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Therefore the children of Israel do not eat of the sinew that is over the joint of the thigh, to this day; because he touched the joint of Jacob's thigh the sinew.

Verse ConceptsWeakness, PhysicalThighsTouching To HarmForbidden FoodStatutes To This Daymuscles

And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

Verse ConceptsBowingSevenSalutationsSeven TimesIn Front

And he said to him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me, and if men should over-drive them one day, all the flock will die.

Verse ConceptsTendernessOne DayWeak AnimalsDrivingAnimals SucklingDeath Of CreaturesStrictness

Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.

Verse ConceptsSlownessPeople Going Before

So they handed over to Jacob all their foreign gods on which they had been depending, along with the rings that they were wearing on their ears. Jacob buried them under the oak that grew near Shechem.

Verse ConceptsEarringsOrnamentsRingsForeign ThingsOaksHidden ThingsPutting Away Other Godsjewelry

When they set out, a terror from God came over the cities around them, and they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

Verse ConceptsDivine Protection, Examples OfTerror Of Godterrorism

Jacob erected a pillar of stone at that very place where God had spoken to him. He poured a drink offering over it, anointed it with oil,

Verse Conceptsdrink offeringCeremoniesOilPouringMonumentsObelisksStones As MonumentsAnointing ThingsMaking Cereal Offerings And Libations

And Jacob set up a pillar, over her grave, - the same, is - The Pillar of the Grave of Rachel until this day.

Verse ConceptsObelisksPlaces To This Day

And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before there reigned a king over the children of Israel.

Verse ConceptsRulers Of Edom

Beor's son Bela ruled over Edom. His city's name was Dinhabah.

Verse ConceptsRulers Of Edom

And his brethren said to him, Wilt thou indeed be a king over us? wilt thou indeed rule over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams and for his words.

Verse ConceptsHating Individualsdominion

Joseph’s brothers were envious and jealous of him, but his father kept the words [of Joseph] in mind [wondering about their meaning].

Verse ConceptsMotives, Examples OfEnvy, Example OfPeople RememberingThose Jealous Of People

Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.

Verse ConceptsThose Who Kept Stock

He went over to her and said, “Come, let me sleep with you,” for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law.

She said, “What will you give me for sleeping with me?”

Verse ConceptsDaughters In LawNot Recognising PeopleWages Of A Prostitute

Meanwhile, Joseph had been delivered to Egypt and turned over to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's court officials and the Commander-in-Chief of the imperial guards. An Egyptian, he bought Joseph from the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down there.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsRankTradeAnger Of Man, UnrighteousGod's Mercy, Example Of

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.

Verse ConceptsCareResponsibility, Examples OfWorthinessAuthority Delegated To PeopleFavor

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.

Verse ConceptsPromotionInside And OutAuthority Delegated To PeopleBlessing Through God's People

And the chief of the cooks will appoint Joseph over them, and he will serve them; and they will be days in guard.

And now let Pharaoh look himself out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsDiscretionAuthority Delegated To People

Let Pharaoh do this: let him appoint overseers over the land, and take the fifth part of the land of Egypt during the seven years of plenty,

Verse ConceptsTaxationFractions, One FifthPlenty In EgyptAuthority Delegated To People

Thou shalt be over my house, and according to thy commandment shall all my people regulate themselves; only concerning the throne will I be greater than thou.

Verse ConceptsPalacesThronePromotionRelative GreatnessRespect For People

And he caused him to ride in the second chariot that he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee! and he set him over all the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsChariotsSalutationsBowing Before JosephAuthority Delegated To People

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.

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningChanged NamesPeople Renaming PeopleAuthority Delegated To People

And Joseph is a son of thirty years in his standing before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and Joseph goeth out from the presence of Pharaoh, and passeth over through all the land of Egypt;

Verse ConceptsThirtyTravelAuthority Delegated To People

And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsStoringStorehousesThe Act Of OpeningOpening Containers

And [the people of] all countries came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the [known] earth.

Verse ConceptsBuying and sellingMoney, Uses Of

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.

Verse ConceptsBowingGovernorsBowing 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."

