Joseph

• Birth of Josephc. 1745 BC
• Lifetime of Josephc. 1745 BC
• Joseph sold to Egyptc. 1728 BC
• Joseph imprisonedc. 1718 BC
• Joseph Promoted in Egyptc. 1715 BC
• 7 years of plentyc. 1715 BC
• 7 years of faminec. 1708 BC
• Joseph's brothers return to Egyptc. 1706 BC
• Death of Josephc. 1635 BC

Joseph· Zaphenath-Paneah

Father

Israel

Mother

Rachel

Spouse

Asenath

Siblings

Asher· Benjamin· Dan· Dinah· Gad· Issachar· Judah· Levi· Naphtali· Reuben· Simeon· Zebulun

Children

Ephraim· Manasseh

• Ἰωσήφ·Joseph
• יְהוֹסֵף·Joseph
• יוֹסֵף·Joseph
• צָֽפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ·Zaphenath-paneah

Includes 92 verses that refer to Joseph without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

1. Genesis 30:24יוֹסֵף · Joseph
   She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”
2. Genesis 30:25יוֹסֵף · Joseph
   Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.
3. Genesis 33:2יוֹסֵף · Joseph
   He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
4. Genesis 33:7יוֹסֵף · Joseph
   Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.
5. Genesis 35:24יוֹסֵף · Joseph
   The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
6. Genesis 37:2יוֹסֵף · Joseph
   This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
7. Genesis 37:3יוֹסֵף · Joseph
   Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.
8. Genesis 37:4Referred to, not named
   When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
9. Genesis 37:5יוֹסֵף · Joseph
   Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
10. Genesis 37:6Referred to, not named
    He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:
11. Genesis 37:7Referred to, not named
    We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”
12. Genesis 37:8Referred to, not named
    “Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.
13. Genesis 37:9Referred to, not named
    Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
14. Genesis 37:10Referred to, not named
    He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”
15. Genesis 37:11Referred to, not named
    And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
16. Genesis 37:12Referred to, not named
    Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.
17. Genesis 37:13יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    Israel said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied.
18. Genesis 37:14Referred to, not named
    Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,
19. Genesis 37:15Referred to, not named
    …a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”
20. Genesis 37:16Referred to, not named
    “I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”
21. Genesis 37:17יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    “They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
22. Genesis 37:18Referred to, not named
    Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
23. Genesis 37:19Referred to, not named
    “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.
24. Genesis 37:21Referred to, not named
    When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.
25. Genesis 37:22Referred to, not named
    “Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.
26. Genesis 37:23יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—
27. Genesis 37:24Referred to, not named
    …and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
28. Genesis 37:28יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
29. Genesis 37:29יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
30. Genesis 37:31יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.
31. Genesis 37:33יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”
32. Genesis 39:1יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.
33. Genesis 39:2יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
34. Genesis 39:3Referred to, not named
    When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did,
35. Genesis 39:4יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.
36. Genesis 39:5יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.
37. Genesis 39:6יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,
38. Genesis 39:7יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    …and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
39. Genesis 39:8Referred to, not named
    But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.
40. Genesis 39:9Referred to, not named
    No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
41. Genesis 39:10יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.
42. Genesis 39:11Referred to, not named
    One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.
43. Genesis 39:12Referred to, not named
    She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
44. Genesis 39:13Referred to, not named
    When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,
45. Genesis 39:16Referred to, not named
    So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.
46. Genesis 39:19Referred to, not named
    When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.
47. Genesis 39:20יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,
48. Genesis 39:21יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    …the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
49. Genesis 39:22יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    And the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.
50. Genesis 39:23Referred to, not named
    The warden did not concern himself with anything under Joseph’s care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.
51. Genesis 40:3יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    …and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.
52. Genesis 40:4יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,
53. Genesis 40:6יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught.
54. Genesis 40:7Referred to, not named
    So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”
55. Genesis 40:8יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    “We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”
56. Genesis 40:9יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream: “In my dream there was a vine before me,
57. Genesis 40:12יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.
58. Genesis 40:14Referred to, not named
    But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison.
59. Genesis 40:15Referred to, not named
    For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”
60. Genesis 40:16יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.
61. Genesis 40:18יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.
62. Genesis 40:22יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.
63. Genesis 40:23יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.
64. Genesis 41:14יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.
65. Genesis 41:15יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”
66. Genesis 41:16יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    “I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”
67. Genesis 41:17יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,
68. Genesis 41:25יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    At this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do.
69. Genesis 41:28Referred to, not named
    It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.
70. Genesis 41:38Referred to, not named
    So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”
