'''Joseph''' (in Hebrew, '''יוֹסֵף''' or ''Yosef''; "God shall add") (2259-vr. 2289-2369 AM) (1745-vr. 1715-1635 BC) was the eleventh son of [[Jacob]] (and the first by his second and favorite wife [[Rachel]]). Kidnapped and sold into slavery in [[Egypt]], he interpreted a dream for the then-reigning [[Pharaoh]] (most likely Sesostris I<ref name=Timing>Tas Walker, Steve Cardno and Jonathan Sarfati. "[http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/4190 Timing is Everything: A Talk with Field Archaeologist David Down]." ''Creation'' 27(3):30-35, June 2005.</ref>), and as a result became [[viceroy]] of Egypt, an office he held for eighty years, beginning with his management of a [[famine in Egypt|major agricultural crisis]]. | '''Joseph''' (in Hebrew, '''יוֹסֵף''' or ''Yosef''; "God shall add") (2259-vr. 2289-2369 AM) (1745-vr. 1715-1635 BC) was the eleventh son of [[Jacob]] (and the first by his second and favorite wife [[Rachel]]). Kidnapped and sold into slavery in [[Egypt]], he interpreted a dream for the then-reigning [[Pharaoh]] (most likely Sesostris I<ref name=Timing>Tas Walker, Steve Cardno and Jonathan Sarfati. "[http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/4190 Timing is Everything: A Talk with Field Archaeologist David Down]." ''Creation'' 27(3):30-35, June 2005.</ref>), and as a result became [[viceroy]] of Egypt, an office he held for eighty years, beginning with his management of a [[famine in Egypt|major agricultural crisis]]. |