Joseph in the Bible
Meaning: increase; addition
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And she called his name Joseph; and said, Jehovah will add to me another son.
And it came to pass when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my place and to my country.
and he put the maidservants and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindmost.
And Leah also, with her children, drew near, and they bowed. And lastly Joseph drew near, and Rachel, and they bowed.
The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, fed the flock with his brethren; and he was doing service with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought to his father an evil report of them.
And Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was son of his old age; and he made him a vest of many colours.
His brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than all of his brothers; so they hated him and could not [find it within themselves to] speak to him on friendly terms.
And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told it to his brethren, and they hated him yet the more.
But Joseph dreamed still another dream, and told it to his brothers [as well]. He said, “See here, I have again dreamed a dream, and lo, [this time I saw] eleven stars and the sun and the moon bowed down [in respect] to me!”
When Joseph told his father about this, his father rebuked him and asked him, "What kind of dream is that? Will I, your mother, and your brothers really come to you and bow down to the ground in front of you?"
Joseph’s brothers were envious and jealous of him, but his father kept the words [of Joseph] in mind [wondering about their meaning].
And Israel said to Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock at Shechem? Come, that I may send thee to them. And he said to him, Here am I.
"Go and see how things are with your brothers," Israel ordered him. "And see how things are with the flock. Bring back a report for me." Then he sent Joseph from the valley of Hebron.
When Joseph reached Shechem, a man found him wandering around in a field. So the man asked him, "What are you looking for?"
“I’m looking for my brothers,” Joseph said. “Can you tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”
And the man said, They have removed from this; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them at Dothan.
Now Joseph's brothers saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.
When Reuben heard about it, he tried to save Joseph from their plot. "Let's not do any killing,"
Reuben told them. "And no blood shedding, either. Instead, let's toss him into this cistern that's way out here in the wilderness. But don't lay a hand on him." (Reuben intended to free Joseph and return him to his father.)
And it came to pass when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his vest, the vest of many colours, which he had on;
And Midianitish men, merchants, passed by; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silver-pieces; and they brought Joseph to Egypt.
And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his garments,
And they took Joseph's vest, and slaughtered a buck of the goats, and dipped the vest in the blood;
And he discerned it, and said, It is my son's vest! an evil beast has devoured him: Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces!
All his sons and daughters showed up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He kept saying, "Leave me alone! I'll go down to the next world, still mourning for my son." So Joseph's father wept for him.
Meanwhile, in Egypt the Midianites sold Joseph [as a slave] to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the [royal] guard.
And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, a chamberlain of Pharaoh, the captain of the life-guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites who had brought him down thither.
And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
who could see that the LORD was with Joseph, because the LORD made everything prosper that Joseph did.
And Joseph found favour in his eyes, and attended on him; and he set him over his house, and all that he had he gave into his hand.
And it came to pass from the time he had set him over his house and all that he had, that Jehovah blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Jehovah was on all that he had in the house and in the field.
And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand, and took cognizance of nothing with him, save the bread that he ate. And Joseph was of a beautiful form and of a beautiful countenance.
And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph, and said, Lie with me!
And it came to pass as she spoke to Joseph day by day and he hearkened not to her, to lie with her and to be with her,
And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
so she grabbed Joseph by his outer garment and demanded "Let's have some sex!"
Instead, Joseph ran outside, leaving his outer garment still in her hand. When she realized that he had left his outer garment right there in her hand, she ran outside
She kept his outer garment by her side until Joseph's master came home,
And when Joseph’s master heard the words of his wife, saying, “This is the way your servant treated me,” his anger burned.
And Joseph's lord took him and put him into the tower-house, the place where the king's prisoners were confined; and he was there in the tower-house.
And Jehovah was with Joseph, and extended mercy to him, and gave him favour in the eyes of the chief of the tower-house.
And the chief of the tower-house committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the tower-house; and whatever they had to do there he did.
The warden paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph’s care because the Lord was with him; whatever Joseph did, the Lord made to prosper.
and he put them in custody into the house of the captain of the life-guard, into the tower-house, into the place where Joseph was imprisoned.
And the captain of the life-guard appointed Joseph to them, that he should attend on them. And they were several days in custody.
