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30 Joseph Trivia Questions, Answers, and Fun Facts

How much do you know about Joseph? This category is for trivia questions and answers related to Joseph (Religion). Each one is filled with fun facts and interesting information. There are 32 questions in this immediate directory. Last updated Mar 29 2024.
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1 Who was Joseph's father?
Answer: Jacob

Joseph was the son of Jacob and the grandson of Laban. Reuben was the oldest of Joseph's brothers.
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2 Who was Joseph's father?
Answer: Jacob

Joseph was the son of Jacob and Rachel. Rachel was Jacob's second and favorite wife.
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3 Jacob, the father of twelve sons and a daughter, had wives as well as concubines. Which woman was the mother of his beloved son Joseph?
Answer: Rachel

Jacob worked for seven years for Laban to marry his beautiful daughter, Rachel. At the end of that time, he was permitted to marry Leah, the eldest daughter. Jacob was so in love with Rachel that he worked for seven more years to marry her, and she was his favorite wife. Zilpah and Bilhah were his concubines. Genesis 35:23.
    Your options: [ Leah ] [ Bilhah ] [ Zilpah ] [ Rachel ]
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4 Leah or Rachel? Which woman is Joseph's mother?
Answer: Rachel

Joseph was Rachel's oldest son. Jacob married Leah first. Rachel gave Jacob two sons: Joseph and Benjamin.
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5 What did Joseph's brothers plan to do with him when he came to join them in the fields?
Answer: Kill him

Initially they wanted to kill him. They were only afterwards convinced to sell him.
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6 Who sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites?
Answer: his brothers

In Genesis 37:26-28, Joseph's brothers sold him to the Ishmaelites because he was the favorite of their father Jacob.
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7 Who talked Joseph's brothers out of their plan to kill him?
Answer: Reuben

Genesis 37:21-22 "When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. 'Let's not take his life,' he said. 'Don't shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the desert, but don't lay a hand on him.' Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father."
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8 When Joseph entered Egypt with the Ishmaelites, who bought him from the group?
Answer: Potiphar

In Genesis 39:1, Potiphar was the officer of Pharoah. Joseph served Potiphar and later became a leader in Egypt.
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9 Who was Joseph sold to?
Answer: Midianites

Instead of killing him directly, his brothers sold him to the Midianites (also known as the Ishmaelites) for 20 shekels of silver. They then made it look as though he was killed by an animal, so that their father would not know.
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10 How old was Joseph when he was sold to be a slave?
Answer: 17

Genesis 37:2 states that Joseph was seventeen, and later verses state that his brothers got the idea to kill him. They then amended the idea, and sold him to the Ishmaelites.
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