Joseph
Of the tribe of Zabulon [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the
tribe of Joseph [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of
Benjamin [were] sealed twelve thousand....
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And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward
Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward
Israel's right hand, and brought [them] near unto him....
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There was also [a lot] for the rest of the children of
Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and
for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and
for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher,
and for the children of Shemida: these [were] the male
children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their fa...
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Joseph of Arimathea was, according to the Gospels, the man who
donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus after
Jesus' Crucifixion. He is mentioned in all four Gospels. A
native of Arimathea, Joseph of Arimathea was apparently a man
of wealth, and probably a member of the Sanhedrin, which is
the way bouleutēs, literally "counsellor"...
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Saint Joseph (Hebrew יוֹסֵף, also known as Joseph of the House
of David, Joseph the Betrothed, or Joseph the Worker) is,
according to the New Testament, the husband of Mary, mother
of Jesus.[Mt. 1:16 ] Although according to Christian
tradition he was not the biological father of Jesus, he
acted as his foster-father[1][2][3] and as head of the ...
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Joseph or Yosef (Hebrew: יוֹסֵף , Standard Yosef Tiberian
Yôsēp̄, Arabic: يوسف, Yusuf ; "May Yahweh add"[1]) is an
important character from the Hebrew Bible. The eleventh of
Jacob's twelve sons,[2] Joseph was sold into slavery by his
jealous brothers, but rose to become the most powerful man in
Egypt after Pharaoh. He then brought his entire...
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jo'-zef (yoceph; Ioseph):
1. In the Old Testament:
(1) The 11th son of Jacob and 1st of Rachel (see separate
article).
(2) The father of Igal of Issachar, one of the 12 spies (Nu
13:7).
(3) A son of Asaph (1 Ch 25:2,9).
(4) A man of the sons of Bani, who had married a foreign
wife (Ezr 10:42).
(5) A priest of the family of Shebaniah in the days ...
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-1. Son of Jacob
Ge 30:24
Personal appearance of
Ge 39:6
His father's favorite child
Ge 33:2; 37:3,4,35; 48:22; 1Ch 5:2; Joh 4:5
His father's partiality for, excites the jealousy of his
brethren
Ge 37:4,11,18-28; Ps 105:17; Ac 7:9
His prophetic dreams of his fortunes in Egypt
Ge 37:5-11
Sold as a slave into Egypt
Ge 37:27,28
Is falsely...
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(increase).
1. The elder of the two sons of Jacob by Rachel. He
was born in Padan-aram (Mesopotamia), probably about B.C.
1746. He is first mentioned when a youth, seventeen years
old. Joseph brought the evil report of his brethren to his
father, and they hated him because his father loved him more
than he did them, and had shown his preferen...
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remover or increaser. (1.) The elder of the two sons of
Jacob by
Rachel (Gen. 30:23, 24), who, on the occasion of his
birth,
said, "God hath taken away [Heb. 'asaph] my
reproach." "The Lord
shall add [Heb. yoseph] to me another son" (Gen.
30:24). He was
a child of probably six years of age when his father
returned
from Haran to Canaan and...
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