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Joseph (Genesis)
Biblical figure, son of Jacob and Rachel
Joseph (; Hebrew: יוֹסֵף, romanized: Yōsēp̄, lit. 'He shall add')[a] is an important Hebrew figure in the Bible's Book of Genesis.
He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh son). He is the founder of the Tribe of Joseph among the Israelites.
Joseph biography old testament
His story functions as an explanation for Israel's residence in Egypt. He is the favourite son of the patriarch Jacob, and his envious brothers sell him into slavery in Biblical Egypt, where he eventually ends up incarcerated. After correctly interpreting the dreams of Pharaoh, however, he rises to second-in-command in Egypt and saves Egypt during a famine.
Jacob's family travels to Egypt to escape the famine, and it is through him that they are given leave to settle in the Land of Goshen (the eastern part of the Nile Delta).
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