DEfiled] Genesis 35:22. and 49. 4. By committing incest with his fathers concubine. See Leviticus 18:8. birth-right] Of a double portion, Deuteronomy 21:17. This Joseph had, in that his sons made two tribes, Ephraim and Manasseh, Numbers 1:10. Joseph] Who was the first-born, of her that of right should have been Jacobs first wife, Genesis 29:18, &c. and 30. 23, 24. genealogie] In that Josephs genealogie was not first set down, but Judah’s, Chap. 2. 3..2 Judah prevailed] Genesis 49:8; Genesis 49:10. Had a pre-eminence in honour, even in the wildernesse (Numbers 2:3.) and ever after; and a royall dignity, from Davids time to the captivity: and after that, some of their chief governours, and great senate, were of that tribe, till Christ the everlasting King sprang out of that tribe.