The Messiah, Son of Joseph, Is a Perfect Atonement for Israel

First Chronicles 5 references how the firstborn is Joseph, and so Joseph has a special role genealogically as the first. David Mitchell would say that it does. And there's even one text from about 500 plus years ago, Rabbi Moshe Alshek, who says, commenting on Zechariah 12, 10, that the Messiah, son of Joseph, his death will be a perfect atonement for Israel.