From the dawn of history to the present day
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
The investigation, the documents and the photos, from Nachi Weiss's book: Yosef's Tomb, 2018. You can purchase the full book at the YOSEF STORE

1561-1451 BC
From Joseph's birth to his death in Egypt
Joseph is born
Joseph is dreaming
Yosef and his brothers
Joseph is lost in the field
Yosef "the owner of dreams"
Joseph is sold
Joseph in Potiphar's house
Joseph is accused
Joseph in prison
Yosef solves dreams
Joseph the king's deputy
Joseph saves the economy
Joseph meets his brothers
Yosef wants Benjamin
Joseph reveals himself
Yosef makes peace
Yosef is meeting his father
Joseph died in Egypt
Joseph's bones in the coffin

Joseph was born in the first of Tammuz 2199 according to the Jewish Torah. This year is 1561 BC. He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh).

Joseph was born in 2199 according to the Jewish Torah. This year is 1561 BC. He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh soxxxxxxxxxn).

Joseph was born in 2199 according to the Jewish Torah. This year is 1561 BC. He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh soxxxxxxxxxn).

Joseph was born in the first of Tammuz 2199 according to the Jewish Torah. This year is 1561 BC. He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh).

Joseph was born in 2199 according to the Jewish Torah. This year is 1561 BC. He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh soxxxxxxxxxn).

Joseph was born in 2199 according to the Jewish Torah. This year is 1561 BC. He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh soxxxxxxxxxn).

Joseph was born in the first of Tammuz 2199 according to the Jewish Torah. This year is 1561 BC. He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh).

Joseph was born in the first of Tammuz 2199 according to the Jewish Torah. This year is 1561 BC. He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh).

Joseph was born in 2199 according to the Jewish Torah. This year is 1561 BC. He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh soxxxxxxxxxn).

Joseph was born in 2199 according to the Jewish Torah. This year is 1561 BC. He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh soxxxxxxxxxn).

Joseph was born in 2199 according to the Jewish Torah. This year is 1561 BC. He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh soxxxxxxxxxn).

Joseph was born in 2199 according to the Jewish Torah. This year is 1561 BC. He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh soxxxxxxxxxn).

Joseph was born in 2199 according to the Jewish Torah. This year is 1561 BC. He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh soxxxxxxxxxn).

Joseph was born in 2199 according to the Jewish Torah. This year is 1561 BC. He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh soxxxxxxxxxn).

Joseph was born in 2199 according to the Jewish Torah. This year is 1561 BC. He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh soxxxxxxxxxn).

Joseph was born in 2199 according to the Jewish Torah. This year is 1561 BC. He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh soxxxxxxxxxn).

Joseph was born in 2199 according to the Jewish Torah. This year is 1561 BC. He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh soxxxxxxxxxn).

Joseph was born in 2199 according to the Jewish Torah. This year is 1561 BC. He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh soxxxxxxxxxn).

Joseph was born in 2199 according to the Jewish Torah. This year is 1561 BC. He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh soxxxxxxxxxn).

1400 years BC
Enter the Land of Israel and Yosef is buried in Shechem (Nablus)
Joseph buried in Shechem (Nablus)
Joseph in Shecham-Nablus
Abimelech is king in Shechem
Jews in Shechem
Shechemafter the destruction
Joseph's tomb is documented
Visit of Theodosius
Map of Madaba
Benjamin of Tudela
The lexicographer Al-Baghdadi
A Jewish settlement in Shechem-Nablus
First Tombstones
1280 AD
1333 AD
700 years of Jewish settlement
1336 AD

When Joshua wants to gather all the tribes of Israel before his death, he gathers them in Nablus (Jerusalem was not yet chosen at that time). As it is written at the end of the book of Joshua: "And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel together... and Joshua made a covenant with the people on that day and put a law and judgment in their midst... and their bones Sef, which the children of Israel brought up from Egypt, they buried in Shechem in the part of the field that Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, in a hundred cubits, and they became my sons. Yosef will add to the estate."

Joseph's tomb between Mount Gerizim and Mount Aibal. In Parashat Ra, the Torah commands us: "And it shall come to pass that the Lord your God will bring you to the land which you came to inherit and gave the blessing on Mount Gerzim and the curse on Mount Eybal. The Lord is beyond the Jordan after the path of the sun in the land of the Canaanites who sat in the desert in front of the Gilgal by the oaks of Merah."

During the time of the judges, Abimelech, son of Gideon, is in front of you in Nablus. Later the people of Nablus betray him "And Abimelech fought in the city all that day and captured the city and the people in it he killed and destroyed the city and sowed it with salt.

Until the exile from Samaria (720 BC), Nablus did not return to being a capital city and was not at the center of events anyway. However, we know that even after the exile, Jewish remnants remained there.

Since the Samaritans massacred the city's Jews, Yohanan ben Hyrcanus the Maccabee (in 128 BC) came upon them and killed most of its inhabitants, destroyed the city, covered it with dirt, and also destroyed the temple of "Jupiter Xenius" on Mount Gerizim.

During the time of the Amorites (320 CE), Joseph's tomb is mentioned in the first geography book of the Land of Israel (Absavius, Onomasticon) "Shechem, also called Shechema, or Shelem, the city of Jacob, today destroyed, and they show the place in the suburbs of Neapolis, where they also show Joseph's tomb".

The Christian pilgrim Theodosius who visited the Land of Israel at the beginning of the 6th century (518-520) wrote: "Near Jacob's well there are the bones of Saint Joseph".

In 560 AD, the map of Midaba (a mosaic floor in the Church of St. George in the city of Midaba in Jordan. The map, dating from the period between the sixth and seventh centuries [and some say even the eighth]) describes the Land of Israel, and depicts Joseph's tomb and its surroundings east of Nablus.