And Joseph came in to them in the morning, and looked on them, and behold, they were sad.
And they said to him, We have dreamt a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me your dreams, I pray you.
Then the chief of the cup-bearers told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days.
And when the chief of the bakers saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, I also was in my dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head.
And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation of it: the three baskets are three days.
And he hanged the chief of the bakers, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
But the chief of the cup-bearers did not remember Joseph, and forgot him.
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph; and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. And he shaved himself, and changed his clothes, and came in to Pharaoh.
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamt a dream, and there is none to interpret it. And I have heard say of thee, thou understandest a dream to interpret it.
And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood on the bank of the river.
And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God will do he has made known to Pharaoh.
What Joseph proposed pleased Pharaoh and all of his advisors,
So Pharaoh asked his officials, "Can we find a man like Joseph, one in whom the Spirit of God is present?"
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Since God has made all this known to thee, there is none so discreet and wise as thou.
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in clothes of byssus, and put a gold chain on his neck.
Then he provided him with a chariot as his second-in-command, outfitted with a group of people who shouted out in front of him, "Bow your knees!" And that's how Pharaoh set Joseph over the entire land of Egypt.
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh; and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.
And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah, and gave him as wife Asnath the daughter of Potipherah the priest in On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from Pharaoh, and passed through the whole land of Egypt.
Joseph collected the surplus food throughout the land of Egypt, storing food in cities; that is, he gathered the food from fields that surrounded every city and stored it there.
And Joseph laid up corn as sand of the sea exceeding much, until they left off numbering; for it was without number.
And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asnath the daughter of Potipherah the priest in On bore to him.
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh For God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
and the seven years of the dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said. And there was dearth in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
And all the land of Egypt suffered from the dearth. And the people cried to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph: what he says to you, that do.
And the famine was on all the earth. And Joseph opened every place in which there was provision, and sold grain to the Egyptians; and the famine was grievous in the land of Egypt.
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was grievous on the whole earth.
And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy grain out of Egypt.
But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest mischief may befall him.
And Joseph, he was the governor over the land he it was that sold the corn to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came and bowed down to him, the face to the earth.
And Joseph saw his brethren, and knew them; but he made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them, and said to them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy food.
And Joseph knew his brethren, but they did not know him.
And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamt of them; and he said to them, Ye are spies: to see the exposed places of the land ye are come.
But Joseph kept insisting, "It's just as I've said you've come here to spy on our unguarded territories!"
And Joseph said to them, That is it that I have spoken to you, saying, Ye are spies.
Then Joseph locked them all together in prison for three days.
And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, that ye may live: I fear God.
And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.
And Joseph gave orders to fill their vessels with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way. And thus did they to them.
And Jacob their father said to them, Ye have bereaved me of children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin! All these things are against me.
So the men took this gift, and they took double money in their hands, and Benjamin, and they rose up and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
When Joseph saw Benjamin with them he said to the one who [was] over his household, "Bring the men into the house and slaughter and prepare [an animal], for the men shall eat with me at noon."
And the man did as Joseph had said, and the man brought the men into the house of Joseph.
And the men were afraid when they were brought into the house of Joseph. And they said "We were brought [here] on account of the money that was returned to our sacks the first time, that he might attack us and fall upon us to take us as slaves with our donkeys."
So they approached the man who [was] over Joseph's house and spoke to him at the doorway of the house.
"Everything is fine," the man in charge of Joseph's household told them. "Don't be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks. I had your money." Then he brought Simeon out to them.
Then the man brought the men into Joseph's house and he gave them water and washed their feet, and gave fodder to their donkeys.
Then they laid out the gift until Joseph came at noon, for they had heard that they were to eat food there.
And when Joseph came into the house they brought the gift that [was] in their hand into the house to him, and they bowed down before him to the ground.
Joseph asked them how they had been doing. "Is your father well, the older gentleman about whom you spoke?" he inquired. "Is he still alive?"
As Joseph looked up and recognized his brother Benjamin, his own mother's son, he asked, "Is this your youngest brother about whom you spoke to me?" And he addressed him directly, "May God be gracious to you, my son."
