Someone mentioned this morning that Jacob loved Rachel more than any of his other wives and loved the children he had by Rachel better than any of his other children, but nevertheless God insisted that His promised would be fulfilled through the descendants of Judah.
This reminded me of how Amos refers to Israel (that is, the northern kingdom) as the house of Joseph.
"Seek the LORD that you may live...O house of Joseph" (4:6).
"Perhaps the LORD God of hosts may be gracious to the remnant of Joseph" (4:15).
So the division of Israel into two kingdoms and the destruction of the northern kingdom and the survival of the souther kingdom of Judah is a working out of God's choice to bless the world through the sons of Judah and not the house of Joseph.
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