In the year 4,000 AD (1170 CE), the famous traveler Rabbi Binyamin ben Yona of Tudela, a 12th century Jewish explorer, visits Nablus and Joseph's tomb. In his book 'These Journeys' / 'Results of the Land of Israel' he writes: "And here in Nablus is the burial place of the righteous Joseph and on it are 2 marble pillars, one for his head and one for his feet, and a low stone wall around the grave." Those two columns are in Joseph's tomb to this very day.

The lexicographer Al-Baghdadi wrote in 1225 after his visit to the country: "Blata - a town in the Nablus district... This is where the righteous Joseph was buried, his famous grave is next to a tree."

n 1264, during the Tatar War, the Jews of Jerusalem flee to Nablus, thus effectively renewing the Jewish settlement in the city after a 1,500-year hiatus. The Jewish community in Nablus suffered severe harassment from the local Arabs, but despite everything, the community numbered about 600 people in 1894.

In 1270, the first grave marker of a stone fence was built around the tombstones of Joseph and his sons Menashe and Ephraim.

Another traveler, from about the year 1280, describes: "To this day, the two columns are found in Joseph's tomb, and some say that they mark Ephraim and Manasseh."

In 1333, Rabbi Yitzhak Hilo wrote: "They come here from far away to prostrate themselves on the grave of Joseph the righteous."

In 1904 the last of the Jews left the city of Nablus. Seven hundred years of Jewish settlement in Nablus have come to an end.

In 1336 wrote Sir John Mandeville after his visit to Joseph's tomb in Nablus: "The Jews go there on pilgrimage often, out of excessive admiration."

1517-1947
The period of Turkish-Ottoman rule in the Land of Israel - until the establishment of the Jewish state
1533-1539
1537
1546
1601
1749
1812
1838
Moses Montefiore
1842
1865
1868
1894
1900
1918
Earthquake in Nablus
1947
1948

In the census of tax payers between the years 1533-1539 there are 71 Jewish families in both neighborhoods in Nablus.

In 1537, the book "Yechus Avot" was printed, in this book there is a diagram depicting the tombstone of Joseph between two columns (Menashe and Ephraim).

In 1546 an earthquake hit the country and Nablus was completely destroyed. Three years later - ten years after the previous census - 36 families and 5 individuals were reported. In 1590 there were 34 families.

In 1601 wrote C. Sanderson: "The plot of the field is marked by two short, unsculpted columns of white marble... We came to Joseph's tomb, the Jews held their prayers there."
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In the spring of 1749, the building was rebuilt on Joseph's tomb, and the commemorative inscription was engraved: "Go see the renewed magnificent building."

From 1812 onwards, the tombstone is noted as "whitewashed", and a creeping vine and Hebrew inscriptions are described in the grave.

In 1838 wrote B. Pozella: "...the grave of Joseph son of Jacob. The Muslims, the Jews, the Christians and the Samaritans respect this tomb with great respect."

In the spring of 1839, Sir Moshe Montefiore and his wife visited Joseph's tomb: "Today we visited Joseph's tomb... In front of the narrow opening stands a vine tree, with another fruit tree, to hint at the blessing of Yaakov ben Porat Yosef ben Porat Ali Ein. And on the short pillars next to the tomb there is a fountain with oil inside it for lighting, and to light the candles on holidays and festivals... We prayed on this tomb, and we put the vine leaves in our vessels for the vigil we paid at Joseph's tomb."
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In 1842, the English priest George Fisk visited the place, and this is how he described his sight: "...Joseph's tomb, it is a place frequented by the Jews, inside the many Hebrew inscriptions"

Joseph's Tomb, dated between 1860-1890. (Chatham University). The Tomb of Joseph in the valley between Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Ebal outside of Shechem (Nablus).

In the winter of 1868, the British consul in Damascus, Edward Thomas Rogers, builds a building and dome over Joseph's tomb. The event was mentioned in an English address that was placed on the spot, as well as in the words of the surveyors of the British survey delegation.

In 1894, the current structure standing on Joseph's tomb was built, with a donation of 16,000 groush, given by the Ottoman Sultan, Abdul Hamid II, from his private property.

Six years after the construction of the building that stands on Joseph's tomb, in 1937, in honor of the half-jubilee holiday of the sultan's reign, the construction of the additional rooms that were built in the complex was planned.

In 1918, the period of Ottoman rule in the country ended and the period of the British mandate began. The transfer of power to the British led to the development of many settlements in the Land of Israel. In the same year there was an attempt by the nucleus of a youth movement affiliated with the left, "Hashomer HaTsair" to settle in Nablus, but it was not successful.

In the summer of 1927, a strong earthquake occurred in Israel, and Nablus was severely damaged by it. Considerable damage was caused to the buildings, but no general destruction was caused to the city. Following the noise, construction began in the city.

In the partition plan proposed by the Unesco Committee on behalf of the United Nations to divide the Land of Israel west of the Jordan River into two states, Jewish and Arab, and into international territory - Nablus, with Joseph's Tomb within it, was intended to be part of the Arab state that was intended to be built on 45% of Mandatory Palestine with the end of the British mandate.

Tombstones of Joseph and his sons Manasseh and Ephraim
In Shechem-Nablus, close to the establishment of the State of Israel.

Since the founding of the State of Israel until the abandonment of Joseph's Tomb in October 2000
1948
1967
1968
הצעה ליישב את שכם
1982
1987
1992
1993
הרב קרליבך בשכם
מעמדו של קבר יוסף בהסכמי אוסלו
1995
1996
1997
2000