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Joseph » Son of jacob » Exacts a pledge from his brothers to convey his remains to canaan
Joseph » Of arimathaea » Begs for the body of jesus for burial in his own tomb
And there was near the spot were he was crucified a garden and in the garden a new tomb, wherein no person had ever yet been laid. Because of the preparation of the Jews therefore, they laid Jesus there; for the sepulchre was just by.
And when he knew it from the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. And having bought a wrapper of fine linen, and taken him down, he wrapped him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a sepulchre, which was hewn out of a rock; and rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre. Now Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.
And taking it down from the cross, he wrapped it in linen cloth, and laid it in a sepulchre hewn out of a rock, where none had ever yet lain. And that was the preparation-day, and the sabbath's twilight was approaching. Then the women also, his attendants, who had followed him out of Galilee, observed the sepulchre, and how his corpse was laid out. And returning, they made preparation of aromatics and unguents; and they rested the sabbath-day, according to the commandment.
and laid it in his own new sepulchre, which he had hewn out in a rock: and rolling a vast stone against the door of the sepulchre, departed.
Joseph » Son of jacob » His father's favorite child
Joseph » Husband of mary
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins. Now the whole of this was done, that what was spoken of the Lord, by the prophet, might be fulfilled, saying, "A virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel," which is being interpreted, God with us. Then Joseph when arisen from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife; and he knew her not, until she had brought forth her son, the first begotten, and he called his name Jesus.
Joseph » Son of jacob » His father's partiality for, excites the jealousy of his brethren
Joseph » Summary of his life » Faithful in hard places
Joseph » Summary of his life » Manifested brotherly love
Joseph » Son of jacob » Was a prophet
Joseph » Summary of his life » Dependence upon God
Joseph » Summary of his life » Filial devotion
Joseph » Characteristics of » Of arimathea
Joseph » Son of jacob » Is promoted to authority next to pharaoh at thirty years of age
Joseph » Son of jacob » God's providence with
Joseph » Husband of mary » His genealogy
of Maath, of Mattathias, of Semei, of Joseph, of Juda, of Joanna, of Rhesa, of Zerubbabel, of Salathiel, of Neri, of Melchi, of Addi, of Cosam, of Elmodam, of Er, of Jose, of Eliezer, of Jorim, of Matthat, of Levi, of Simeon, of Judah, of Joseph, of Jonan, of Eliakim, of Melea, of Menan, of Mattatha, of Nathan, of David, of Jesse, of Obed, of Booz, of Salmon, of Naasson, of Aminadab, of Aram, of Esrom, of Phares, of Judah, of Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham, of Terah, of Nachor, of Saruch, of Ragau, of Phalec, of Heber, of Sala, of Cainan, of Arphaxad, of Sem, of Noe, of Lamech, of Methusaleh, of Enoch, of Jared, of Maleleel, of Cainan, of Enos, of Seth, of Adam, [the son] of God.
and Aram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Naasson, and Naasson begat Salmon, and Salmon begat Boaz of Rachab, and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David the king, and David the king begat Solomon of her [that had been the wife] of Urias, and Solomon begat Roboam, and Roboam begat Abia, and Abia begat Asa, and Asa begat Josaphat, and Josaphat begat Joram, and Joram begat Ozias, and Ozias begat Joatham, and Joatham begat Ahaz, and Ahaz begat Hezekias, and Hezekias begat Manasses, and Manasses begat Amon, and Amon begat Josias, and Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon, and after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel, and Salathiel begat Zorobabel, and Zorobabel begat Abiud, and Abiud begat Eliakim, and Eliakim begat Azor, and Azor begat Sadoc, and Sadoc begat Achim, and Achim begat Eliud, and Eliud begat Eleazar, and Eleazar begat Matthan, and Matthan begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom is born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Joseph » Son of jacob » Descendants of
Joseph » Son of jacob » Is falsely accused, and thrown into prison; is delivered by the friendship of another prisoner
Joseph » Son of jacob » Reveals himself to his brothers; sends for his father; provides the land of goshen for his people; and sustains them during the famine
Joseph » Summary of his life » Unspoiled by sudden prosperity
Joseph » Summary of his life » Returned good for evil
Joseph » Summary of his life » Dreams fulfilled
Joseph » Son of jacob » His humility
Joseph » Summary of his life » Resisted temptation
Joseph » Husband of mary » Jesus born to
Joseph » Son of jacob » Is prospered of God
Joseph » Summary of his life » A youthful dreamer
