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So Joseph purchased all of the Egyptian territory for Pharaoh. Every Egyptian sold his field, because the famine's effect was so severe. That's how Pharaoh came to own the land.

Verse ConceptsFieldsProperty, LandPurchasingReal EstatePeople Possessing Other Things

and put every man's money in his bag mouth, and put my silver cup in the sack's mouth of the youngest and his corn money also." And he did as Joseph had said.

Verse ConceptsThe Youngest ChildIndeterminate Sums Of Money

Then Joseph said to his brothers, "I [am] Joseph! Is my father still alive?" And his brothers were unable to answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence.

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

So Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." And they drew near. And he said, "I [am] Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

Verse ConceptsThis Is MeIdentity

Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, because Joseph had made the Israelis take this solemn oath: "God will certainly take notice of you, and then you must carry my bones up with you from here."

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsGod VisitingBonesPeople Bound By Oaths

So they brought their herds to Joseph, and Joseph gave food to them in exchange for horses, their flocks, and their cattle and donkeys. And he provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock that year.

Verse ConceptsGoatsHorsesMarketsOwning LivestockAnimals, Types OfBarteringLoss Of DonkeysAcquiring HorsesPossessing Sheep

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

When they were gone, an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, take the infant and his mother, flee into Egypt, and don't stir thence till I order you, for Herod will endeavour to have the child destroy'd. Joseph therefore arose,

Verse ConceptsFutureFugitivesAngel of the LordCommunicationSafetySpeech, DivineSuffering, Of Jesus ChristViolenceHeaven And AngelsVisions And Dreams In ScriptureProvincesStaying PutAttempts To Kill ChristGod AppearingTaking ChristImmigrantsreuniting

And Jesus himself was about thirty years of age when he began, and he was taken for the son of Joseph: which Joseph was the son of Heli:

Verse ConceptsBeginningNoahThirtySonsChrist, Names ForBeginning To TeachAgemanhoodevangelising

When the days of weeping and public mourning for him were past, Joseph spoke to [the nobles of] the house of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your sight, please speak to Pharaoh, saying,

who could see that the LORD was with Joseph, because the LORD made everything prosper that Joseph did.

Verse ConceptsServants, GoodGod With Specific PeopleSeeing SituationsThe Righteous Prosperprospering

But the LORD was with Joseph. He extended gracious love to him, causing the prison warden to be pleased with Joseph.

Verse ConceptsKindnessPrisonersDivine FavourGod With Specific PeopleGod Showed His LovingkindnessFavor

Then Joseph sent his brothers away, and they left for home. As they were leaving, Joseph admonished them, "Don't quarrel on the way back!"

Verse ConceptsFamilies, Nature OfSiblings

Israel said to Joseph, “Your brothers, you know, are pasturing the flocks at Shechem. Get ready. I’m sending you to them.”

“I’m ready,” Joseph replied.

Verse ConceptsSheepBehold Me!People Sending People

And Jacob and his sons came to Joseph in Egypt, and when word of it came to the ears of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, he said to Joseph, Your father and brothers have come to you; all the land of Egypt is before you; let your father and your brothers have the best of the land for their resting-place.

Verse ConceptsAbilityCompetence

"The house of Jacob will be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, but the house of Esau will be kindling. Then Jacob and Joseph will burn and consume Esau, and no survivor will remain from the house of Esau." Indeed, the Lord has spoken it.

Verse Conceptsreuniting

Jacob the father of Joseph, and Joseph (to whom the virgin Mary was betrothed) the father of Jesus, who is called 'Christ.'

Verse ConceptsMaryNativity of Jesus ChristJesus BirthRelationships With Boyfriendmums

When {the time of Israel's death drew near}, he called to his son, to Joseph. And he said to him, "If I have found favor in your eyes, please put your hand under my thigh, that you might [vow] to deal kindly and faithfully with me. Please do not bury me in Egypt,

Verse ConceptsKindnessLoyaltyA Time To DieThighsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenImmigrants

Among which was Mary Magdalene; and Mary the mother of James and the mother of Joseph; and the mother of Zebedee's children.

Verse ConceptsFriendship, Examples OfMothers And Sons

and Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the city Nazareth to Judaea, to David's city, the which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,

Verse ConceptsCity Of DavidGod Shows Loving KindnessRelativesNativity of Jesus ChristJesus Birth

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

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 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 told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.

Verse ConceptsFaintingNot Believing PeopleLiving On

From the tribe of Joseph, you are to appoint Ephod's son Hanniel to be leader of the half tribe of Manasseh,

He said about Joseph:

May his land be blessed by the Lord
with the dew of heaven’s bounty
and the watery depths that lie beneath;

Verse Conceptsdew

All the souls who came out of Jacob's body were seventy-five, and Joseph was in Egypt already.

