The parents of Joseph of the Old Testament (OT) were Jacob and Rachel; the parents of St. Joseph were named Jacob and Rachel. We are told in Holy Scripture of the story of Joseph, the son of Jacob, how he labored seven years each for Lia and Rachel, the daughters of Laban. Lia was “bleary eyed,” and represents Eve, and the Jews of the OT; Rachel is well favored and represents the Blessed Virgin, and the New Testament. Lia betrayed Jacob by going along with her father’s plan to “go in to Jacob according to custom,” knowing that she was not her sister, Rachel. The Jews, “bleary-eyed” like Lia, betrayed Christ, because of their blindness. Christ said, “Let them alone: they are blind, and leaders of the blind.” (
St. Joseph in Genesis
St. Joseph in Genesis
St. Joseph in Genesis
The parents of Joseph of the Old Testament (OT) were Jacob and Rachel; the parents of St. Joseph were named Jacob and Rachel. We are told in Holy Scripture of the story of Joseph, the son of Jacob, how he labored seven years each for Lia and Rachel, the daughters of Laban. Lia was “bleary eyed,” and represents Eve, and the Jews of the OT; Rachel is well favored and represents the Blessed Virgin, and the New Testament. Lia betrayed Jacob by going along with her father’s plan to “go in to Jacob according to custom,” knowing that she was not her sister, Rachel. The Jews, “bleary-eyed” like Lia, betrayed Christ, because of their blindness. Christ said, “Let them alone: they are blind, and leaders of the blind.” (