Thematic Bible: Was a prophet


Thematic Bible



You will live by your sword but you will serve your brother. When you grow restless, you will tear off his yoke from your neck." Verse ConceptsNecksRestlessnessYokesSubjectionServing IndividualsPeople Releasing Othersdominion


May God give you the dew of the sky and the richness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine. May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. You will be lord over your brothers, and the sons of your mother will bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed."

Esau said to his father, "Do you have only that one blessing, my father? Bless me too!" Then Esau wept loudly. Verse ConceptsWeepingOthers MourningPeople Blessing

Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He said, "God will surely come to you. Then you must carry my bones up from this place." Verse ConceptsBonesFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsLove, And The WorldExhumationsGod VisitingPeople Bound By Oaths

Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the Israelites solemnly swear, "God will surely attend to you, and you will carry my bones up from this place with you." Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsGod VisitingBonesPeople Bound By Oaths

So Pharaoh asked his officials, "Can we find a man like Joseph, one in whom the Spirit of God is present?" So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Because God has enabled you to know all this, there is no one as wise and discerning as you are!

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