Life as we know it has changed forever with the arrival of our beautiful baby boy! After a rough start in the hospital we are so proud and blessed to have our first child come home. I'd like to take this time and talk about his name and why we chose it.
Joseph is the English version the Hebrew name "Yosef". It means, "G-d added" or "G-d increased". Therefore, G-d has added to our family a firstborn son. Joseph, son of Jacob in the bible was the youngest son at the time. He had special favor from G-d and from his father. Despite his own brothers selling him as a slave, being wrongfully accused of adultery and going to prison, G-d was with him all the way and blessed him with great favor. Using his special gift he ended up from being sold as a slave to second in command in Egypt (right after Pharaoh)! But the most important thing about Joseph...in the end, despite his own brothers betraying him, he had forgiven them and the family was together once again.
The life of Joseph in the bible holds a very special meaning to us and the addition of our first born son means we begin a new and wonderful chapter in our lives. This is how his name came about. This is Joseph. :)
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