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Genesis 45:6 and 11 tell us that when Joseph sent his brothers back to Canaan to bring Jacob to Egypt, there had been two years of famine. Thus we can say that Joseph was 39 years old when Jacob went to Egypt.
Joseph was the son of Jacob and the husband of Mary, but he was not the physical father of Jesus. We do not read that Joseph was the “father of” Jesus. Instead, we read “Mary, by whom Jesus was born.”
22 kwi 2024 · 3. Jacob’s Children. God made the lineage of Jacob fruitful and blessed him with twelve sons and one daughter (Genesis 29-30). Through his wives and their maidservants, here are Jacob’s children arranged by their birth mothers: Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin; Bilhah (Rachel’s maidservant): Dan and Naphtali
Joseph, son of Jacob and Rachel, lived in the land of Canaan with ten half-brothers, one full brother, and at least one half-sister. He was Rachel's firstborn and Jacob's eleventh son. Of all the sons, Joseph was preferred by his father, who gave him a "long coat of many colors".
14 gru 2023 · Joseph was Rachel’s firstborn son and is perhaps the most popular of the sons of Jacob in the Bible. Although Joseph’s dreams caused him to be sold into slavery by his jealous brothers (Genesis 37:27-28), Joseph rose to become the second most powerful man in Egypt, saving his family and all of Egypt from famine.
30 maj 2024 · What does the Bible say about Joseph's lineage? In the Gospel of Matthew, the genealogy of Joseph is presented in the form of a list that traces his lineage through his legal father, Jacob, all the way back to King David and ultimately to Abraham, the patriarch of the Israelite nation.
The story of Joseph is told in Genesis chapters 37-50, one quarter of the book of Genesis. Joseph was the first son of Rachel and Jacob, and the 11th of Jacob’s 12 sons (Genesis 30:22-24). Jacob’s sons, including Joseph, are listed at the end of this page.
