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{{Infobox character||image = Joseph's brothers.jpg
 
 
|name = Joseph's brothers
 
|name = Joseph's brothers
|films = [[Joseph: King of Dreams]]
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|image = Joseph's brothers.jpg
 
|films = ''[[Joseph: King of Dreams]]''
|voice = [[Mark Hamill]] (Judah)<br>[[Steven Weber]] (Simeon)<br>[[Tom Virtue]] (Reuben)<br>[[Jeff Bennett]] (Levi)<br>[[Jess Harnell]] (Issachar)<br>[[Matt Levin]] (Benjamin)
 
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|status = Active
|inspiration = Judah, Simeon, Reuben, Levi, Issachar, and Benjamin from the book of Genesis in the bible
 
 
|quote = "Judah, we can't turn back now. We've gone too far." Simeon<br>"Ooh. Let's all bow down to Joseph." Isschar
|personality = (Judah) Responsible<br>(Simeon)<br>(Reuben)<br>(Levi)<br>(Issachar) Sarcastic<br>(Benjamin) Soft-spoken
 
|appearance = (Judah)<br>(Simeon)<br>(Reuben)<br>(Levi)<br>(Issachar)<br>(Benjamin) Joseph-like person
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|voiced by=[[Mark Hamill]] (Judah)<br>[[Steven Weber]] (Simeon)<br>[[Tom Virtue]] (Reuben)<br>[[Jeff Bennett]] (Levi)<br>[[Jess Harnell]] (Issachar)<br>[[Matt Levin]] (Benjamin)
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}}
|occupation = Sheppard
 
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{{Quote|But [[Joseph|you]] ''are'' a miracle. God sent you to save our family and all of Egypt. And you did.|Judah.}}
|alliance = Neutral later Good
 
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'''Jacob's sons''' are supporting characters in the film, ''[[Joseph: King of Dreams]]''. They are [[Joseph]]'s older half-brothers; Judah, Simeon, Reuben, Levi, Issachar, Dan, Naphthali, Gad, Asher, and Zebulun. Jacob also had a son at a later date after Joseph was taken away to Egypt; this younger half-brother of Joseph was named Benjamin.
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|home =
 
|family = [[Jacob]] (father)<br>[[Joseph]] (half-brother, Benjamin's brother)<br>[[Rachel]] (Benjamin's mother)<br>[[Asenath]] (sister-in-law)<br>Mannesah & Ephriam (nephews)
 
|pets = Sheep
 
|friends = [[Jacob]], [[Joseph]], [[Rachel]]
 
|likes = Having fun
 
|dislikes = Working
 
|fate = Reuinute with [[Joseph]]||enemies = [[Joseph]] (formerly)
 
|quote = "But [[Joseph|you]] ''are'' a miracle. God sent you to save our family and all of Egypt. And you did." - Judah<br>"Judah, we can't turn back now. We've gone too far." - Simeon<br>"Ooh. Let's all bow down to Joseph." - Isschar}}
 
'''Joseph's brothers''' are [[Jacob's sons]] and [[Joseph]]'s older half-brothers. Benjamin is Joseph's young brother. They are Judah, Simeon, Reuben, Levi, Issachar, Dan, Nephthali, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, and Benjamin.
 
   
==Personality==
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==Background==
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===Personality===
Their personality varies in between each of the brothers. Judah, as the oldest son, is shown to be responsible but can still be deceptive (such as when he tricks the rest of the brothers to sell Joseph to slave traders).
 
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Their personality varies in between each of the brothers. Judah, as the oldest son, is shown to be responsible but can still be deceptive (such as when he tricks the rest of the brothers to sell Joseph to slave traders). Twenty years after their initial deception and betrayal, they redeemed themselves and regretted for what they did to Joseph. When Joseph revealed himself to them, Judah asked if he would forgive them, which he does. When Joseph asked them to forgive for thinking he was some miracle from God, Judah said to him that he was a miracle because God sent him to save their family and all of Egypt, which he did. In the end, Joseph and his brothers all reconciled.
==Role in film==
 
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==Appearances==
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===''[[Joseph: King of Dreams]]''===
 
Waiting with Jacob, Judah asks him about his past and all his other brothers come to inform the father that they have a new brother.
 
