יוסף was born in 2199. יוסף's father was יעקב ישראל and his mother was רחל. His paternal grandparents were יצחק and רבקה; his maternal grandfather was לבן. He was the oldest of two children. He had a brother named בנימין. He had ten half-brothers and a half-sister, named ראובן, שמעון, לוי, יהודה, יששכר, זבולון, גד, אשר, דן, נפתלי and דינה. He died, at the age of 110, in 2309.
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And Pharaoh called Joseph?אשs name Zaphnath-paaneah; 1544 BCE Joseph sold into slavery Crash Course: #7 1522 BCE Joseph welcomeshis family to Egypt Crash Course: #8 The Israelites, also known as the Hebrew people, were for some 125 year s in slavery while living in Egypt, from about 1570-1445 BC. When Joseph <http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Pantheon/5061/joseph.html> came to Egy pt (just after 1670 BC) Sesostris I (ab BD Zaphnath-paaneah ZAPHNATH-PAANEAH A name given by Pharaoh to Joseph (Gen. 41: 45). Although its meaning i s uncertain, the Rabbical commentaries, following the Targum, interpret the name as "he who reveals that which is hidden."
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