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Josephs bones, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the parcel of land Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for 100 qesitahs. It was an inheritance for Josephs descendants.

Verse ConceptsExhumationsBonesLarge Denominations

Portions were served to them from Josephs table, and Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of theirs. They drank, and they got intoxicated with Joseph.

Verse ConceptsBanquets, Examples OfTables

The second time, Joseph was revealed to his brothers, and Josephs family became known to Pharaoh.

Verse ConceptsRelatives Also InvolvedSecond ThingPeople Made KnownIdentityIdentity In ChristRace

When Josephs brothers saw that their father was dead, they said to one another, “If Joseph is holding a grudge against us, he will certainly repay us for all the suffering we caused him.”

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

He left all that he owned under Josephs authority; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate.

Now Joseph was well-built and handsome.

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

The man did as Joseph had said and brought them to Josephs house.

The lot came up for the tribe of Benjamin’s descendants by their clans, and their allotted territory lay between Judah’s descendants and Josephs descendants.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine Responsibility

And Josephs sons who were born to him in Egypt: two persons.
All those of Jacob’s household who had come to Egypt: 70 persons.

Verse ConceptsSeventiesSeventyTwo Sons

along with all Josephs household, his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children, their sheep, and their cattle were left in the land of Goshen.

Verse ConceptsPeople Abandoning People

When the news reached Pharaoh’s palace, “Josephs brothers have come,” Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.

Verse ConceptsFameNews

Josephs descendants by their clans from Manasseh and Ephraim:

These were the Ephraimite clans numbered by their registered men: 32,500.
These were Josephs descendants by their clans.

Verse ConceptsThirty Thousand And Up

So Moses commanded the Israelites at the word of the Lord, “What the tribe of Josephs descendants says is right.

Verse ConceptsGod's Orders

This was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Josephs firstborn. Gilead and Bashan came to Machir, the firstborn of Manasseh and the father of Gilead, who was a man of war.

Verse ConceptsAncestorsFirstborn Sons

Josephs descendants said to Joshua, “Why did you give us only one tribal allotment as an inheritance? We have many people, because the Lord has been blessing us greatly.”

Verse ConceptsShortage Other Than Food

So Joshua replied to Josephs family (that is, Ephraim and Manasseh), “You have many people and great strength. You will not have just one allotment,

Verse ConceptsMany In IsraelFamily Strength

Then they are to divide it into seven portions. Judah is to remain in its territory in the south and Josephs family in their territory in the north.

Verse ConceptsNorthTribes Of IsraelSeven Things

When Israel saw Josephs sons, he said, “Who are these?”

Verse ConceptsWho Is This?

So they took Josephs robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitDippingCovered With BloodKilling Domesticated AnimalsColor

She put Josephs garment beside her until his master came home.

The warden put all the prisoners who were in the prison under Josephs authority, and he was responsible for everything that was done there.

Verse ConceptsResponsibility, Examples OfPrison KeepersEntrustingDoing One's Workjail

The warden did not bother with anything under Josephs authority, because the Lord was with him, and the Lord made everything that he did successful.

Verse ConceptsFindingSuccessGod With Specific PeopleSuccess Through God

Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his hand and put it on Josephs hand, clothed him with fine linen garments, and placed a gold chain around his neck.

Verse ConceptsFingersNecksequipping, physicalClothingChainsGoldLinenOrnamentsRingsRobesSeals

So 10 of Josephs brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

Verse ConceptsTen People

But Jacob did not send Josephs brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he thought, “Something might happen to him.”

Verse ConceptsPartialityFear Of Other Things

But the men were afraid because they were taken to Josephs house. They said, “We have been brought here because of the money that was returned in our bags the first time. They intend to overpower us, seize us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys.”

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

So they approached Josephs steward and spoke to him at the doorway of the house.

The steward brought the men into Josephs house, gave them water to wash their feet, and got feed for their donkeys.

Verse ConceptsAblutionGuestsWaterFeet WashingFeeding AnimalsClean Feet

Since the men had heard that they were going to eat a meal there, they prepared their gift for Josephs arrival at noon.

Verse ConceptsPreparing FoodThose Who Provided A Meal

When Judah and his brothers reached Josephs house, he was still there. They fell to the ground before him.

Verse ConceptsBowing Before Joseph

They were all speaking well of Him and were amazed by the gracious words that came from His mouth, yet they said, “Isn’t this Josephs son?”

Verse ConceptsLipsGrace, And Jesus ChristKind WordsAmazement, Of Jesus ChristPraising Specific PeopleWho He Might Begraciousness

Joseph and his father’s household remained in Egypt. Joseph lived 110 years.

Verse ConceptsAge At DeathLiving In The Land

Joseph was 30 years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsThirtyTravelAuthority Delegated To People

When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he thought it was a mistake and took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.

Verse ConceptsHands On HeadsBlessings For The Right HandTroubling Individuals

From Asaph’s sons:
Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, sons of Asaph, under Asaph’s authority, who prophesied under the authority of the king.

Verse ConceptsOverseersDirection

Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh, telling him: My brothers and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

Verse ConceptsTelling Of Movements

Then Joseph took them both—with his right hand Ephraim toward Israel’s left, and with his left hand Manasseh toward Israel’s right—and brought them to Israel.

He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation; the sons of Manasseh’s son Machir were recognized by Joseph.

Verse ConceptsKneesThird Person

From the time that he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house because of Joseph. The Lords blessing was on all that he owned, in his house and in his fields.

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

Then Joseph commanded his steward: “Fill the men’s bags with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s money at the top of his bag.

