is it wrong for jacob to have a favorite son, joseph?

Answer 1

Yes, just as it was wrong for his wife to do likewise.

Answer 2

OLDER PEOPLE DOTE ON THE YOUNGER CHILDREN

Jacob born 512 years after the flood, was age 90 when Joseph was born 602 years after the flood, Benjamin was age 6, and Joseph was age 17, and Jacob was age 107, when his older brother sold Joseph to Midianite merchant men. Men acting as boys.

SONS BRINGING JACOB SHAME [ He still trutsted them to much ];

So 619 years after flood [ his oldest son raped Bilhah, the two older ones killed all the men at Shechem ], Sold Joseph and tried to make Jacob think he was killed by a lion, Joseph is in prison 13 years, then made governor of Egypt, Benjamin is age 19, and Jacob age 120, in Canaan land buried Isaac his father, 632 years after flood.

Gen.47:9,11,28; Jacob age 130, has 70 family members, Joseph places Jacob in Rameses Egypt, 642 years after the flood.

SONS AND AGES AND CHILDREN

Gen. 46:9 [ #01. Reuben age 51, has 4 ]; 10 [ #02. Simeon age 50, is 7 ],
11 [ #03. Levi age 49, is 3 ], 12 [ #04. Judah age 48, is 3 alive ],
23 [ #05 Dan age 47, is 1 ], 24 [ #06.Naphtali age 46, is 4 ],
16 [ #07. Gad age 45, is 7], 17 [ #08.Asher age 44, is 8],
13 [ #09.Issachar age 43, is 4, has Job ], 14 [ #10.Zubulun age 42, is 3 ];
20 [ #11.Joseph age 40, is 2 ]; 21 [ #12.Benjamin age 29, is 10];
Jacob was age 130 Gen.47:9,11 [ had 17 years in Egypt ] 28 Jacob age 147 dies.
At 659 years after the flood. Joseph dies 712 after and 65 years to Moses born.

Answer 3

It is normal to have favorites but Jacob could have exercised a lot more tact. If not for the sake of the ten then for the sake of Joseph. It all worked out really really well though and this is the mark of God's hand of blessing on a family.

Answer 4

If you, yourself, are the parent of children, or you grew up in a family with a bunch of other kids, then you know that favoritism happens in families. It just does. It's human nature, and parents do it. In my family, my father doted on my little sister, and my mother favored my baby brother. It's a fact of family life, so don't be surprised that Isaac favored Jacob, over Esau, and that Jacob favored Joseph.

Answer 5

Jacob was a trickster, so watch out! Joseph was Jehovahs favorite also!! All the others were rascals, except little Ben. YES! ,It was the right thing too do!!!

Answer 6

In actuality, it was required in order for their to be an orderly transition of birth rights and inheritance. Their social custom dictated the first born son of the favorite wife received 2x the amount of any other heirs.
Moses changed this in the Torah, but that came 400 years later.

Answer 7

Not when you look at the track-record of his brothers. They tricked the men of Shechem into circumcising themselves, waited until they were all recovering from the procedure, and then wiped out most of the male population. They also threw Joseph down a well and faked his death. If these are any indicator of their day-to-day behavior, there is probably a reason why Joseph was the favorite.

Answer 8

Yes, it was wrong for Jacob to play favorites and resulted in a lot of sibling rivalry and heartache in the family.... that's the idea with the Bible stories.... show that real, ordinary people-- sinners-- also experienced a saving walk with God.... the same opportunity is available to you and me. Awesome!

Answer 9

Maybe Jacob thought that his other son looked a lot like the milkman.

Answer 10

It is much the same as the other denominations despising Catholics because they are of the Mother that the Father loves the best. The Blessed Virgin Mary. St. John stood beneath the cross with Mary and Jesus told him that she was his Mother and he told her that he was her son and it says "from then on he took her into his house and cared for her" This is the Catholic and people have been jealous of us ever since.

Answer 11

Yes.
If not for his favoritism, Joseph would never be hated by his brothers in the first place.
It was all his fault.
My mom favors my brother, and every time she does it in my face it makes me feel worthless.
How do you expect all the brothers felt?