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And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation; the sons also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born on Joseph's knees.

Verse ConceptsKneesThird Person

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.

Verse ConceptsFidelityServants, GoodTrustworthinessBusiness EthicsBeauty, In MenSeeking FoodAuthority Delegated To PeopleHandsome Men

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, 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

And the man did as Joseph had said; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.

And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, If now Joseph should be hostile to us, and should indeed requite us all the evil that we did to him!

Verse ConceptsGrudgesResentment, Against PeopleResponseRepaying Evil For EvilNamed People Angry With Others

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 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.

Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsEmployers, Bad ExamplesPrisonsjail

And the report was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come. And it was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his bondmen.

Verse ConceptsFameNews

And they took Joseph's vest, and slaughtered a buck of the goats, and dipped the vest in the blood;

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitDippingCovered With BloodKilling Domesticated AnimalsColor

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.

Verse ConceptsResponsibility, Examples OfPrison KeepersEntrustingDoing One's Workjail

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.

Verse ConceptsFingersNecksequipping, physicalClothingChainsGoldLinenOrnamentsRingsRobesSeals

And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy grain out of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsTen People

But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest mischief may befall him.

Verse ConceptsPartialityFear Of Other Things

And the men were afraid because they were brought into Joseph's house, and said, Because of the money that was returned to us in our sacks at the beginning are we brought in, that he may turn against us, and fall upon us and take us for bondmen, and our asses.

Verse ConceptsIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyLoss Of DonkeysWhy People Did ThingsFear Of Individuals

And they came up to the man that was over Joseph's house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,

And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses food.

Verse ConceptsAblutionGuestsWaterFeet WashingFeeding AnimalsClean Feet

And they made ready the gift for Joseph's coming at noon; for they had heard that they should eat bread there.

Verse ConceptsPreparing FoodThose Who Provided A Meal

And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; and he was still there; and they fell down before him to the ground.

Verse ConceptsBowing Before Joseph

And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?

Verse ConceptsWho Is This?

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.

Verse ConceptsThose Who Kept StockHalf brothersParents Being Wrong

And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought; and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.

Verse ConceptsPalacesFinancesSaving Money

And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father's house; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.

Verse ConceptsAge At DeathLiving In The Land

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.

Verse ConceptsMerchantsSilverTradeCommercePrice Set On IndividualsTrade With Metals

When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it was evil in his eyes; and he took hold of his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.

Verse ConceptsHands On HeadsBlessings For The Right HandTroubling Individuals

And Joseph said to his brethren and to his father's house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and say to him, My brethren and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, are come to me;

Verse ConceptsTelling Of Movements

And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near to him.

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;

Verse ConceptsFine ClothesPeople Stripping PeopleMulti ColouredColor

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.

Verse ConceptsThirtyTravelAuthority Delegated To People

And Joseph could not control himself before all them that stood by him, and he cried, Put every man out from me! And no man stood with him when Joseph made himself known to his brethren.

Verse ConceptsActing AloneGroups Sent AwayPeople Made KnownIdentity

And Joseph said to his brethren, I am Joseph. Does my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him, for they were troubled at his presence.

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfGuilty FearThis Is MeLiving OnOthers Not AnsweringFear Of IndividualsIdentity

And Joseph said to his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

Verse ConceptsThis Is MeIdentity

And they spoke to him all the words of Joseph, which he had spoken to them. And he saw the waggons that Joseph had sent to carry him. And the spirit of Jacob their father revived.

Verse ConceptsRevival, Personalrevival

And they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread for horses, and for flocks of sheep, and for herds of cattle, and for asses; and he fed them with bread for all their cattle that year.

Verse ConceptsGoatsHorsesMarketsOwning LivestockAnimals, Types OfBarteringLoss Of DonkeysAcquiring HorsesPossessing Sheep

Thus shall ye speak to Joseph: Oh forgive, I pray thee, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin! for they did evil to thee. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

Verse ConceptsAsking for forgivenessAskingForgive One AnotherWronging Other PeopleGod's ForgivenessLove And Forgivenessforgivingdisobedience

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!

Verse ConceptsPeople Torn To PiecesFine ClothesAnimals Eating PeopleWild Animals Devouring

And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph, and said, Lie with me!

Verse ConceptsInvitationsLooking At People For EvilOther WivesSexual Union IntendedsexResisting Temptationmistress

And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh For God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.

Verse ConceptsFirstborn SonsForgetting ThingsGod Healing SorrowPeople With Apt NamesFamily ProblemsFamily First

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.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyPeople Providing Food

The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.

And Joseph maintained his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to the number of the little ones.

Verse ConceptsChildren, Good KidsAccording To PeopleFamily Strength

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 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

And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingKissingPainSorrowMourning The Death Of Others

and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house; only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

Verse ConceptsPeople Abandoning People

And she called his name Joseph; and said, Jehovah will add to me another son.

Verse ConceptsAdding PeoplePeople With Apt Names

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.

Verse ConceptsReturning to their landPeople Sending People

and he put the maidservants and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindmost.

Verse ConceptsPartialityOrder Of MarchLast OnesIn Front

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.

