Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus

By these Christ was typified, and acknowledged, and brought into the world; for He was prefigured in Joseph: then from Levi and Judah He was descended according to the flesh, as King and Priest; and He was acknowledged by Simeon in the temple: through Zebulon He was believed in among the Gentiles, as says the prophet, “the land of Zabulon;”(Isa. ix. 1) and through Benjamin [that is, Paul] He was glorified, by being preached throughout all the world.⁴⁸²⁴