Verse ConceptsSeventySeventies

In the evening a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself was Jesus's disciple,

Verse ConceptsAffluenceEvenings For Jesus And His DisciplesWealthy People

The first lot went to Asaph's son Joseph and his relatives and sons -- twelve in all, the second to Gedaliah and his relatives and sons -- twelve in all,

Now Israel’s eyes were so dim from age that he could not see [clearly]. Then Joseph brought them close to him, and he kissed and embraced them.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingOld Age, DisabilitiesArmsKissingOld Age, Attainment OfVisionDimness Of VisionKissesLimitations Of Old People

Then Joseph took the boys [from his father’s embrace], and he bowed [before him] with his face to the ground.

Verse ConceptsKnees

Rachel's sons were Joseph and Benjamin.

When Reuben heard about it, he tried to save Joseph from their plot. "Let's not do any killing,"

Verse ConceptsRestraints From KillingIndividuals Saving Others

Meanwhile, down in Egypt, the Midianites sold Joseph to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's court officials, who was also Commander-in-Chief of the imperial guards.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsGuardsExecutionersCommerce

"We had a dream," they replied, "but there's no one to interpret it." "Interpretations belong to God," Joseph told them, "so please tell me your stories."

Verse ConceptsDreamsNo One AvailableTelling Dreams

"I can't do that," Joseph replied, "but God is concerned about Pharaoh's well-being."

Verse ConceptsHumilityMission, Of IsraelGod Will AnswerNot Me

"Pharaoh's dreams are identical," Joseph replied. "God has told Pharaoh what he is getting ready to do.

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

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.

Verse ConceptsChariotsSalutationsBowing Before JosephAuthority Delegated To People

But Joseph kept insisting, "It's just as I've said you've come here to spy on our unguarded territories!"

Verse ConceptsUnguardedvulnerability

Their father Jacob told them, "You're causing me to lose my children! Joseph is gone. Now Simeon is gone, and you're planning to take Benjamin, too. Everything's going against me!"

Verse ConceptsPeople OpposedIndividuals Passing AwayBereavement

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."

Verse ConceptsCourteousnessDivine FavourSalutationsThe Youngest ChildSeeing PeopleMothers And Sons

So Israel's sons did what they were asked to do, and Joseph provided wagons for them, as Pharaoh had commanded. He also gave them provisions for the journey.

Verse ConceptsJourneyPeople Providing Food

"It's enough," Israel replied. "My son Joseph is still alive. I'm going to go see him before I die!"

Verse ConceptsBefore DeathLiving On

So Joseph got up and went to bury his father, accompanied by all of Pharaoh's servants, all of the elders of Egypt,

Verse ConceptsCeremoniesOld Age, Attitudes To

When they arrived at Atad's threshing floor, which is located beyond the Jordan River, they held a great and mournful memorial service, during which Joseph spent seven days mourning for his father.

Verse ConceptsFuneralsBereavement, Experience OfLamentingSevenWeeksSeven DaysBeyond JordanMourning The Death Of Others

"Don't be afraid," Joseph responded. "Am I sitting in God's place?

Verse ConceptsMen As Gods

So Joseph made all of Israel's other children make this promise: "Because God is certainly going to take care of you, you are to carry my bones up from here."

Verse ConceptsBonesFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsLove, And The WorldExhumationsGod VisitingPeople Bound By Oaths

When Joseph got up from sleeping, he did as the Lord’s angel had commanded him. He married her

Verse ConceptsBetrothal

“They’ve moved on from here,” the man said. “I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

Verse ConceptsShepherds, As Occupations

Look! Your eyes and my brother Benjamin’s eyes can see that it is I , Joseph, who am speaking to you.

Verse ConceptsThis Is MeSeeing People

and Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, 'After God's causing thee to know all this, there is none intelligent and wise as thou;

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

So, they went quickly and found both Mary and Joseph with the baby, lying in the animal's feeding trough.

Verse ConceptsChrist, Names ForFeeding AnimalsHasty Action

Now standing near Jesus' cross were His mother; His mother's sister [i.e., Salome, the mother of James and John, the sons of Zebedee. See Matt. 27:55; Mark 15:40]; Mary the wife of Clopas [i.e., the mother of James and Joseph. See Matt. 27:55]; and Mary, from Magdala.

Verse ConceptsMaternal LoveLove, And The WorldExamples Of Mothers' LoveThe CrossDeath Of A MotherJesus Deathcrucifixion

Do we not have the right to take a believing [i.e., a Christian] wife with us [on our preaching tours], just like the rest of the apostles, and the Lord's brothers do [i.e., James, Joseph, Judas and Simon. Mark 6:3], and Cephas [i.e., Peter]?