Verse ConceptsIndeterminate Sums Of Money

Joseph hitched the horses to his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, threw his arms around him, and wept for a long time.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingChariotsGreetingsLove, And The WorldChildren, Good KidsChildren, Good Examples OfMeeting PeopleAction For A Long TimePreparing To Travel

Say this to Joseph: Please forgive your brothers’ transgression and their sin—the suffering they caused you.’ Therefore, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when their message came to him.

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

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

When Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for 20 pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took Joseph to Egypt.

Verse ConceptsMerchantsSilverTradeCommercePrice Set On IndividualsTrade With Metals

Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah and gave him a wife, Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest at On. And Joseph went throughout the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningChanged NamesPeople Renaming PeopleAuthority Delegated To People

Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, because Joseph had made the Israelites swear a solemn oath, saying, “God will certainly come to your aid; then you must take my bones with you from this place.”

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsGod VisitingBonesPeople Bound By Oaths

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still living?” But they could not answer him because they were terrified in his presence.

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

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please, come near me,” and they came near. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt.

Verse ConceptsThis Is MeIdentity

But when they told Jacob all that Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to transport him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.

Verse ConceptsRevival, Personalrevival

They married men from the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained within the tribe of their father’s clan.

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

So the allotment was for the rest of Manasseh’s descendants by their clans, for the sons of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, by their clans.

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

Verse ConceptsBetrothal

These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. He was the firstborn, but his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. He is not listed in the genealogy according to birthright.

Verse ConceptsConcubinesBirthrightsFirstborn Sons

And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with food for their dependents.

Verse ConceptsChildren, Good KidsAccording To PeopleFamily Strength

Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were purchasing, and he brought the money to Pharaoh’s palace.

Verse ConceptsPalacesFinancesSaving Money

In this way, Joseph acquired all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh, because every Egyptian sold his field since the famine was so severe for them. The land became Pharaoh’s,

Verse ConceptsFieldsProperty, LandPurchasingReal EstatePeople Possessing Other Things

Now his eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought them to him, and he kissed and embraced them.

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

Then Joseph took them from his father’s knees and bowed with his face to the ground.

Verse ConceptsKnees

Then Joseph, leaning over his father’s face, wept and kissed him.

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

Then Joseph went to bury his father, and all Pharaoh’s servants, the elders of his household, and all the elders of the land of Egypt went with him,

Verse ConceptsCeremoniesOld Age, Attitudes To

The total number of Jacob’s descendants was 70; Joseph was already in Egypt.

Verse ConceptsSeventySeventies

Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.

Verse ConceptsFriendship, Examples OfMothers And Sons

Rachel’s sons were
Joseph and Benjamin.

These are the family records of Jacob.

At 17 years of age, Joseph tended sheep with his brothers. The young man was working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought a bad report about them to their father.

Verse ConceptsThose Who Kept StockHalf brothersParents Being Wrong

“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

His father recognized it. “It is my son’s robe,” he said. “A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has been torn to pieces!”

Verse ConceptsPeople Torn To PiecesFine ClothesAnimals Eating PeopleWild Animals Devouring

Joseph found favor in his master’s sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar also put him in charge of his household and placed all that he owned under his authority.

Verse ConceptsCareResponsibility, Examples OfWorthinessAuthority Delegated To PeopleFavor

and had him thrown into prison, where the king’s prisoners were confined. So Joseph was there in prison.

Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsEmployers, Bad ExamplesPrisonsjail

Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Pharaoh’s dreams mean the same thing. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do.

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

Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, meaning, “God has made me forget all my hardship in my father’s house.”

Verse ConceptsFirstborn SonsForgetting ThingsGod Healing SorrowPeople With Apt NamesFamily ProblemsFamily First

Joseph then gave orders to fill their containers with grain, return each man’s money to his sack, and give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyPeople Providing Food

Put my cup, the silver one, at the top of the youngest one’s bag, along with his grain money.” So he did as Joseph told him.

Verse ConceptsThe Youngest ChildIndeterminate Sums Of Money

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

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

to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Customs ConcerningPledgesVirginThe Virgin BirthEngagementNativity of Jesus Christ

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

“The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt, but God was with him

Verse ConceptsJealousyAbraham, New Testament ReferencesGod With Specific PeopleThose Jealous Of People

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

Verse ConceptsSeventies

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

Verse ConceptsNot Knowing People

After this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus—but secretly because of his fear of the Jews—asked Pilate that he might remove Jesus’ body. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and took His body away.

Verse ConceptsCowardiceFaith, Growth InJews, TheSecrecyFear Of ManMyrrhAsking PermissionJesus CorpseFear Of EnemiesTaking Care Of Your Body

So they proposed two: Joseph, called Barsabbas, who was also known as Justus, and Matthias.

Verse ConceptsTwo DisciplesLeadership Qualities

He had sent a man ahead of them—
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

The first lot for Asaph fell to Joseph, his sons, and his brothers12 to Gedaliah the second: him, his brothers, and his sons 12

from the sons of Joseph:
Elishama son of Ammihud from Ephraim,
Gamaliel son of Pedahzur from Manasseh;

The descendants of Joseph:

The descendants of Ephraim: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

Igal son of Joseph from the tribe of Issachar;

Gaddi son of Susi from the tribe of Manasseh (from the tribe of Joseph);

The daughters of Zelophehad approached; Zelophehad was the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh from the clans of Manasseh, the son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

from the sons of Joseph:
Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh,

The family leaders from the clan of the descendants of Gilead—the son of Machir, son of Manasseh—who were from the clans of the sons of Joseph, approached and addressed Moses and the leaders who were over the Israelite families.

So Moses gave them—the Gadites, Reubenites, and half the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph—the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land including its cities with the territories surrounding them.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityFractions, One HalfReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph;

“When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes will stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

Verse ConceptsTribes Of IsraelCrossing Into The Promised Land