Joseph’s Tomb

Joseph's Tomb is a funerary monument located in Balata village at the eastern entrance to the valley that separates Mounts Gerizim and Ebal, 300 m northwest of , on the outskirts of the city of .
Wikipedia
Photo: David Roberts (painter), Public domain.
  • Type: Place of worship
  • Description: funerary monument in Shechem
  • Also known as: “Kever Yosef”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bi’er Yacoub and Tell Balata.

Church
Photo: Jkgarrett17, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jacob's Well, also known as Jacob's Fountain or the Well of Sychar, is a Christian holy site located in Balata village, a suburb of the Palestinian city of in the . is situated 420 metres south of Joseph’s Tomb.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site in the near , , that includes the remains of an ancient Canaanite city, associated since 1913 with the Biblical city of Shechem. is situated 340 metres west of Joseph’s Tomb.

Peak
Photo: יאיר דב, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is one of two mountains near the city of and the biblical city of Shechem, located in the north of ’s .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Balata Camp and Askar RC (al-Qadeem).

Town
Photo: Hoshvilim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Palestinian refugee camp established in the northern in 1950, adjacent to Balata village on the outskirts of the city of . had a population of 14,635 in 2017.

Village
Photo: Qusay.khateeb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Askar is a Palestinian refugee camp. It is located on the outskirts of the city of and was established in 1950 on 119 dunums of land. Residents of the camp refer to this as “New Askar”.

Village
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village situated on near the city of in the . It is within Area B of the West Bank, and as a result is under the joint control of and the Palestinian National Authority, and is the only remaining site populated wholly by Samaritans.

Joseph’s Tomb

Latitude
32.21321° or 32° 12′ 48″ north
Longitude
35.28507° or 35° 17′ 6″ east
Inception
4th century
Open location code
8G4Q677P+72
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1193490603
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Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tomb
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Wiki­data ID
Q1297538
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Joseph’s Tomb” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قبر يوسف”
  • Armenian: “Հովսեփի դամբարան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yusifin qəbri”
  • Catalan: “Tomba de Josep”
  • Chechen: “Юсуфан каш”
  • Danish: “Josefs grav”
  • Dutch: “Graf van Jozef”
  • Dutch: “Joseph’s Tomb”
  • Esperanto: “Tombo de Jozefo”
  • Finnish: “Joosefin hauta”
  • French: “Tombe de Joseph”
  • French: “Tombeau de Joseph”
  • German: “Josefs Grab”
  • German: “Josefsgrab”
  • German: “Josephs Grab”
  • Hebrew: “קבר יוסף הצדיק”
  • Hebrew: “קבר יוסף”
  • Indonesian: “Makam Yusuf”
  • Italian: “Tomba di Giuseppe”
  • Malay: “Makam Yusuf”
  • Maltese: “Qabar ta‘ Ġużeppi”
  • Persian: “آرامگاه یوسف”
  • Polish: “Grób Józefa Egipskiego”
  • Portuguese: “Túmulo de José”
  • Romanian: “Mormântul lui Iosif”
  • Russian: “Гробница Иосифа”
  • Spanish: “Tumba de José”
  • Swedish: “Josefs grav”
  • Tamil: “யோசேப்பின் கல்லறை”
  • Turkish: “Yusuf’un Kabri”
  • Ukrainian: “Гробниця Йосипа”
  • Urdu: “مقبرہ یوسف”
  • Yiddish: “קבר יוסף”

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