Which passage describes the ten tribes traveling to the Americas?

Which passage describes the ten tribes traveling to the Americas?

• A. Deuteronomy 33:17
• B. Hosea 11:10
• C. 2 Esdras 13:40-47
• D. Genesis 49

Answer: (C)

The idea tested is identifying the passage that tells about the ten tribes leaving Israel and traveling to distant lands. Among the options, the only one that narrates the departure and journey of the ten tribes is found in 2 Esdras 13:40-47, which describes a vision of the ten tribes going away to a far country and being dispersed. This text is one of the apocryphal/deuterocanonical writings that has been interpreted by some traditions as referring to a migration toward the Americas, though interpretations vary. The other passages do not describe that migration. A blessing over the tribes in Genesis 49 presents prophecies about each lineage, not a travel narrative. Deuteronomy 33:17 similarly is a blessing over the tribes, emphasizing their future attributes rather than a voyage. Hosea 11:10 speaks of God leading and gathering Israel in a general prophetic sense, not about a specific voyage to a distant land. So the passage that fits the question’s focus on the journey of the ten tribes to a distant land is the one in 2 Esdras 13:40-47.

The idea tested is identifying the passage that tells about the ten tribes leaving Israel and traveling to distant lands. Among the options, the only one that narrates the departure and journey of the ten tribes is found in 2 Esdras 13:40-47, which describes a vision of the ten tribes going away to a far country and being dispersed. This text is one of the apocryphal/deuterocanonical writings that has been interpreted by some traditions as referring to a migration toward the Americas, though interpretations vary.

The other passages do not describe that migration. A blessing over the tribes in Genesis 49 presents prophecies about each lineage, not a travel narrative. Deuteronomy 33:17 similarly is a blessing over the tribes, emphasizing their future attributes rather than a voyage. Hosea 11:10 speaks of God leading and gathering Israel in a general prophetic sense, not about a specific voyage to a distant land.

So the passage that fits the question’s focus on the journey of the ten tribes to a distant land is the one in 2 Esdras 13:40-47.