Yosef in the The twelve tribes collection
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Yosef
בֵּן פֹּרָת יוֹסֵף
A fruitful vine
Yosef the righteous, the ‘fruitful vine’: a tribe of fruitfulness and blessing. He sustained his father’s household in Egypt, and Jacob gave him a double portion — his two sons, Ephraim and Menashe, each became a tribe in Israel.
- Meaning of the name
- From the word for adding: Rachel prayed, ‘The LORD add to me another son.’
- Mother
- Rachel
- Stone on the Choshen (Bamidbar Rabbah 2:7)
- Shoham, onyx
- Flag colour
- deep black
- Emblem on the flag
- Egypt; on Ephraim’s flag an ox, on Menashe’s a re’em (wild ox)
- Place in the camp
- West — the banner (degel) of the camp of Ephraim: Ephraim at the head with Menashe, the two tribes of Yosef, and Binyamin; third to set out.
Verses
בֵּן פֹּרָת יוֹסֵף בֵּן פֹּרָת עֲלֵי־עָיִן בָּנוֹת צָעֲדָה עֲלֵי־שׁוּר
Joseph is a fruitful vine, A fruitful vine by a fountain; Its branches run over the wall.
Genesis 49:22
וּלְיוֹסֵף אָמַר מְבֹרֶכֶת ה׳ אַרְצוֹ מִמֶּגֶד שָׁמַיִם מִטָּל וּמִתְּהוֹם רֹבֶצֶת תָּחַת
And of Joseph he said: Blessed of the LORD be his land; For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that coucheth beneath,
Deuteronomy 33:13
וַתִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ יוֹסֵף לֵאמֹר יֹסֵף ה׳ לִי בֵּן אַחֵר
And she called his name Joseph, saying: ‘The LORD add to me another son.’
Genesis 30:24