- Name Meaning: “May God add or increase”
- Birth Order: 11th son of Jacob, firstborn to Rachel
- Father’s Age: Jacob was about 90 years old when Joseph was born
- Favorite Son: Jacob’s favorite son from his favorite wife, Rachel
- Birth Timeline: Born about 8 years before Jacob returned from Haran to Canaan
- Ancestry: Grandson of Isaac, great-great grandson of Abraham
- Siblings: One full brother, Benjamin; ten half-brothers
- Gifts and Skills: Dreamer and interpreter of dreams
- Biblical Coverage: 13 chapters of Genesis devoted to his life
- Birthplace: Born in Haran, 75 years after his grandfather Isaac’s death
- Significant Bible Verses:
- Genesis 45:7: “And God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.”
- Genesis 50:20: “But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.”
- Coat of Many Colors: Received from his father
- Age Milestones:
- 17 when sold into slavery
- 30 when made a ruler in Egypt
- 37 when the famine began
- 44 when the famine ended
- 110 when he died; his bones were buried in Canaan 400 years later
- Time Spent:
- 17 years at home (8 years in Haran, 9 years in Canaan as a shepherd)
- 13 years as a slave and prisoner in Egypt
- 80 years as a ruler in Egypt
- Dynasty: Ruled Egypt during the 16th dynasty in the north
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