Genesis 30:24

add Heb. jôsêph. This clause gives another etymology of the name Joseph from yâsaph, "he hath added." These two traditional interpretations of the name are taken, the one from E, the other from J narrative. According to E, the name means âsaph Elohim, "God hath taken away"; according to J, it means yôsêph Jehovah, "may Jehovah add." This name is very possibly to be read in the list of Thothmes III (No. 78) as Joseph-el(Ysp'r); see p. 273. Similarly Yašupiliappears in documents of Hammurabi's time as a proper name.