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Yosef

Pronounced yoh-SEF

boy

✓ In the King James Bible (spelled Joseph) — Yes — Yosef (spelled Joseph in the King James Bible) appears in the King James Bible, including Genesis 30:24.

Meaning: "He will add; God increases"
Origin: Hebrew

Yosef is the Hebrew form of Joseph — 'God shall add.' 'And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.' Yosef is God's promise of increase and fruitfulness.

Spiritual meaning

Yosef is God's addition — the fruitful bough by the well, branches running over the wall, the increase that only the LORD can give.

Related verses (KJV)

"And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son."
Genesis 30:24 (KJV) →
"Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall."
Genesis 49:22 (KJV) →

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