in the Old Testament of the Bible, the favouriteson of Jacob. Joseph was given a ‘coat of many colours’ by his father, and this made his brothers jealous of him. They sold him as a slave to some Egyptians, but Joseph later became powerful by becoming an adviser to the Egyptianking, and brought his people to live in Egypt.
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in the New Testament of the Bible, the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Joseph was a carpenter in Nazareth.