The Twelve Brothers of Joseph are
Reuben
Simon
Levi
Judah
Dan
Nephtali
Gad
Asher
Issachar
Zobulun
*Joseph
Benjamin
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are you sure? I thought he had 12? Or I might be including Benjamin or Joseph himself... Lol i looked this up because I'm doing a newspaper article about Joseph's journey in the book of Genesis.
Love for his brothers, kindness and faith. Faith in God when he was in prison and forgivness because he forgave his brothers for treating him unfairly. This of course relates to the Old Testament Joseph. The New Testament Joseph was a just man as is mentioned in Matthew 1:19. He also wanted not to shame Mary but to 'put her away privately.' So he was evidently kind, but also wanted to do what was right, which explains why he married Mary after he received God's assurance on the matter. He also obeyed God and went down to Egypt. Joseph had an effective and simple plan which averted a food crisis in his country
Joseph was 17 years old when he was feeding his father's flock with his brothers, (Genesis37.2), and he was 30 years old when he became 'second in command' (Genesis 41.46); so one could say that he suffered for about 13 years.
Genesis 37:3 "Now Israel [Jacob] loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors." This chapter tells of the jealousy of Joseph's brothers, how they faked his death, and brought the "coat of many colors" back to their father, after ripping it and putting a goat's blood on it, to appear as if Joseph had been killed by a wild animal.