1
Yoseph was from Beit-Lechem of Yehudah and from the House of Daviyd.
2
The surviving Egyptian tradition remembers him as wise, learned, and skilled in woodwork, a craftsman who supported his household through the labor of his own hands.
3
In his earlier years he married an ishah and had sons and daughters.
4
His sons are remembered as Yehudah, Yustus, Yaaqov, and Shim'on, and his daughters as Assia and Lydia.
5
His first ishah died after many years, leaving Yoseph a widower with children still in his house.