Joseph
PersonA man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.24) referred to as Joseph (יוֹסֵף), or Joseph (יְהוֹסֵף), or Zaphenath-paneah (צָֽפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ), or Joseph (Ἰωσήφ); son of Israel and Rachel; a brother of Benjamin; half-brother of: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun and Dinah; husband of Asenath; father of Manasseh and Ephraim.
Their thread through Scripture
- Genesis 30:24
She named him Joseph, saying, “May Yahweh add another son to me.”