THE KING MESSIAH [HAZRAT MAHDI (PBUH)] IS SAID TO HAVE NO FATHER

Genesis Rabbah of Rabbi Moshe haDarshan:

“‘Who art thou, O great mountain?’ (Zechariah 4:7).

The great mountain means Messiah, and why does he speak of him thus? Because he is greater than the patriarchs, as it is said, ‘Behold my servant shall prosper’ [Isaiah 52:13]. I have learnt it from the words of R. Moshe haDarshan: The redeemer whom I shall raise up from among you will have no father, as it is written, ‘Behold the man whose name is Zemah [branch], and he shall branch up out of his place’ (Zechariah 6:12); and so Isaiah says, ‘And he came up like a sucker,’ [Isaiah 53:2] etc.