Compare names in Genesis 10:
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.
The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.
To:
Ezekiel 38: "Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of[a] Meshek and Tubal; prophesy against him 3 and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Gog, chief prince of[b] Meshek and Tubal. 4 I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with your whole army"
IF ashkenazi are japhethites, they are not descended from Jacob (Israel)
Compare names in Genesis 10: The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.
The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.
To: Ezekiel 38: "Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of[a] Meshek and Tubal; prophesy against him 3 and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Gog, chief prince of[b] Meshek and Tubal. 4 I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with your whole army"
IF ashkenazi are japhethites, they are not descended from Jacob (Israel)
Also i have to read Maccabees. But supposedly in Maccabees the Idumeans (Edomites) were forced to convert to judaism.
Edomites were from Esau.
Web search: John Hyrcanth forced the conversion. And the idumeans worked their way into the pharisees.
Websearch: Herod was an Idumean and his father was by descent an Edomite.
But again, I have yet to read Maccabees. I have NRSV with Apocrypha and plan to after I finish Judges.