Verse ConceptsHourMealsNoonStewardshipDinnerKilling Domesticated AnimalsSeeing People

So they approached the man who [was] over Joseph's house and spoke to him at the doorway of the house.

Joseph hurried, for his heart yearned over his brother; and he sought a place to weep. He entered into his room, and wept there.

Verse ConceptsHousesPrivacySuffering, Emotional Aspects OfPartialityBowelsHasty ActionPrivate Rooms

Then he commanded [the one] who [was] over his household, saying, "Fill the sacks of the men [with] food as much as they are able to carry, and put each one's money in the mouth of his sack.

Verse ConceptsIndeterminate Sums Of Money

They went out of the city, [and] had not gone far when Joseph said to [the one] who [was] over his house, "Arise! Pursue after the men and overtake them. Then you shall say to them, 'Why have you repaid evil for good?

Verse ConceptsIngratitudePeople Not Far AwayRepaying Evil For Good

Haste you and go to my father and tell him, 'This sayeth thy son Joseph: God hath made me lord over all Egypt. Come down unto me and tarry not.

Verse ConceptsChildren, Good Examples OfPeople Who DelayedHurrying Others On

and he kisseth all his brethren, and weepeth over them; and afterwards have his brethren spoken with him.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingKissingLove to Others, Examples OfConversation

And they spoke to him, saying, "Joseph [is] still alive, and he [is] ruler over all the land of Egypt." And his heart {went numb}, because he did not believe him.

Verse ConceptsFaintingNot Believing PeopleLiving On

I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I myself will also bring you up. And Joseph will place his hand over your eyes."

Verse ConceptsPreparation For BurialLaying On Hands To HealGod Will Be With YouGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egyptefficiency

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them have the land of Goshen; and if there are any able men among them, put them over my cattle.

The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land settle thy father and thy brethren: let them dwell in the land of Goshen. And if thou knowest men of activity among them, then set them as overseers of cattle over what I have.

Verse ConceptsAbilityCompetence

When that year was over, they came the next year and said to him, “We cannot hide from our lord that the money is gone and that all our livestock belongs to our lord. There is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.

Verse ConceptsBodyHerdsLimitations Of The BodyIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyShortage Other Than FoodThings Revealed

And Joseph bought all the soil of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them; and the land became Pharaoh's.

Verse ConceptsFieldsProperty, LandPurchasingReal EstatePeople Possessing Other Things

And the people, he made them pass over to the cities from the extremity of the bounds of Egypt, and even to the extremity.

And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day, that the fifth should be for Pharaoh, except the land of the priests: theirs alone did not become Pharaoh's.

Verse ConceptsHuman LawStatutes To This Day

When Joseph saw that his father put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, he was displeased. And he took hold of his father's hand to remove it from the head of Ephraim [over] to the head of Manasseh.

Verse ConceptsHands On HeadsBlessings For The Right HandTroubling Individuals

Over and above what I am giving your brothers, I am giving you the one mountain slope that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

Verse ConceptsFighting Enemies

Boiling over like water, thou mayest not have pre-eminence, Because thou didst mount the bed of thy father, - Then, wast thou profane - My marriage-bed, he mounted!

Verse ConceptsFicklenessRash People

The blessings of thy father, have prevailed, Over the blessings of the perpetual mountains, The charm of the age-abiding hills, - They turn out to be, for the head of Joseph, And for the crown of the head of him who was set apart from his brethren.

Verse ConceptsHeadsHillsPrincesEternal WorldBlessed By God

in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah which is over against Mamre, in the land of Canaan, - which Abraham bought, along with the field, from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace: -

Verse ConceptsThe Cave Of Machpelah

Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept over him and kissed him [tenderly].

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingKissingPainSorrowMourning The Death Of Others

When the days of mourning were over, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s household, “If I have found favor with you, please tell Pharaoh that

so his sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, - which Abraham bought - with the field - for a possession of a buryingplace from Ephron the Hittite over against Mamre.

Verse ConceptsempiresCavesTombsCaves For BuryingThe Cave Of MachpelahCaves Used As Graves