“I'll name the boy Joseph, and I'll pray that the Lord will give me another son.”
12,000 from Zebulun, 12,000 from Joseph, and 12,000 from Benjamin.
and this is the story of his family. When Jacob's son Joseph was 17 years old, he took care of the sheep with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah. But he was always telling his father all sorts of bad things about his brothers.
Since Joseph was governor of Egypt and in charge of selling grain, his brothers came to him and bowed with their faces to the ground.
Ezekiel, son of man, get a stick and write on it, “The kingdom of Judah.” Then get another stick and write on it, “The kingdom of Israel.”
which showed that Joseph was his favorite son, and so Joseph's brothers hated him and would not be friendly to him.
After Joseph was born, Jacob said to Laban, “Release me from our agreement and let me return to my own country.