http://www.laurachristianson.com/laura/jacob-adopts-ephraim-and-manasseh/ Adoption Information and Inspiration Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:53:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.laurachristianson.com/laura/jacob-adopts-ephraim-and-manasseh/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Jeremiahforchrist Wed, 01 Nov 2006 18:51:16 +0000 http://www.laurachristianson.com/laura/jacob-adopts-ephraim-and-manasseh/#comment-366 Laura.This is Jerry from the forum group. God bless you for all you do. About the genesis passage. I don't believe there is anything in the law that would have allowed Joseph to get Reubens birthright without Reuben giving it to him. I think that Jacob was adopting Ephram and Mannasah as a kind of loophole in the system. This way Joseph got a double potion just as the firstborn would have. As for the Bible giving us great rolemodels for adopting, I think the greatest role model is our Heavenly Father. We are children of God by the blood of His Firstborn, Jesus Christ. What a privilidge it would be to follow in His steps! Laura.This is Jerry from the forum group. God bless you for all you do.
About the genesis passage. I don’t believe there is anything in the law that would have allowed Joseph to get Reubens birthright without Reuben giving it to him. I think that Jacob was adopting Ephram and Mannasah as a kind of loophole in the system. This way Joseph got a double potion just as the firstborn would have.
As for the Bible giving us great rolemodels for adopting, I think the greatest role model is our Heavenly Father. We are children of God by the blood of His Firstborn, Jesus Christ. What a privilidge it would be to follow in His steps!

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