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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, 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".
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.”
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.
Answer: According to the Gospel of Matthew, St. Joseph’s father was Jacob (Matt. 1:16). According to the Gospel of Luke, his father was Heli (Luke 3:23). Various explanations have been offered as to this difficulty, but the one that has received the most acceptance is that Jacob and Heli were half-brothers (same mother, different fathers).
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 or Yosef (Hebrew: יוֹסֵף, Arabic: يوسف, Yusuf ; "The Lord increases") is a major figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). He was Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first.
