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Joseph

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Joseph1
in the Old Testament of the Bible, the favourite son 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 Egyptian king, and brought his people to live in Egypt.
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