Joseph (/ˈdʒoʊzəf, -səf/; Hebrew: יוֹסֵף, lit. 'He shall add';[2] Standard: Yōsef, Tiberian: Yōsēp̄; alternatively: יְהוֹסֵף,[3][4] lit. 'Yahweh shall add'; Standard: Yəhōsef, Tiberian: Yŏhōsēp̄;[5] Arabic: يوسف, romanized: Yūsuf; Ancient Greek: Ἰωσήφ, romanized: Iōsēph) 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 child and eleventh son). He is the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Joseph. His story functions as an explanation for Israel's residence in Egypt. He is the favourite son of the patriarch Jacob, and his jealous brothers sell him into slavery in 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 Delt
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Joseph (/ˈdʒoʊzəf, -səf/; Hebrew: יוֹסֵף, lit. 'He shall add';[2] Standard: Yōsef, Tiberian: Yōsēp̄; alternatively: יְהוֹסֵף,[3][4] lit. 'Yahweh shall add'; Standard: Yəhōsef, Tiberian: Yŏhōsēp̄;[5] Arabic: يوسف, romanized: Yūsuf; Ancient Greek: Ἰωσήφ, romanized: Iōsēph) 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 child and eleventh son). He is the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Joseph. His story functions as an explanation for Israel's residence in Egypt. He is the favourite son of the patriarch Jacob, and his jealous brothers sell him into slavery in 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)
The composition of the story can be dated to the period between the 7th century BCE and the third quarter of the 5th century BCE, which is roughly the period to which scholars date the Book of Genesis.[6]
In Jewish tradition, he is the ancestor of a second Messiah called "Mashiach ben Yosef", who will wage war against the forces of evil alongside Mashiach ben David and die in combat with the enemies of God and Israel.[7]
The Bible offers two explanations of the name Yōsēf: first it is compared to the Hebrew root אסף (ʾ-s-p), meaning "to gather, remove, take away":[8] "And she conceived, and bore a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach" (Genesis 30:23);[9] Yōsēf is then identified with the similar root יסף (y-s-p), meaning "to add":[10] "And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son." (Genesis 30:24).[11][12]
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