from there he had risen to become the effective ruler of the country.
At firsdt his brothers when they too came to Egypt did not reocongnze him. It was as if he was in disguise and had become like the Gentiles just as was later to be the fate of his descendants.
Jacob blessed Joseph,
"THE BLESSINGS OF YOUR FATHER HAVE PREVAILED ABOVE THE BLESSINGS OF MY PROGENITORS UNTO THE UTMOST BOUND OF THE EVERLASTING HILLS: THEY SHALL BE ON THE HEAD OF JOSEPH, AND ON THE CROWN OF HIM THAT WAS SEPARATED FROM HIS BRETHREN" (Genesis 49:6).
We have here an indication that Joseph beyond merely receiving an extra portion as if he were the firstborn also has an additional task BEYOND THAT.
Not only was Joseph to receive the blessing of Abraham and Isaac BUT ALSO a special blessing from Jacob BEYOND THAT PROMISED TO THE FOREFATHERS!!! All the other sons of Jacob also received a blessing of their own and in another talk he will briefly go through every one of them and describe how each one has been blessed.
Note:
(a) Joseph was to receive a blessing greater than that given to the other Tribes altogether.
(b) The blessing of Joseph was to extend over all nations of the earth.
Joseph is a prototype for his descendants.
(c) All Israelites were expected to do Justice and Judgement since they all received the blessings of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Joseph however received an additional portion of hois own and so the expectations from him would have been increased proptionately.
Amos (TCTanakh) 5:
15 HATE EVIL AND LOVE GOOD, AND ESTABLISH JUSTICE IN THE GATE; PERHAPS THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS WILL BE GRACIOUS TO THE REMNANT OF JOSEPH.
The Pre-eminence of Joseph was also recalled below:
1-Chronicles (TCT) 5:
1 AND THE SONS OF REUBEN, THE FIRSTBORN OF ISRAEL, FOR HE WAS THE FIRSTBORN, BUT WHEN HE DEFILED HIS FATHER'S BED, HIS BIRTHRIGHT WAS GIVEN TO THE SONS OF JOSEPH THE SON OF ISRAEL, BUT NOT TO BE RECKONED IN THE GENEALOGY AS FIRSTBORN.
2 BECAUSE JUDAH PREVAILED OVER HIS BROTHERS, AND THE ONE APPOINTED AS PRINCE WAS TO BE FROM HIM, BUT THE BIRTHRIGHT BELONGED TO JOSEPH.