Are there two Josephs with two Jacobs in the Bible?

Answer 1

There were actually 12 Josephs and two Jacobs in The Bible.

Joseph was the shortened form of Josiphiah.

1. Son of Jacob - the most well known

2. Father of Igal (Numbers 13: 2, 3, 7)

3. A Levite son of Asaph (1 Chronicles 25: 1, 2, 9)

4. Son of Jonam (Luke 3:30)

5. One who dismissed his foreign wives (Ezra 10:10-12, 42, 44)

6. A priest during Ezra's time (Ne 12: 12, 14, 26)

7. Son of Mattathias (Luke 3:24, 25)

8. Jesus Step Father

9. Half Brother of Jesus (Matthew 13:55; Mark 6:3)

10. Joseph of Arimathea (Matthew 27:57-60)

11. A disciple of Jesus (Acts 1:15-2:1)

12. A Levite known as Barnabas (Acts 4:36, 37)

As far as Jacob's, they were:

1. The son of Isaac and Rebekah (Father of the Nation of Israel & Joseph #1 father)

2. The father of Joseph, Jesus' stepfather (Matthew 1:15, 16)

See related links for more info on these men.