Verse ConceptsPeter, The ApostleBachelorsCompanionshipChrist's Earthly FamilyMarriage AllowedThe Apostles In ActionChristians Being Called Brothers

Pharaoh said unto Joseph, "In my dream, me thought I stood by a river's side,

Verse ConceptsRiver BanksRiver Nile

And Joseph gave orders to his servants who had the necessary knowledge, to make his father's body ready, folding it in linen with spices, and they did so.

Verse ConceptsThe DeaddoctorsArts And Crafts, Types ofPreparation For BurialDrugs

By faith Joseph, approaching his end, made mention of the children of Israel's departure thence; and gave a charge respecting his bones.

Verse ConceptsBonesExamples Of FaithExhumationsDeparturesNearness Of DeathExploits Of FaithDeath Will Soon HappenExodus

On the east side, 4,500 cubits, also three gates: one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.

Verse ConceptsCity GatesMeasuring Jerusalem And The LandThree Parts Of Constructions


Hate evil and love good,
And establish justice in the [court of the city] gate.
Perhaps the Lord God of hosts
Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph [that is, those who remain after God’s judgment].

Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toHatredLawsuitsDivine FavourBusiness At The GatewaySurvivors FavouredBe Merciful!God As A WarriorHating EvilLoving GoodHateGod Turning Bad Things Into Good

Joseph made all the people slaves from one end of Egypt's border to the other end of it.

He set it up as an ordinance for Joseph
when He went throughout the land of Egypt.


I heard an unfamiliar language:

Verse ConceptsLanguagesLanguages Mentioned In ScriptureNot Knowing People

twelve thousand from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand from the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand from the tribe of Benjamin, were sealed.

Verse Concepts144,000

he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the piece of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

Verse ConceptsTownPeople Giving Other Thingshumor

The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.

Verse ConceptsdiligenceDiligence, Results OfServants, GoodIndustry, Examples OfPromotionEntrustingForced Labour

And after burying his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers and all who had gone up with him to bury his father.

Verse ConceptsReturning to their land

So they sent [word] to Joseph saying, "Your father commanded [us] before his death, saying,

Verse ConceptsBefore Death

And Joseph said to his brothers, "I [am about] to die, but God will certainly visit you and bring you up from this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."

Verse ConceptsAssurance, basis ofProperty, LandThe Promised LandGod VisitingNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenDeath Approaching

So Joseph died, [being] one hundred and ten years old. They embalmed him and he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

Verse ConceptsAge, Lived Over 100embalmingBurials, FeaturesPreparation For BurialAge At DeathDeath ApproachingImmigrants

And Joseph died and all of his brothers and all of that generation.

Verse ConceptsGenerations

And a new king rose over Egypt who did not know Joseph.

Verse ConceptsPast, TheNot Knowing People

And he put the tent of Joseph on one side, and took not the tribe of Ephraim;

Verse ConceptsRejecting PeopleNorthern Kingdom Of Israel

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.

Verse ConceptsDouble MoneyIndeterminate Sums Of Money

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

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.

Verse ConceptsSalutationsBowing Before Joseph

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

Then Joseph said to them, "What is this deed that you have done? Did you not know that a man who [is] like me surely practices divination?"

Verse ConceptsWhat Do You Do?

Hurry, and go up to my father and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me and do not delay.

Verse ConceptsChildren, Good Examples OfPeople Who DelayedHurrying Others On

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Say to your brothers: 'Do this--load your donkeys and go back to the land of Canaan,

And you [Joseph], are commanded [to say] this: 'Do this! Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and your wives, and bring your father and come!

Verse ConceptsCartsWagons

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

He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to appear before him in Goshen. And they came to the land of Goshen.

Joseph then invited his father Jacob and all his relatives, 75 people in all,

Verse ConceptsSeventies

Then Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die since I have seen your face, for you are still alive."

Verse ConceptsReadinessParental LoveResigned To DeathLiving OnSeeing People

until a different king who did not know Joseph ruled over Egypt.

Verse ConceptsNot Knowing People

So Joseph went and reported to Pharaoh. And he said, "My father and my brothers, with their flocks and their herds, and all that they have, have come from the land of Canaan. Now [they are] here in the land of Goshen."

Verse ConceptsTelling Of Movements

And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and the house of Joseph I will save. And I will bring them back, because I have compassion on them, and they will be as if I had not rejected them, for I [am] Yahweh their God, and I will answer them.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfGrace, In OtPrayer, God's Promises ConcerningRevival, CorporateGod Giving StrengthGod Will AnswerGod Not ForsakingReturning to their landGod Gives StrengthGod Saves The NeedyGod Will Show MercyI Will Be Their GodRejection

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Your father and your brothers have come to you.

Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

Verse ConceptsGreetingsPeople Who Blessed Others

And Joseph settled his father and his brothers, and he gave them property in the land of Egypt in the best part of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had instructed.

Verse ConceptsJacob, Life And Character Of