What was the relationship between Jacob and Joseph, son of Jacob?
Joseph was the son of Jacob and Rachel. Jacob loved him best of all his sons. Genesis 30:22-24; Genesis 37:3
What the Bible says
Genesis 37:3
Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had him in his old age: and he made him a coat of divers colours.
Genesis 46:29
And when he was come thither, Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet his father, in the same place: and seeing him, he fell upon his neck, and embracing him wept.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
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Jacob believed that a wild beast had devoured Joseph. Years later, Joseph went out to meet him in Egypt, embraced him, and wept. Genesis 37:33; Genesis 46:29
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