Waiting with Jacob, Judah asks him about his past and all his other brothers come to inform the father that they have a new brother.
   
As the years pass by and Joseph grows up to be a child blessed with riches from his parents, his brothers becomes jealous that they do not have the same riches as Joseph is offered. This finally ends in a fierce argument between the brothers and Joseph's parents, some of the brothers arguing that Judah as the oldest is the one who should have been blessed with Joseph's riches. Instead, Judah has been hard at work ever since he learned to walk and speak. Fed up with Joseph's riches and their parents ignoring their complaints, the brothers decides to get rid of him for good. They walk far into their fields with Joseph following them closely behind. He hopes that they will accept him as their brother and wanted to help them. Instead, they starts to bully him for being a snob. They steal his cape which his mother sowe by hand with golden motives on and rips it apart, using it as a bait to lure Joseph into a trap and he falls into a deep, dried-out well. He spends a full day there, before finally being rescued by his brothers. But his brothers betrays him, and sell him off to slavers who take him to Egypt several miles away. Now with their brother gone, they dip his cape in a sheep's corpses to simulate human blood, and forges Joseph's death. His parents are heartbroken, but are unaware of his true fate until years later when his brothers arrive in Egyt in an attempt to buy some muchneeded food. They do not have any money as they are poor farmers who are barely able to survive on their own, but they do have something different; the silver that the slavers used to buy Joseph all those years ago. Enraged with hatred over his brother, Joseph accuses them of stealing Egypt's corn and espionage, and orders Simeon, the harshest towards Joseph during his time in Canaan, to be imprisoned. He demands the remaining brothers to return to Jacob and bring with them his youngest son who remained at home as a proof that they were not lying, or Simeon would be sentenced to life in prison.
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As the years pass by and Joseph grows up to be a child blessed with riches from his parents, his brothers becomes jealous that they do not have the same riches as Joseph is offered. This finally ends in a fierce argument between the brothers and Joseph's parents, some of the brothers arguing that Judah as the oldest is the one who should have been blessed with Joseph's riches. Instead, Judah has been hard at work ever since he learned to walk and speak. Fed up with Joseph's riches and their parents ignoring their complaints, the brothers decides to get rid of him for good. They walk far into their fields with Joseph following them closely behind. He hopes that they will accept him as their brother and wanted to help them. Instead, they starts to bully him for being a snob. They steal his cape which his mother sew by hand with golden motives on and rips it apart, using it as a bait to lure Joseph into a trap and he falls into a deep, dried-out well. He spends a full day there, before finally being rescued by his brothers. But his brothers betrays him, and sell him off to slavers who take him to Egypt several miles away. Now with their brother gone, they dip his cape in a sheep's corpses to simulate human blood, and forges Joseph's death. His parents are heartbroken, but are unaware of his true fate until years later when his brothers arrive in Egypt in an attempt to buy some much needed food, after their family is stricken by the devastating drought that swept across Egypt. They do not have any money as they are poor farmers who are barely able to survive on their own, but they do have something different; the silver that the slavers used to buy Joseph all those years ago. Enraged with hatred over his brothers, Joseph accuses them of stealing Egypt's corn and for espionage, and orders Simeon, the harshest towards Joseph during his time in Canaan, to be imprisoned. He demands the remaining brothers to return to Jacob and bring with them his youngest son who remained at home as a proof that they were not lying.
   