And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told it to his brethren, and they hated him yet the more.

Verse ConceptsDreams, Examples OfGrudgesSelf ConfidenceHating IndividualsSiblings

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.

Verse ConceptsSheepBehold Me!People Sending People

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.

Verse ConceptsShepherds, As Occupations

And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his garments,

Verse ConceptsClothingClothing, Tearing OfTearing Of ClothesThose Who Tore ClothesNowhere To Be Found

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.

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

And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

Verse ConceptsGod With Specific PeopleSuccess Through GodThe Presence Of GodBlessings And ProsperitySuccess And Hard Workprospering

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 as she spoke to Joseph day by day and he hearkened not to her, to lie with her and to be with her,

Verse ConceptsImportunity, Towards PeopleAbsence Of SexNot With PeopleSaying Repeatedly

And Jehovah was with Joseph, and extended mercy to him, and gave him favour in the eyes of the chief of the tower-house.

Verse ConceptsKindnessPrisonersDivine FavourGod With Specific PeopleGod Showed His LovingkindnessFavor

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.

Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsPrisonersPrisons

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.

Verse ConceptsOther Sad People

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.

Verse ConceptsDreamsNo One AvailableTelling Dreams

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;

Verse ConceptsMetaphorical TreesTelling Dreams

And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days.

Verse ConceptsInterpretation Of DreamsThree DaysThree Other Things

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.

Verse ConceptsThree Other Things

And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation of it: the three baskets are three days.

Verse ConceptsInventionsInterpretation Of DreamsThree DaysThree Other Things

And he hanged the chief of the bakers, as Joseph had interpreted to them.

Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyPeople Hung To Death

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.

Verse ConceptsDungeonsPrisonersShavingPrisonsAccommodationsChanging ClothesIndividuals RunningClean ClothesKings SummoningPeople Set Free By PeopleEtiquette

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.

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Source Of HumanInventionsInterpretation Of DreamsDreams InterpretedNo One Available

And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

Verse ConceptsHumilityMission, Of IsraelGod Will AnswerNot Me

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood on the bank of the river.

Verse ConceptsRiver BanksRiver Nile

And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God will do he has made known to Pharaoh.

Verse ConceptsFutureKnowing God, Nature OfRevelation, In OtInterpretation Of DreamsPredicting The Future

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Since God has made all this known to thee, there is none so discreet and wise as thou.

Verse ConceptsDiscernment Of GovernorsWisdom, Human NatureUnique IndividualsGod's Things Revealed

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsGovernorsRulersEntrustingAuthority Delegated To Peopleinvesting

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.

Verse ConceptsThis Is MeAuthority Delegated To People

And Joseph laid up corn as sand of the sea exceeding much, until they left off numbering; for it was without number.

Verse ConceptsAn Innumerable NumberSandImpossible For PeoplePlenty In EgyptSand And Gravel

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.

Verse ConceptsTwo Sons

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.

Verse ConceptsRequesting Food

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.

Verse ConceptsStoringStorehousesThe Act Of OpeningOpening Containers

And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was grievous on the whole earth.

Verse ConceptsBuying and sellingMoney, Uses Of

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.

Verse ConceptsPretenceAwarenessBuying FoodRecognising PeopledisguisesWhere From?

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.

Verse ConceptsSpyingPeople RememberingUnguardedvulnerability

And Joseph said to them, That is it that I have spoken to you, saying, Ye are spies.

Verse ConceptsSpying

And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.

Verse ConceptsCamouflageInterpreting LanguageIgnorant Of Facts

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.

Verse ConceptsPeople OpposedIndividuals Passing AwayBereavement

And the men took that gift, and took double money in their hand, and Benjamin, and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and came before Joseph.

Verse ConceptsDouble MoneyIndeterminate Sums Of Money

And Joseph saw Benjamin with them, and said to the man who was over his house, Bring the men into the house, and slaughter cattle, and make ready; for the men shall eat with me at noon.

Verse ConceptsHourMealsNoonStewardshipDinnerKilling Domesticated AnimalsSeeing People

When Joseph came home, they brought him the gift that was in their hand, into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.

Verse ConceptsSalutationsBowing Before Joseph

And Joseph made haste, for his bowels burned for his brother; and he sought a place to weep, and he went into the chamber, and wept there.

Verse ConceptsHousesPrivacySuffering, Emotional Aspects OfPartialityBowelsHasty ActionPrivate Rooms

And put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his grain-money. And he did according to the word of Joseph which he had spoken.

Verse ConceptsThe Youngest ChildIndeterminate Sums Of Money

They were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, when Joseph said to him who was over his house, Up! follow after the men; and when thou overtakest them, thou shalt say to them, Why have ye rewarded evil for good?

Verse ConceptsIngratitudePeople Not Far AwayRepaying Evil For Good

And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done? Did ye not know that such a man as I can certainly divine?

Verse ConceptsWhat Do You Do?

Haste and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus says thy son Joseph: God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, tarry not.

Verse ConceptsChildren, Good Examples OfPeople Who DelayedHurrying Others On

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to thy brethren, Do this: load your beasts and depart, go into the land of Canaan,