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Joseph (Son of Jacob)
Joseph is a figure in the Book of Genesis, the son of Jacob and Rachel. Sold into slavery in Egypt by his brothers, he rose to become the country's chief administrator and saved his family during a famine. He is distinct from Joseph of Nazareth, the legal father of Jesus.
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- Genesis 37Bible
Genesis 37 tells how Joseph, Jacob's favored son, provokes his brothers' hatred by recounting his dreams and is then sold by them for twenty pieces of silver and carried off to Egypt.
- Simeon (son of Jacob)People
The second son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of the tribe of Simeon, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. He is known for his part in the Shechem incident and for being held as a hostage in the story of Joseph.
- Judah (Son of Jacob)People
Judah was the fourth son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of the tribe of Judah, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The Davidic royal line descended from him, and the New Testament presents Jesus as his descendant.
- Jacob's WellBible
Jacob's Well is the well near Sychar in Samaria where Jesus spoke with the Samaritan woman in John 4. The Samaritans remembered it as the well given to them by their ancestor Jacob.
- Genesis 36Bible
Genesis 36 is a genealogy recording the wives and descendants of Esau (Edom), his move to Mount Seir, the Horites who lived in that land before him, and the eight kings and the chiefs of Edom.
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