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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
20 cze 2024 · The genealogy in the Gospel of Matthew says that Joseph's father was called Jacob,[Mt. 1:16] but according to the genealogy in the Gospel of Luke, Joseph was a son of Heli.[Lk. 3:23] Before having Mary as his fiancee, Joseph already had a wife (who died) and sons of his own.
By Jacob's command [Gen 48.5], Joseph's sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, were regarded as de facto "Tribes" of Israel. Thus, the land allocations of Joseph and Levi were given instead to Ephraim and Manasseh, preserving *twelve* as the number of tribes.
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.
Matthew states he was the son of Jacob, while Luke states he was the son of Heli. Fortunately, an unlikely source has aided scholars in unraveling this mystery. The Jerusalem Talmud indicates that Mary was the daughter of Heli (Haggigah, Book 77, 4). Joseph was the son-in-law of Heli.
