Joseph Father to a Pharaoh

The next peculiar thing about Yuya is that he was buried with both hands to his chin which is completely different to the way other Egyptians were buried with their arms crossed.

The very fact that he was entombed in the Valley of the Kings places him as a close member of a Royal Family.

Genesis 41:43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him [ruler] over all the land of Egypt.

Ahmed Osman in his book "Out of Egypt" writes that this verse suggests that Joseph had a responsibility for the chariotry. The American Egyptologist Alan Richard Schulman made the point in an article publised in 1963 that two ranks are attested in the 18th Dynasty, one being Adjutant of the Chariotry and Yuya was appointed as Adjutant (Deputy) of His Majesty in the Chariotry as well as Officer for the Horses. "A Chariot found in Yuya's tomb is another indication of his position". (Osman). It was the custom in Egypt to place in a tomb objects that had a special significance in the life of the dead person.

Genesis 47:5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
Genesis 47:6 The land of Egypt [is] before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest [any] men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
One of the titles found in Yuya's tomb was Overseer of the Cattle of Min, and a second was Overseer of the Cattle of Amun.

Genesis 41:42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
Robbers got into Yuya's tomb, but there is written evidence that there was a ring in his tomb. "Receiving gold was looked upon as one of the highest distinctions of that time" (Ahmed Osman - Out of Egypt). Yuya had a gold necklace inside his coffin. It was under his head and the thieves cut the thread but couldn't get at the gold necklace itself.

Genesis 41:43 .....Bow the knee
The Hebrew word abrek means 'do obeisance' and it was not known in Egypt before the 18th dynasty, which places the practice during that time or later.

Joseph's brothers in the OT used money and it was thought that money wasn't used until about 950BC. However we now know that pieces of metal - gold, silver and copper of a fixed weight or value were used. A legal document of the 18th dynasty indicates that 'two debens of silver' were paid as the price of a slave. Thus we know that coins were in circulation during the life of Yuya.

The Koran says that Joseph's brothers entered the city by different gates. This is also in Jewish traditions.(Midrash bereshith Rabbah 89). Thebes was known around the ancient world as 'the city with many gates'. Homer mentioned it circa 8th century BC as the hundred-gated city. Waset (Greek named Thebes) was full of whacking great Pylon gates - ceremonial and part of the Temple complex.

Genesis ends with the information that Joseph was buried in Egypt. Had he been moved as was Jacob, then the text would have told us that in Genesis. Instead we have to wait for a later book of the bible which tries to pretend that the Israelites kept their promise and took his body to Israel. I see this as a deliberate cover up. However we also have to remember that the Exodus hasn't taken place and in any case the land that was to become Israel and Judea was a minor territory ruled by Egypt. Israel at that time was Lower Egypt - see previous post on 'Israel in Egypt'.

If we discount Yuya as having been Joseph, then where is the record of a second Semite who was a member of the Royal Family of Egypt? There isn't anything else - just the one and only YUYA - THE REAL JOSEPH.