The brothers see no other option then to listen to his demands and return home, and come back with their youngest brother. Joseph is at first satisfied with their compliance and orders Simeon to be released from the prison, the exact same cell as Joseph had been held imprisoned years before. But upon hearing that his mother had died, Joseph once again snapped and decided to push his brothers even. He gives them the corn they need to survive but secretely plants his drinking glass, made of pure gold, in one of the sacks. He orders them captured and returned to the castle where he cuts open each of the bags on by one, eventually ending on Benjamin's bag, which contained the planted item. Feigning rage, he orders Benjamin to be imprisoned but later redetermines and threatens to enslave him as a slave in the royal castle. Seeing the episode of having one of their brothers taken away from their father once again, Joseph's older brothers finally confess their sin in selling Joseph away, stating that they regretted their action more than anything they had ever done. Seeing his brothers heartbroken, Joseph finally blew his cover, revealing his true identity to them. Seeing their brother still alive, they become delighted and overjoyed. Joseph then invites them all, brothers, father, and the entire village, to move to Egypt where they would be safe from the famine that was raging. And so the entire village moved to Egypt, and Joseph's father was finally able to reunite with his beloved son, forgiving his older sons immediately.
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The brothers see no other option than to listen to his demands and return home, and come back with their youngest brother. Joseph is at first satisfied with their compliance and orders Simeon to be released from the prison, who had ironically enough been held in the same cell that Joseph had been imprisoned in years before - this was shown to please Joseph, who took joy at seeing his brother in the same cell he himself had to spend years in. But upon hearing that his mother had died, the grief caused by knowing that he never got the chance to say goodbye to her, enraged Joseph, and he decided to punish his brothers even further. Thus, Joseph makes a plan to exact his revenge. He gives them the corn they need to survive but secretly plants his drinking cup, made of pure gold, in one of the sacks. Joseph than pretends that his cup had been stolen. He orders them captured and returned to the palace where he cuts open each of the bags one by one, eventually ending on Benjamin's bag, which contained the planted item. Feigning rage, he orders Benjamin to be imprisoned but later changes his mind and threatens to enslave him as a slave in the royal palace. Fearing having one of their brothers taken away from their father once again, Joseph's older brothers finally confess their sin in selling Joseph away, stating that they regretted their action more than anything they had ever done. Seeing how genuinely remorseful his brothers are, Joseph finally reveals his true identity to them. Seeing their brother still alive, they become delighted and overjoyed. Joseph then invites them all, brothers, father, and the entire village, to move to Egypt where they would be safe from the famine that was raging. And so the entire village moved to Egypt, and Joseph's father was finally able to reunite with his beloved son, forgiving his older sons immediately.
   
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="left">
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<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small" widths="173">
Judah.jpg|Judah
 
Benjamin.jpg|Benjamin
 
Simeon.jpg|Simeon
 
Levi.jpg|Levi
 
 
Reuben.jpg|Reuben
 
Reuben.jpg|Reuben
Issachar.jpg|Isschar
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Simeon-0.jpg|Simeon
 
Levi.jpg|Levi
 
Judah-0.jpg|Judah
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Dan.jpg|Dan
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Nephthail.png|Naphtali
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Gad.png|Gad
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Asher.png|Asher
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Issachar.png|Issachar
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File:Zebulun .jpg|zebulun
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Joseph.jpg|Joseph
 
Benjamin.jpg|Benjamin
 
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*In the Bible, Reuben is the oldest of Jacob's sons and Judah is the fourth. But in the movie, Judah is the oldest.
 
*In the Bible, Reuben is the oldest of Jacob's sons and Judah is the fourth. But in the movie, Judah is the oldest.
 
*Judah and Simeon's haircolors reverse in every other scene. Sometimes Judah has black hair while Simeon has brown hair. Sometimes Judah has brown hair while Simeon has black hair.
 
*Judah and Simeon's haircolors reverse in every other scene. Sometimes Judah has black hair while Simeon has brown hair. Sometimes Judah has brown hair while Simeon has black hair.
 
*In the Bible, Joseph had a half-sister named Dinah. (Note: The girl who was next to Rachel when Joseph was born, could possibly be Joseph's half-sister)
*The List of Brothers follows:
 
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*Judah would later become the progenitor of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribe_of_Judah tribe of the same name], the largest tribe of Israel by land area, the tribe that would be where King David would come from, and though his line is the central figure of Christianity, Jesus Christ.
**Reuben
 
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**Simeon
 
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**Judah
 
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**Dan
 
**Naphtali
 
**Gad
 
**Asher
 
**Issachar
 
**Zebulun
 
**Benjamin
 
*In the Bible, Joseph had a half-sister named Dinah. (Note: The girl who was next to Rachel when Joseph was born, could possibly be Joseph's half-sister).
 
