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When Joseph's brothers realized that their father loved him more than all of his brothers, they hated him so much that they were unable to speak politely to him.

Verse ConceptsdisagreementsGrudgesHatredJealousyPersecution, Forms OfSpiteSuffering, Causes OfHatred Between RelativesHating IndividualsNo PeaceMan's FavouriteBrothers Lovefriendliness

Josephs 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

Then his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem.

Verse ConceptsThose Who Kept Stock

Now Joseph's brothers saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

Verse ConceptsPlottingSeeing At A DistanceAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleSeeing PeopleConspiracySiblingsdistance

So when the Midianite merchants passed by, Joseph's brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites then took Joseph to Egypt.

Verse ConceptsMerchantsSilverTradeCommercePrice Set On IndividualsTrade With Metals

All his sons and daughters showed up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He kept saying, "Leave me alone! I'll go down to the next world, still mourning for my son." So Joseph's father wept for him.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Experience OfGrave, TheLove, And The WorldSheolWeepingComfort, Of FriendsParental LoveAfflicted To DeathNo Comfort

And it came to pass that Yahweh, was with Joseph, so that he became a prosperous man, - and was in the house of his lord the Egyptian.

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

And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.

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

And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.

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

Now Joseph was well built and good looking. That's why, sometime later, Joseph's master's wife looked straight at Joseph and propositioned him: "Come on! Let's have a little sex!"

Verse ConceptsInvitationsLooking At People For EvilOther WivesSexual Union IntendedsexResisting Temptationmistress

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

And when Josephs master heard the words of his wife, saying, “This is the way your servant treated me,” his anger burned.

Verse ConceptsPrisonersTelling What People DidNamed People Angry With Others

And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsEmployers, Bad ExamplesPrisonsjail

And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.

Verse ConceptsResponsibility, Examples OfPrison KeepersEntrustingDoing One's Workjail

The warden paid no attention to anything that was in Josephs care because the Lord was with him; whatever Joseph did, the Lord made to prosper.

Verse ConceptsFindingSuccessGod With Specific PeopleSuccess Through God

The captain of the guard put Joseph in charge of them, and he served them; and they continued to be in custody for some time.

Then Pharaoh summoned Joseph. So they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; he shaved himself, changed his clothes, and came before Pharaoh.

Verse ConceptsDungeonsPrisonersShavingPrisonsAccommodationsChanging ClothesIndividuals RunningClean ClothesKings SummoningPeople Set Free By PeopleEtiquette

And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

Verse ConceptsFingersNecksequipping, physicalClothingChainsGoldLinenOrnamentsRingsRobesSeals

And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningChanged NamesPeople Renaming PeopleAuthority Delegated To People

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

Verse ConceptsPartialityFear Of Other Things

And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

Verse ConceptsBowingGovernorsBowing Before Joseph

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

And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion 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 near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,

"Everything is fine," the man in charge of Joseph's household told them. "Don't be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks. I had your money." Then he brought Simeon out to them.

Verse ConceptsPeople Set Free By PeopleGod Gives Wealth

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

Verse ConceptsAblutionGuestsWaterFeet WashingFeeding AnimalsClean Feet

And they made ready the present against Joseph's coming at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.

Verse ConceptsPreparing FoodThose Who Provided A Meal

Then Joseph's heart went out to his brother, and he went quickly into his room, for he was overcome with weeping.

Verse ConceptsHousesPrivacySuffering, Emotional Aspects OfPartialityBowelsHasty ActionPrivate Rooms

Joseph's staff served him by himself, his brothers separately, and the Egyptian staff members by themselves, because the Egyptians wouldn't take their meal with the Hebrews, since doing so was detestable for the Egyptians.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsAbominations, PracticesPeople PartingNo DealingsHating Peoples

Now Josephs brothers were seated [by the steward] before him [in the order of their birth]—the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth; and the men looked at one another in astonishment [because so much was known about them].

Verse ConceptsBanquets, CharaceristicsFirstbornBrothersBirthrights

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

And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.

Verse ConceptsBowing Before Joseph

And Joseph will not be able to restrain himself before all standing by him; and he will cry out, Take out every man from me: and a man stood not with him, in Joseph's making himself known to his brethren.

Verse ConceptsActing AloneGroups Sent AwayPeople Made KnownIdentity

Then, weeping, he took Benjamin in his arms, and Benjamin himself was weeping on Joseph's neck.

Verse ConceptsNecksSalutations

And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

Verse ConceptsFameNews

So Joseph's brothers left Egypt and returned to the land of Canaan and to their father Jacob,

Joseph's sons born in the land of Egypt were Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On, bore for him.

