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Joseph's Coat Brought to Jacob by Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari, c. 1640. Sometime afterward, the sons of Jacob by Leah, Bilhah and Zilpah, were feeding his flocks in Shechem. Jacob wanted to know how things were doing, so he asked Joseph to go down there and return with a report. [48] This was the last time he would ever see his son in Hebron.
After waking up, Jacob exclaimed, "How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven." Subsequently, he called the place Bethel, which translates to "House of God". He set up the stone he had slept on as a pillow, and consecrated it.
The House of Joseph (sometimes referred to as the Tribe of Joseph) is a designation which members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) apply to the ancient "birthright" tribe of the house of Israel as it is described in the Old Testament, made up of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.
The Tribe of Joseph is one of the Tribes of Israel in biblical tradition.Since the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh (often called the "two half-tribes of Joseph") together traditionally constituted the "tribe of Joseph", it was often not listed as one of the tribes, in favour of Ephraim and Manasseh being listed in its place; consequently it was often termed the House of Joseph, to avoid the use ...
The Books of Jacob [a] (Polish: Księgi Jakubowe [b] [c]) is an epic historical novel [5] by Olga Tokarczuk, published by Wydawnictwo Literackie in October 2014. [6] It is Tokarczuk's ninth novel and is the product of extensive historical research, taking her seven years to write. [7] The Books of Jacob is a 912-page
According to some classical sources, Jacob suspected that Judah had killed Joseph, [35] especially, according to the Midrash Tanhuma, when Judah was the one who had brought the blood stained coat to Jacob. [26] The children of Jacob sell their brother Joseph by Konstantin Flavitsky, 1855. Judah was the one who suggested that Joseph be sold ...
Beit Ya'akov, view toward Avishar Road. Beit Ya'akov (Hebrew: בית יעקב, lit. 'House of Jacob') is a small neighborhood in Jerusalem, founded in 1877, the ninth Jewish neighborhood outside the walls of the Old City.
According to the Bible, the Tribe of Ephraim is descended from a man named Ephraim, who is recorded as the son of Joseph, the son of Jacob, and Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera. [2] [3] The descendants of Joseph formed two of the tribes of Israel, whereas the other sons of Jacob were the founders of one tribe each.