Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, who was the mother of Jesus who is called the Christ.

Now the birth of Christ Jesus occurred under these conditions: After His mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, but before they had lived together, she was found to be an expectant mother through the influence of the Holy Spirit.

But her husband, Joseph, because he was an upright man and did not want to disgrace her, decided to break the engagement by secretly divorcing her.

But just as this thought occurred to him, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said, "Joseph, descendant of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for it is through the influence of the Holy Spirit that she has become an expectant mother.

So when Joseph awoke from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord directed him, and took her as his wife;

After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Wake up! Tenderly take the child and His mother, and escape to Egypt; stay there until I further direct you, for Herod is going to search for the child to destroy Him."

But after Herod died, an angel of the Lord in a dream appeared to Joseph in Egypt,

Is He not the carpenter's son? Is not His mother's name Mary, are not His brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas?

among them Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.

Although it was now evening, a rich man named Joseph, from Arimathea, who was himself a disciple of Jesus,

So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in clean linen,

Joseph of Arimathea, a highly honored member of the council, who was himself looking for the kingdom of God, ventured to go to Pilate and ask for Jesus' body.

to a virgin there engaged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.

And Joseph too went up from Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to the town of David in Judea called Bethlehem, because he was a descendant of the house and family of David,

So they hurried to the place and found Joseph and Mary; also the baby lying in the manger.

Now Jesus Himself was about thirty years old when He began His work; He was the son, as was supposed, of Joseph, the son of Eli,

the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannal, the son of Joseph,

the son of Symeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,

So they all began to speak well of Him and to wonder at the gracious words that fell from His lips, and yet they continued to say, "Is He not Joseph's son?"

Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the council, a good and upright man,

So the women, who had come with Jesus from Galilee, followed closely after Joseph and saw the tomb and how His body was laid there.

Philip sought out Nathaniel and said to him, "We have found the One about whom Moses wrote in the law and the One about whom the prophets wrote; it is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazareth."

So He came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the field which Jacob gave to his son Joseph;

And they said, "Is He not Jesus, Joseph's son, whose father and mother we know? So how can He say, 'I have come down out of heaven'?"

After this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one because of his fear of the Jews, asked permission of Pilate to remove the body of Jesus, and Pilate granted it. So he went and removed His body.

Then they nominated two men, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias.

Now Joseph, a Levite, a native of Cyprus, who by the apostles was named Barnabas, which means Son of Encouragement,

And the patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

and delivered him from all his troubles, and allowed him to win favor and to show wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and so he appointed Joseph governor of Egypt and of his whole household.

On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and thus Joseph's race was revealed to Pharaoh.

Then Joseph sent and invited his father Jacob and all his kinsmen, seventy-five in all;

until another king, who knew nothing about Joseph, ascended the throne.

By faith Jacob, when about to die, put his blessing on each of Joseph's sons, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.

By faith Joseph, at the closing of his life, made mention of the future migration of the Israelites, and gave directions what to do with his body.

twelve thousand from the tribe of Zebulon; twelve thousand from the tribe of Joseph; twelve thousand from the tribe of Benjamin.