*Levi was the ancestor of Yocheved, Moses, Miriam, and Aaron.
 
*Judah was the ancestor of every king of Isreal except Saul (the first king of Isreal). He was also the ancestor of Joseph (New Testament), Mary(the mother of Jesus), and Jesus.
 
*Benjamin was the ancestor of the first king of Isreal, Saul.
 
*Reuben had 4 sons Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi and a wife named Eliuram.
 
*Simeon had 6 sons Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul. Simeon was married to Bonah but as well as Dinah his sister. However it is unknown of Dinah and Simeon's marriage was sexual or if Dinah produced any sons.
 
*Levi had 3 sons Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Kohath was the ancestor of Yocheved, Moses, Miriam, and Aaron.
 
*Judah had 5 sons, 3 with his first wife Er, Onan, and Shelah. With his second wife Tamar he had 2 sons Perez and Zerah. Perez was an ancestor of Jesus.
 
*Gad had 7 sons with his wife Uzith. His son's names were Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
 
*Asher had 4 sons with his two wives Adon and Hadurah. Their names were Jimnah, Ishuah, Isui, and Beriah.
 
*It is unknown how many children or wives Dan had. He had to at least have 2.
 
*Nephtali had 4 sons and it's unknown how many wives he had. His 4 son's names were Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
 
*Issachar was married to Aridah and had 4 sons named Puah, Tola, Shimron, and Job
 
*Zebulun had 3 sons named Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. It's unknown what his wives/wife's name/names were.
 
*Benjamin had 10 sons named Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. No names of any of his wives/wife are given.
 
*All of Jacob 12 sons for the excepting of Joseph are whats know as the 12 Tribes of Israel, every Jewish person is a descendant from one them except Joseph, his son's Mannasseh & Ephraim are adopted by Jacob therefore becoming tribal eponyms. And here's an extra fact, Moses is a decedent of Josephs older brother Levi
 
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Latest revision as of 18:36, 24 March 2024

But you are a miracle. God sent you to save our family and all of Egypt. And you did.
―Judah.

Jacob's sons are supporting characters in the film, Joseph: King of Dreams. They are Joseph's older half-brothers; Judah, Simeon, Reuben, Levi, Issachar, Dan, Naphthali, Gad, Asher, and Zebulun. Jacob also had a son at a later date after Joseph was taken away to Egypt; this younger half-brother of Joseph was named Benjamin.

Background

Personality

Their personality varies in between each of the brothers. Judah, as the oldest son, is shown to be responsible but can still be deceptive (such as when he tricks the rest of the brothers to sell Joseph to slave traders). Twenty years after their initial deception and betrayal, they redeemed themselves and regretted for what they did to Joseph. When Joseph revealed himself to them, Judah asked if he would forgive them, which he does. When Joseph asked them to forgive for thinking he was some miracle from God, Judah said to him that he was a miracle because God sent him to save their family and all of Egypt, which he did. In the end, Joseph and his brothers all reconciled.

Appearances

Joseph: King of Dreams

Waiting with Jacob, Judah asks him about his past and all his other brothers come to inform the father that they have a new brother.

