He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh son. He is the founder of the Tribe of Joseph among the Israelites. His story functions as an explanation for Israel's residence in Egypt. He is the favourite son of the patriarch Jacob, and his envious brothers sell him into slavery in Biblical Egypt , where he eventually ends up incarcerated. After correctly interpreting the dreams of Pharaoh , however, he rises to second-in-command in Egypt and saves Egypt during a famine.
Jacob's family travels to Egypt to escape the famine, and it is through him that they are given leave to settle in the Land of Goshen the eastern part of the Nile Delta. Scholars hold different opinions about the historical background of the Joseph story, as well as the date and development of its composition. In Jewish tradition, he is the ancestor of a second Messiah called " Mashiach ben Yosef ", who will wage war against the forces of evil alongside Mashiach ben David and die in combat with the enemies of God and Israel.
Joseph, son of Jacob and Rachel , lived in the land of Canaan with ten half-brothers, one full brother, and at least one half-sister. He was Rachel's firstborn and Jacob's eleventh son. Of all the sons, Joseph was preferred by his father, who gave him a "long coat of many colors ". In the second dream, the sun father , the moon mother , and eleven stars brothers bowed to Joseph himself. These dreams, implying his supremacy, angered his brothers Genesis β11 and made the brothers plot his demise.
In Genesis 37, Vayeshev , Joseph's half-brothers were envious of him. Most of them plotted to kill him in Dothan , except Reuben , [ 16 ] [ 17 ] who suggested they throw Joseph into an empty cistern ; he intended to rescue Joseph himself later.
Unaware of this plan to rescue Joseph, the others agreed with Reuben. Later, Joseph became Potiphar's servant, and subsequently his household's superintendent. Here, Potiphar's wife later called Zulaykha tried to seduce Joseph, which he refused. Angered by his running away from her, she made a false accusation of rape so he would be imprisoned. The warden put Joseph in charge of the other prisoners and soon afterward Pharaoh's chief cup-bearer and chief baker, who had offended the Pharaoh, were thrown into the prison.