Joseph » Son of jacob » His father sends down into egypt to buy corn (grain)
Joseph » Three ancestors of joseph
Joseph » Characteristics of » Charitableness
Joseph » Characteristics of » Obedience
Joseph » Characteristics of » Faith
Joseph » Son of jacob » Sells the stores of food to the people of egypt, exacting from them all their money, flocks and herds, lands and lives
Joseph » Son of jacob » Is falsely reported to his father as killed by wild beasts
Joseph » Son of jacob » Provides against the seven years of famine
Joseph » Son of jacob » Exempts the priests from the exactions
Joseph » Son of jacob » His sons jointly called joseph
Joseph » Son of jacob » Sold as a slave into egypt
Joseph » Son of jacob » His two sons
Joseph » Son of jacob » His wisdom
Joseph » Son of jacob » Death of
Joseph » Also called barsabas, surnamed justus » One of the two persons nominated in place of judas
Joseph » Husband of mary » Warned in a dream to escape to egypt in order to save the infant's life
Joseph » Husband of mary » An angel appears and testifies to the innocence of his betrothed
Now the whole of this was done, that what was spoken of the Lord, by the prophet, might be fulfilled, saying, "A virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel," which is being interpreted, God with us. Then Joseph when arisen from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife;
Joseph » Husband of mary » Attends the annual feast at jerusalem with his family
and not finding him, they returned to Jerusalem in search of him. And it came to pass after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them and asking them questions. And all who heard him, were in a transport of admiration, at his understanding and answers. And when they saw him, they were struck with surprise; and his mother said to him, Son, why hast thou behaved to us in this manner? lo! thy father and I have been seeking thee in anguish of heart. And he said unto them, Wherefore did ye seek me? did you not know, that I must be occupied with my Father's affairs? And they understood not the meaning of what he spake to them. And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was in subjection to them: though his mother preserved all these sayings in her heart.
Joseph » Husband of mary » Warned in a dream to return to nazareth
But hearing that Archelaus reigned in Judea in the stead of Herod his father, he was afraid to go thither. And being divinely warned in a dream, he retired into the country of Galilee, and came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that what was said by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he shall be called a Nazarean.
Joseph » Husband of mary » Presents jesus in the temple
And, behold, there was a man at Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. And it had been divinely communicated to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, till he had seen the Lord's Messiah. And he came by the spirit into the temple; just as the parents were bringing in the child Jesus, that they might do according to what was the custom of the law concerning him; and he took him into his arms, and blessed God, and said, Now dismiss thy servant, Lord, according to thy word, in peace; for my eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all people. A light to give revelation to the Gentiles, and glory to thy people Israel. And Joseph and his mother were amazed at the things spoken concerning him. And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this child is appointed for the fall, and rising again of many in Israel; and for a marked object to be spoken against; (so shall a dart pierce through thy own soul) that the reasonings of many hearts may be laid open, And there was Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asser: she was far advanced in old age, having lived but seven years with a husband, from her virgin state: though she was now a widow, of about eighty-four years, who departed not from the temple, attending the divine service, with fastings and prayers night and day: and at the very same moment coming up, she also in turn confessed the Lord, and spake of him to all who were expecting redemption in Jerusalem. And when they had finished all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, into their own city Nazareth.
Joseph » Son of jacob » His prophetic dreams of his fortunes in egypt
Joseph » Son of jacob » Mourns the death of his father
Joseph » Son of jacob » Joseph's integrity
Joseph » Son of jacob » Is an interpreter of dreams » Of the two prisoners
Joseph » Son of jacob » Is an interpreter of dreams » Of pharaoh
Joseph » Of the sons of asaph
Joseph » Characteristics of » Faithfulness to religious duty
Joseph » Characteristics of » Or barsabas
Joseph » Son of jacob » Kindness of heart
Joseph » Son of jacob » His faith
Joseph » A returned exile
Joseph » Husband of mary » Goes to bethlehem to be enrolled
Then Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; because he was of the house and family of David;