Verse ConceptsOccupations

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

Pharaoh said to Joseph's brothers, "What is your occupation?" They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants take care of flocks, just as our ancestors did."

Verse ConceptsOccupationsThose Who Kept Stock

Your father's blessings will prove to be stronger than blessings from the eternal mountains or bounties from the everlasting hills. May they come to rest on Joseph's head, May they be set upon the brow of the one who was separated from his own brothers."

Verse ConceptsHeadsHillsPrincesEternal WorldBlessed By God

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

Chariots and horsemen also accompanied Joseph, so there were a lot of people.

Verse ConceptsChariotsDealing With Many People

And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

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

Joseph wept when they talked to him. So Joseph's brothers went to visit him, fell prostrate in front of him, and declared, "Look! We're your servants."

Verse ConceptsBowing Before Joseph

Now Joseph and all his father's family went on living in Egypt: and the years of Joseph's life were a hundred and ten.

Verse ConceptsAge At DeathLiving In The Land

And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.

Verse ConceptsKneesThird Person

"From Joseph's descendants through Ephraim: Ammihud's son Elishama. From Manasseh: Pedahzur's son Gamaliel.

The genealogies of Joseph's descendants were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.

from Issachar's tribe, Joseph's son Igal;

from Joseph's tribe of Manasseh, Susi's son Gaddi;

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 gave to them, to the descendants of Gad and the descendants of Reuben, and to half of the tribe of Joseph's son Manasseh, the kingdom of Sihon the king of Amorites and the kingdom of Og the king of the Bashan, the land with its cities [and their] territories, the cities of the surrounding land.

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

The leaders of the ancestral families of the descendants of Gilead, who were descendants of Machir, and descendants of Manasseh, from Joseph's tribe, approached and spoke to Moses and the leaders of the ancestral houses of the Israelis.

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

Verse ConceptsGod's Orders

They married into families of the descendants of Manasseh, that is, Joseph's descendants, so that their inheritance remained within the tribe of their ancestor's family.

“These [tribes] shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people when you have crossed the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

Verse ConceptsTribes Of IsraelCrossing Into The Promised Land

from the choicest of the earth and its fullness, and the favor of the one who lived in the burning bush. May blessing rest on Joseph's head, and on the crown of the head of the one set apart from his brothers.

Verse ConceptsHeadsPrinces

The land allotted to Joseph's descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.

Joseph's descendants, Manasseh and Ephraim, were assigned their land.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine Responsibility

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

Now allotments were made with respect to the remaining descendants of Manasseh according to their families: for the descendants of Abiezer, the descendants of Helek, the descendants of Asriel, the descendants of Shechem, the descendants of Hepher, and the descendants of Shemida the male descendants of Joseph's son Manasseh, according to their families.

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

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

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

For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)

Verse ConceptsRulers

From Bani's descendants: Josiphiah's son Shelomith and 160 men with him.

Verse ConceptsA Hundred And SomeNumbers Of Males

Seek the Lord so you can live! Otherwise he will break out like fire against Joseph's family; the fire will consume and no one will be able to quench it and save Bethel.

Verse ConceptsSeeking LifeNot Extinguishing

drinking wine from bowls, anointing themselves with the choicest of oils, but not grieving on the occasion of Joseph's ruin

Verse ConceptsAnointing, Social CustomOintmentDrinking WineAnointing OneselfNot Mourning

Is not he the carpenter's [i.e., Joseph's] son? [And] is not his mother named Mary, and his brothers [named] James, Joseph, Simon and Judas?

Verse ConceptsCraftsmenCarpentersOccupationsWork, As Ordained By GodHumility Of ChristChrist, Names ForChrist's Earthly FamilyWho He Might BeMothers And Sonsnegativity

He found Nathanael and said to him: "We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and of whom the Prophets also wrote--Jesus of Nazareth, Joseph's son!"

Verse ConceptsFindingApostles, DescriptionMoses, Significance OfSonsFinding PeopleChrist And The ScripturesWritten In The ProphetsWritten In The Law

They kept asking, "Is not this man Joseph's son? Is he not Jesus, whose father and mother we know? What does he mean by now saying, 'I have come down out of Heaven'?"

Verse ConceptsSonsChrist Going DownChrist And HeavenWho He Might BeNativity of Jesus ChristMothers And Sons

"Joseph's brothers became jealous of him and sold Joseph as a slave in Egypt. However, God was with him

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

and [from Egypt] their bodies were taken back to Shechem and placed in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

Verse ConceptsMoney, Uses OfThe Cave Of Machpelah