Genesis Post 70 - Summary of the Joseph Parallels to Yeshua

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.