Judah's Septere and Joseph's Birthright - Series 1 Chapter 4 The Birthright or the Promise of Many Nations to Abraham - J. H. Allen - 1902

J. H. Allen

When Boaz took Ruth the Moabitess for a wife, the people who were assembled prayed for her, saying: "The Lord make thee like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel." (Ruth 4:11) The fact that these two women, as the wives of Jacob, were the builders of the house of Israel, would of necessity divide the immediate household of Jacob into two families. Hence the pertinency of the question: "Considerest thou not the two families which the Lord hath chosen?" (Jeremiah 33:24). Since the covenant promise of the Birthright was given to one of these two families, and that of the Sceptre to the other, it would be but natural — especially since one of these forthcoming blessings was to be so much superior to the other — for these families to keep somewhat apart, so as to keep their family distinctions intact. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library