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Joseph He will add
Joseph is a Hebrew name meaning he will add, said yeh-ho-safe'. Sold by his brothers and raised to second in Egypt; ye thought evil, but God meant it unto good.
Where the name comes from
יְהוֹסֵף Yᵉhôwçêph — Jehoseph (i.e. Joseph), a son of Jacob. Strong's H3084 derives it: a fuller form of H3130 (יוֹסֵף).
Joseph in Scripture
The name appears in 229 verses, first at Genesis 30:24.
Genesis 30:24 · KJV
And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
Genesis 30:25 · KJV
And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.
Genesis 33:2 · KJV
And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
Genesis 33:7 · KJV
And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
Genesis 35:24 · KJV
The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
Genesis 37:2 · KJV
These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
Genesis 37:3 · KJV
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
Genesis 37:5 · KJV
And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
Genesis 37:13 · KJV
And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
Genesis 37:17 · KJV
And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
Genesis 37:23 · KJV
And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
Genesis 37:28 · KJV
Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
and 217 more.
Who bore the name
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