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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.
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 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.”
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 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.
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.
In light of the famine predicted by Joseph, Jacob sent ten of his sons down to Egypt to buy grain to survive. Benjamin, however, stayed with their father. When Jacob's sons arrived in Egypt, Joseph encountered them.
