יוֹסֵף

Joseph· Zaphenath-Paneah

1. Genesis 41:45יוֹסֵ֖ף · And Joseph
   Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.
2. Genesis 41:46 (2×)וְיוֹסֵף֙ · Now Joseph; יוֹסֵף֙ · And Joseph
   Now Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.
3. Genesis 41:49יוֹסֵ֥ף · So Joseph
   So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.
4. Genesis 41:50וּלְיוֹסֵ֤ף · to Joseph
   Before the years of famine arrived, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
5. Genesis 41:51יוֹסֵ֛ף · Joseph
   Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
6. Genesis 41:54יוֹסֵ֑ף · Joseph
   …the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.
7. Genesis 41:55יוֹסֵ֔ף · Joseph
   When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”
8. Genesis 41:56יוֹסֵ֜ף · Joseph
   When the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
9. Genesis 41:57יוֹסֵ֑ף · Joseph
   And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.
10. Genesis 42:3יוֹסֵ֖ף · of Joseph’s
    So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
11. Genesis 42:4יוֹסֵ֔ף · Joseph’s
    But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”
12. Genesis 42:6 (2×)וְיוֹסֵ֗ף · Now Joseph; יוֹסֵ֔ף · So when [his]
    Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
13. Genesis 42:7יוֹסֵ֛ף · And when Joseph
    And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”
14. Genesis 42:8יוֹסֵ֖ף · Although Joseph
    Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
15. Genesis 42:9יוֹסֵ֔ף · Joseph
    Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
16. Genesis 42:14יוֹסֵ֑ף · Then Joseph
    Then Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!
17. Genesis 42:18יוֹסֵף֙ · [he]
    …and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
18. Genesis 42:23יוֹסֵ֑ף · Joseph
    They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.
19. Genesis 42:25יוֹסֵ֗ף · Then Joseph
    Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s silver to his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out,
20. Genesis 42:36יוֹסֵ֤ף · Joseph
    Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
21. Genesis 43:15יוֹסֵֽף׃ · Joseph
    So the men took these gifts, along with double the amount of silver, and Benjamin as well. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
22. Genesis 43:16יוֹסֵ֣ף · When Joseph
    When Joseph saw Benjamin with his brothers, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for they shall dine with me at noon.”
23. Genesis 43:17 (2×)יוֹסֵ֑ף · Joseph; יוֹסֵֽף׃ · to Joseph’s
    The man did as Joseph had commanded and took the brothers to Joseph’s house.
24. Genesis 43:18יוֹסֵף֒ · to Joseph’s
    But the brothers were frightened that they had been taken to Joseph’s house. “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time,” they said. “They intend to overpower us and take us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”
25. Genesis 43:19יוֹסֵ֑ף · Joseph’s
    So they approached Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.
26. Genesis 43:24יוֹסֵ֑ף · into Joseph’s
    And the steward took the men into Joseph’s house, gave them water to wash their feet, and provided food for their donkeys.
27. Genesis 43:25יוֹסֵ֖ף · Joseph’s
    Since the brothers had been told that they were going to eat a meal there, they prepared their gift for Joseph’s arrival at noon.
28. Genesis 43:26יוֹסֵף֙ · When Joseph
    When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.
29. Genesis 43:30יוֹסֵ֗ף · Joseph
    Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
30. Genesis 44:2יוֹסֵ֖ף · as Joseph
    Put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” So the steward did as Joseph had instructed.
31. Genesis 44:4וְיוֹסֵ֤ף · when Joseph
    They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
32. Genesis 44:14יוֹסֵ֔ף · Joseph’s
    When Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.
33. Genesis 44:15יוֹסֵ֔ף · Joseph
    “What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”
34. Genesis 45:1 (2×)יוֹסֵ֜ף · Then Joseph; יוֹסֵ֖ף · when he
    Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
35. Genesis 45:3 (2×)יוֹסֵ֤ף · Joseph; יוֹסֵ֔ף · am Joseph
    Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.
36. Genesis 45:4 (2×)יוֹסֵ֧ף · Then Joseph; יוֹסֵ֣ף · am Joseph
    Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt!
37. Genesis 45:9יוֹסֵ֔ף · Joseph
    Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.
38. Genesis 45:16יוֹסֵ֑ף · that Joseph’s
    When the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.
39. Genesis 45:17יוֹסֵ֔ף · Joseph
    Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan.
40. Genesis 45:21יוֹסֵ֛ף · Joseph
    So the sons of Israel did as they were told. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, and he also gave them provisions for their journey.
41. Genesis 45:26יוֹסֵ֣ף · Joseph
    “Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.
42. Genesis 45:27 (2×)יוֹסֵף֙ · Joseph; יוֹסֵ֖ף · Joseph
    However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.
43. Genesis 45:28יוֹסֵ֥ף · Joseph
    “Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”