Joseph
eleventh-born son of Jacob and Rachel (GEN 30:24)
Personmale190 verses
Names
- Joseph — יוֹסֵ֖ף yosef “he will add” (H3130) · Ιωσηφ Iōsēph (G2501) — Genesis 30:24
- Zaphenath-paneah — צָֽפְנַ֣ת פַּעְנֵחַ֒ tsafənat paəneah “probably Egyptian for "god speaks, he lives"” (H6847) · Ψονθομφανηχ Psonthomphanēx — Genesis 41:45
Family
- father of Manasseh (firstborn son of Joseph) (inferred)
- father of Ephraim (inferred)
Marriage
- husband of Asenath (inferred)
Siblings
- half-brother of Dinah (inferred)
- brother of Benjamin (twelfth-born son of Jacob and Rachel) (inferred)
Dated events
- Birth of Joseph — 2,261 AH · 1,745 BC (Ussher) · aged 0 — Genesis 30:24
- Joseph's dream — 2,278 AH · 1,728 BC (Ussher) · aged 17 — Genesis 37:2
- Joseph made viceroy — 2,291 AH · 1,715 BC (Ussher) · aged 30 — Genesis 41:46
- Death of Joseph — 2,371 AH · 1,635 BC (Ussher) · aged 110 — Genesis 50:26
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Birthplace
- Paddan-aram — Birth of Joseph (Genesis 35:26)
Place of death
- Egypt — Death of Joseph (Genesis 50:26)
Recorded at
- Hebron — Joseph's dream (Genesis 37:14)
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
- Canaan — 8 shared verses
- Bethel 1 — 4 shared verses
- Goshen 1 — 4 shared verses
- Heliopolis — 3 shared verses
- Jordan — 3 shared verses
- Bashan — 2 shared verses
- Beth-shan — 2 shared verses
- Luz 1 — 2 shared verses
- Shechem — 2 shared verses
- Aijalon 1 — 1 shared verse
- Dor — 1 shared verse
- Dothan — 1 shared verse
and 14 further places named alongside this person.
Appearances
- Genesis 30:24
- Genesis 30:25
- Genesis 33:2
- Genesis 33:7
- Genesis 35:24
- Genesis 37:2
- Genesis 37:3
- Genesis 37:5
- Genesis 37:13
- Genesis 37:17
- Genesis 37:23
- Genesis 37:28
and 178 further references.