A Bíblia começou em Israel Norte - Gênesis 49,13-(18)24a.

Extrabiblical references, such as the Steles of Nimrud, Mesa and Dan, prove the greatness of Northern Israel. However, neither archaeology nor literary studies of the Bible have been able to prove sufficiently the existence of texts written in Northern Israel. On the one hand, we have not found complex texts in tablets, steles or walls that could prove the existence of a body of scribes in the court of Samaria or in some royal sanctuary, such as Bethel. On the other hand, if they existed, they were incorporated into the biblical literature of Judah in such a way that they lost their identity. Uncovering these writings of Israel North remaining in the Bible is still a task to be done. One among these writings we believe to be Gen 49:13-(18)24a. Here, not only Judah was included in the great unity (Gn 49:1-28), formerly absent, but also Ephraim was excluded and replaced by Joseph. Thus a text which formerly served to give identity to Northern Israel with praises to Ephraim, was decharacterized to exalt Judah. This is what this article, through exegesis, purports to demonstrate. This task is relevant because Northern Israel hides a more heterogeneous culture than Judah in the south, closer to the history of peoples of Latin America and Caribbean. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]