Joseph יוֹסֵף

Jacob's son. Joseph, Jacob's son, rose to power in Egypt and saved his family during a famine.

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Also called Zaphenath-paneah.

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Where Joseph appears

Genesis (137), Numbers (11), Joshua (11), Psalms (5), Exodus (4), 1 Chronicles (4), Ezekiel (4), Acts (4), Deuteronomy (3), Judges (3), Amos (3), Hebrews (2) and 6 more

Key verses

• Genesis 30:24 first mention — And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
• Genesis 39:2 — And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
• Genesis 39:21 — But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
• Genesis 41:42 — And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
• Genesis 42:36 — And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin all these things are against me.
• Genesis 48:15 — And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
• Genesis 50:24 — And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
• 1 Chronicles 5:1 — Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
• Psalms 80:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.] Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
• Amos 5:15 — Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
• Zechariah 10:6 — And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.
• Acts 7:9 — And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.