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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 one of the twelve tribes of Israel, a son of Jacob and his wife Rachel. Known as “the righteous one,” he was favored by his father (who gave him a special colored coat) and sold by his brothers to Egypt, where he ultimately became ruler of the land, second only to King Pharaoh.
According to the biblical account, Joseph was the son of Jacob by Rachel, the patriarch's favorite wife (Gen. 30:23, 24), who, on the occasion of Joseph's birth, said, "The Lord shall add [Heb. yosef] to me another son." (Gen. 30:24) He was born in Padan-aram when Jacob was about 90 years old.
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".
Of all thirteen sons of Jacob, Joseph was one of the youngest. The Bible states that Joseph was, in fact, Jacob's favorite son, to the point of gifting him with a beautiful robe, a valuable item in antiquity. His brothers envied him because they saw that Jacob treated him in a special way.
Joseph has his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, during the seven years of plenty that came upon the land before it experienced seven years of famine (Genesis 41:50 - 53). 1670 Jacob is 130 years old. Joseph is 39 and Benjamin is about 23. Jacob's other children are between 39 and 46. Manasseh, Ephraim are between 2 and 9.
