I have written several times about the different parallels between Joseph the suffering servant and Yeshua our Suffering Servant. The purpose of this post is to simply summarize them so that I have them all in one place. I have heard it said that there are about 100 parallels between the two, and I have only discovered about 40. So if I discover more, I will come back to this post and add them.
- Both are the beloved sons of their Fathers.
- Both are sent by their Fathers for a special purpose to their brethren.
- Both are given special robes, or mantles.
- Both were willing to be their father's servant.
- Both travel all over the country seeking their brothers.
- Both make bold, audacious claims that their brethren don't like.
- Both expose evil and wrongdoing.
- Both are sent to find their lost brothers.
- Both are shepherds of their Fathers’ sheep.
- Both are promised a remarkable future.
- Both suffer because they are hated and rejected by their brethren.
- Both are turned over to foreigners
- Both are betrayed for silver by a brother named Judah.
- Both have brothers who argue over what to do with him
- Both are stripped of their robes.
- Both are taken to Egypt.
- Both are subject to a plot to kill them.
- Both are left in the ground for three days
- Both are conspired against and falsely accused.
- Both remain silent in the face of their accusers.
- Both suffer although they are righteous.
- Both are tempted.
- Both wash the feet of their brethren.
- Both give warning of troubles to come
- Both bring bread of life to starving people.
- Both save the nations for 2(000) years while being unknown to their brethren.
- Substitutionary blood is shed in both cases.
- Both have stories made up about their deaths.
- Both have fathers who mourn in deep agony
- Both were buried in the land of Israel
- Both forgive those who wronged them.
- The wrongs that men do to both, God uses for good.
- Both are placed with two prisoners, one who was saved and the other who was not.
- Both are elevated to a place of high authority.
- Joseph is adorned with gold and fine linen, symbols of kingship and priesthood. Yeshua is our king and high priest.
- Both are placed in a terrible place but God did not leave them there (the dungeon, the grave)
- Both have every knee bowed to them
- Both claim they are there to save their brethren, not judge them.
- Both have Gentile brides
- Both have offspring who are adopted by their Fathers
- Both weep when highly moved.
- Both have brethren who vowed never to bow down to them. (Most Jewish people today want nothing to do with Yeshua)
- Both bless their brothers abundantly even though they don’t know who is doing it.
- Both appear as a foreigner so that their brethren would not recognize them.
- Both weep over their brethren who don't know them.
- Both bring salvation to their brethren, Israel.
- Both are moved by the repentant hearts of their brothers.
- Both reveal themselves to their brothers privately.
- Both have brothers who weep in sorrow and fear as they recognize them.
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