As the years pass by and Joseph grows up to be a child blessed with riches from his parents, his brothers becomes jealous that they do not have the same riches as Joseph is offered. This finally ends in a fierce argument between the brothers and Joseph's parents, some of the brothers arguing that Judah as the oldest is the one who should have been blessed with Joseph's riches. Instead, Judah has been hard at work ever since he learned to walk and speak. Fed up with Joseph's riches and their parents ignoring their complaints, the brothers decides to get rid of him for good. They walk far into their fields with Joseph following them closely behind. He hopes that they will accept him as their brother and wanted to help them. Instead, they starts to bully him for being a snob. They steal his cape which his mother sew by hand with golden motives on and rips it apart, using it as a bait to lure Joseph into a trap and he falls into a deep, dried-out well. He spends a full day there, before finally being rescued by his brothers. But his brothers betrays him, and sell him off to slavers who take him to Egypt several miles away. Now with their brother gone, they dip his cape in a sheep's corpses to simulate human blood, and forges Joseph's death. His parents are heartbroken, but are unaware of his true fate until years later when his brothers arrive in Egypt in an attempt to buy some much needed food, after their family is stricken by the devastating drought that swept across Egypt. They do not have any money as they are poor farmers who are barely able to survive on their own, but they do have something different; the silver that the slavers used to buy Joseph all those years ago. Enraged with hatred over his brothers, Joseph accuses them of stealing Egypt's corn and for espionage, and orders Simeon, the harshest towards Joseph during his time in Canaan, to be imprisoned. He demands the remaining brothers to return to Jacob and bring with them his youngest son who remained at home as a proof that they were not lying.

The brothers see no other option than to listen to his demands and return home, and come back with their youngest brother. Joseph is at first satisfied with their compliance and orders Simeon to be released from the prison, who had ironically enough been held in the same cell that Joseph had been imprisoned in years before - this was shown to please Joseph, who took joy at seeing his brother in the same cell he himself had to spend years in. But upon hearing that his mother had died, the grief caused by knowing that he never got the chance to say goodbye to her, enraged Joseph, and he decided to punish his brothers even further. Thus, Joseph makes a plan to exact his revenge. He gives them the corn they need to survive but secretly plants his drinking cup, made of pure gold, in one of the sacks. Joseph than pretends that his cup had been stolen. He orders them captured and returned to the palace where he cuts open each of the bags one by one, eventually ending on Benjamin's bag, which contained the planted item. Feigning rage, he orders Benjamin to be imprisoned but later changes his mind and threatens to enslave him as a slave in the royal palace. Fearing having one of their brothers taken away from their father once again, Joseph's older brothers finally confess their sin in selling Joseph away, stating that they regretted their action more than anything they had ever done. Seeing how genuinely remorseful his brothers are, Joseph finally reveals his true identity to them. Seeing their brother still alive, they become delighted and overjoyed. Joseph then invites them all, brothers, father, and the entire village, to move to Egypt where they would be safe from the famine that was raging. And so the entire village moved to Egypt, and Joseph's father was finally able to reunite with his beloved son, forgiving his older sons immediately.

Gallery

Trivia

  • In the Bible, Reuben is the oldest of Jacob's sons and Judah is the fourth. But in the movie, Judah is the oldest.
  • Judah and Simeon's haircolors reverse in every other scene. Sometimes Judah has black hair while Simeon has brown hair. Sometimes Judah has brown hair while Simeon has black hair.
  • In the Bible, Joseph had a half-sister named Dinah. (Note: The girl who was next to Rachel when Joseph was born, could possibly be Joseph's half-sister)
  • Judah would later become the progenitor of the tribe of the same name, the largest tribe of Israel by land area, the tribe that would be where King David would come from, and though his line is the central figure of Christianity, Jesus Christ.

Navigation

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Media
Films: The Prince of EgyptJoseph: King of Dreams

Books: Read-Along

Characters
Main Characters: MosesRamsesTzipporahAaronMiriamGod

Minor Characters: AmunBakaDathanHotep and HuyJacobJethroJethro's daughtersJoshuaKahmaNefretiriNeriaSheti IShepherdsThe Angel of DeathTuyaYochevedSlaves of Egypt
Prequel Characters: JosephPotipharAsenathJacobJacob's sonsRachelZuleikaRameses IButlerBaker

See also
Locations: EgyptMount Sinai

Songs: All I Ever Wanted (Reprise) • Deliver UsI Will Get TherePlaying With the Big Boys NowThe PlaguesThrough Heaven's EyesWhen You Believe