71. Genesis 41:39יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
72. Genesis 41:40Referred to, not named
    You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”
73. Genesis 41:41יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    Pharaoh also told Joseph, “I hereby place you over all the land of Egypt.”
74. Genesis 41:42יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.
75. Genesis 41:43Referred to, not named
    He had Joseph ride in his second chariot, with men calling out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.
76. Genesis 41:44יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    And Pharaoh declared to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your permission, no one in all the land of Egypt shall lift his hand or foot.”
77. Genesis 41:45יוֹסֵף · Joseph; צָֽפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ · Zaphenath-paneah
    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.
78. Genesis 41:46יוֹסֵף · 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.
79. Genesis 41:48Referred to, not named
    During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.
80. Genesis 41:49יוֹסֵף · 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.
81. Genesis 41:50יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    Before the years of famine arrived, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
82. Genesis 41:51יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
83. Genesis 41:52Referred to, not named
    And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
84. Genesis 41:54יוֹסֵף · 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.
85. Genesis 41:55יוֹסֵף · 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.”
86. Genesis 41:56יוֹסֵף · 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.
87. Genesis 41:57יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.
88. Genesis 42:3יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
89. Genesis 42:4יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”
90. Genesis 42:6יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    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.
91. Genesis 42:7יוֹסֵף · 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.”
92. Genesis 42:8יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
93. Genesis 42:9יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
94. Genesis 42:10Referred to, not named
    “Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.
95. Genesis 42:12Referred to, not named
    “No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
96. Genesis 42:13Referred to, not named
    But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”
97. Genesis 42:14יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    Then Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!
98. Genesis 42:17Referred to, not named
    So Joseph imprisoned them for three days,
99. Genesis 42:18יוֹסֵף · Joseph
    …and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
100. Genesis 42:20Referred to, not named
     Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die.” And to this they consented.
101. Genesis 42:23יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.
102. Genesis 42:24Referred to, not named
     And he turned away from them and wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.
103. Genesis 42:25יוֹסֵף · 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,
104. Genesis 42:36יוֹסֵף · 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!”
105. Genesis 43:15יוֹסֵף · 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.
106. Genesis 43:16יוֹסֵף · 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.”
107. Genesis 43:17יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     The man did as Joseph had commanded and took the brothers to Joseph’s house.
108. Genesis 43:18יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     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.”
109. Genesis 43:19יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     So they approached Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.
110. Genesis 43:24יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     And the steward took the men into Joseph’s house, gave them water to wash their feet, and provided food for their donkeys.
111. Genesis 43:25יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     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.
112. Genesis 43:26יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.
113. Genesis 43:27Referred to, not named
     He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
114. Genesis 43:28Referred to, not named
     “Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
115. Genesis 43:29Referred to, not named
     When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”
116. Genesis 43:30יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
117. Genesis 43:31Referred to, not named
     Then he washed his face and came back out. Regaining his composure, he said, “Serve the meal.”
118. Genesis 43:32Referred to, not named
     They separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, since that was detestable to them.
119. Genesis 43:33Referred to, not named
     They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.
120. Genesis 43:34Referred to, not named
     When the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank freely with Joseph.
121. Genesis 44:1Referred to, not named
     Then Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack.
122. Genesis 44:2יוֹסֵף · 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.
123. Genesis 44:4יוֹסֵף · 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?
124. Genesis 44:14יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     When Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.
125. Genesis 44:15יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     “What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”
126. Genesis 44:17Referred to, not named
     But Joseph replied, “Far be it from me to do this. The man who was found with the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may return to your father in peace.”
127. Genesis 44:18Referred to, not named
     Then Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.
128. Genesis 45:1יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     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.
129. Genesis 45:2Referred to, not named
     But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it.
130. Genesis 45:3יוֹסֵף · 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.
131. Genesis 45:4יוֹסֵף · 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!
132. Genesis 45:5Referred to, not named
     And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.
133. Genesis 45:7Referred to, not named
     God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
134. Genesis 45:8Referred to, not named
     Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
135. Genesis 45:9יוֹסֵף · 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.
136. Genesis 45:12Referred to, not named
     Behold! You and my brother Benjamin can see that I, Joseph, am the one speaking with you.
137. Genesis 45:13Referred to, not named
     Tell my father about all my splendor in Egypt and everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.”
138. Genesis 45:14Referred to, not named
     Then Joseph threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept as they embraced.
139. Genesis 45:15Referred to, not named
     Joseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept over them. And afterward his brothers talked with him.
140. Genesis 45:16יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     When the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.
141. Genesis 45:17יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan.
142. Genesis 45:18Referred to, not named
     Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’
143. Genesis 45:19Referred to, not named
     You are also directed to tell them: ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your young children and your wives, and bring your father and come back.
144. Genesis 45:21יוֹסֵף · 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.
145. Genesis 45:22Referred to, not named
     He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.
146. Genesis 45:23Referred to, not named
     And he sent to his father the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father’s journey.
147. Genesis 45:24Referred to, not named
     Then Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way!”
148. Genesis 45:26יוֹסֵף · 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.
149. Genesis 45:27יוֹסֵף · 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.
150. Genesis 45:28יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     “Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”
151. Genesis 46:4יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”
152. Genesis 46:19יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
153. Genesis 46:20יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
154. Genesis 46:27יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.
155. Genesis 46:28יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen,
156. Genesis 46:29יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.
157. Genesis 46:30יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!”
158. Genesis 46:31יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh: ‘My brothers and my father’s household from the land of Canaan have come to me.
159. Genesis 47:1יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     So Joseph went and told Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.”
160. Genesis 47:2Referred to, not named
     And he chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.
161. Genesis 47:3Referred to, not named
     “What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”
162. Genesis 47:5יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,
163. Genesis 47:6Referred to, not named
     …the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”
164. Genesis 47:7יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
165. Genesis 47:11יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
166. Genesis 47:12יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.
167. Genesis 47:14יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     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 buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh’s palace.
168. Genesis 47:15יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our funds have run out!”
169. Genesis 47:16יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     “Then bring me your livestock,” said Joseph. “Since the money is gone, I will sell you food in exchange for your livestock.”
170. Genesis 47:17יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, their flocks and herds, and their donkeys. Throughout that year he provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock.
171. Genesis 47:18Referred to, not named
     When that year was over, they came to him the second year and said, “We cannot hide from our lord that our money is gone and all our livestock belongs to you. There is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.
172. Genesis 47:20יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     So Joseph acquired for Pharaoh all the land in Egypt; the Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields because the famine was so severe upon them. The land became Pharaoh’s,
173. Genesis 47:21Referred to, not named
     …and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other.
174. Genesis 47:22Referred to, not named
     However, he did not acquire the priests’ portion of the land, for it had been given to them by Pharaoh. They ate the rations that Pharaoh supplied; so they did not sell their land.
175. Genesis 47:23יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     Then Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh this day, here is seed for you to sow in the land.
176. Genesis 47:25Referred to, not named
     “You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”
177. Genesis 47:26יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     So Joseph established a law that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh, and it is in effect in the land of Egypt to this day. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh.
178. Genesis 47:29יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
179. Genesis 48:1יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
180. Genesis 48:2יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied his strength and sat up in bed.
181. Genesis 48:3יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
182. Genesis 48:5Referred to, not named
     And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
183. Genesis 48:6Referred to, not named
     Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit.
184. Genesis 48:8יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, “Who are these?”
185. Genesis 48:9יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”
186. Genesis 48:10Referred to, not named
     Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
187. Genesis 48:11יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     “I never expected to see your face again,” Israel said to Joseph, “but now God has let me see your children as well.”
188. Genesis 48:12יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     Then Joseph removed his sons from his father’s knees and bowed facedown.
189. Genesis 48:13יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     And Joseph took both of them—with Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand—and brought them close to him.
190. Genesis 48:15יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
191. Genesis 48:17יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he was displeased and took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.
192. Genesis 48:18יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     “Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
193. Genesis 48:19Referred to, not named
     But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
194. Genesis 48:21יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
195. Genesis 48:22Referred to, not named
     And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”
196. Genesis 49:22יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     Joseph is a fruitful vine—a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.
197. Genesis 49:23Referred to, not named
     The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.
198. Genesis 49:24Referred to, not named
     Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
199. Genesis 49:25Referred to, not named
     …by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.
200. Genesis 49:26יוֹסֵף · Joseph
     The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.