Joseph (Son of Jacob): Difference between revisions

Joseph was the great-grandson of [[Abraham]]. Abraham’s son [[Isaac]] married Rebekah at the age of forty,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+25%3A20&version=NIV |title=Genesis 25:20 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> but for twenty years she remained childless until she conceived twins.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+25%3A24-26&version=NIV |title=Genesis 25:24–26 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> God chose Jacob, the younger of [[Isaac]]’s twin sons, to inherit the [[Firstborn|birthright]] and the blessing in place of his brother [[Esau]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+25%3A23&version=NIV |title=Genesis 25:23 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> When Esau realized that Jacob had received the blessing meant for him, he became furious and plotted to kill his brother. Learning of this, Rebekah urged Jacob to flee to her family in Paddan Aram, in Haran, until Esau’s anger subsided.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2027%3A41-46&version=NIV|title=Genesis 27:41-46}}</ref> Jacob obeyed and went to live with his uncle Laban, where he married, built a family, and tended Laban’s flocks for about twenty years before returning to his homeland, Canaan. Jacob eventually had twelve sons and one daughter, and Joseph was his eleventh son—the firstborn of Rachel, the wife he loved most.