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228 Scriptures on Joseph

Genesis 39:22

And the keeper of the prison put all the prisoners under Joseph's control, and he was responsible for whatever was done there.

Genesis 39:4

And having a high opinion of Joseph as his servant, he made him the overseer of his house and gave him control over all he had.

Genesis 39:5

And from the time when he made him overseer and gave him control of all his property, the blessing of the Lord was with the Egyptian, because of Joseph; the blessing of the Lord was on all he had, in the house and in the field.

Genesis 39:6

And he gave Joseph control of all his property, keeping no account of anything, but only the food which was put before him. Now Joseph was very beautiful in form and face.

Genesis 39:7

And after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover.

Genesis 40:12

Then Joseph said, This is the sense of your dream: the three branches are three days;

Genesis 40:16

Now when the chief bread-maker saw that the first dream had a good sense, he said to Joseph, I had a dream; and in my dream there were three baskets of white bread on my head;



Genesis 40:18

Then Joseph said, This is the sense of your dream: the three baskets are three days;

Genesis 40:22

But the chief bread-maker was put to death by hanging, as Joseph had said.

Genesis 40:23

But the wine-servant did not keep Joseph in mind or give a thought to him.

Genesis 40:3

And he put them in prison under the care of the captain of the army, in the same prison where Joseph himself was shut up.

Genesis 40:4

And the captain put them in Joseph's care, and he did what was needed for them; and they were kept in prison for some time.

Genesis 40:6

And in the morning when Joseph came to them he saw that they were looking sad.

Genesis 40:8

Then they said to him, We have had a dream, and no one is able to give us the sense. And Joseph said, Does not the sense of dreams come from God? what was your dream?



Genesis 40:9

Then the chief wine-servant gave Joseph an account of his dream, and said, In my dream I saw a vine before me;

Genesis 41:14

Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and they took him quickly out of prison; and when his hair had been cut and his dress changed, he came before Pharaoh.

Genesis 41:15

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have had a dream, and no one is able to give me the sense of it; now it has come to my ears that you are able to give the sense of a dream when it is put before you.

Genesis 41:16

Then Joseph said, Without God there will be no answer of peace for Pharaoh.

Genesis 41:25

Then Joseph said, These two dreams have the same sense: God has made clear to Pharaoh what he is about to do.

Genesis 41:39

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Seeing that God has made all this clear to you, there is no other man of such wisdom and good sense as you:

Genesis 41:41

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt.



Genesis 41:42

Then Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and he had him clothed with the best linen, and put a chain of gold round his neck;

Genesis 41:44

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh; and without your order no man may do anything in all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:45

And Pharaoh gave Joseph the name of Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, the priest of On, to be his wife. So Joseph went through all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:46

Now Joseph was thirty years old when he came before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from before the face of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:48

And Joseph got together all the food of those seven years, and made a store of food in the towns: the produce of the fields round every town was stored up in the town.

Genesis 41:50

And before the time of need, Joseph had two sons, to whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On, gave birth.

Genesis 41:54

Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.



Genesis 41:55

And when all the land of Egypt was in need of food, the people came crying to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to the people, Go to Joseph, and whatever he says to you, do it.

Genesis 41:56

And everywhere on the earth they were short of food; then Joseph, opening all his store-houses, gave the people of Egypt grain for money; so great was the need of food in the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:57

And all lands sent to Egypt, to Joseph, to get grain, for the need was great over all the earth.

Genesis 42:14

And Joseph said, It is as I said; you have come with some secret purpose;

Genesis 42:18

And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fearing man:

Genesis 42:23

They were not conscious that the sense of their words was clear to Joseph, for he had been talking to them through one who had knowledge of their language.

Genesis 42:25

Then Joseph gave orders for their bags to be made full of grain, and for every man's money to be put back into his bag, and for food to be given them for the journey: which was done.



Genesis 42:3

So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.

Genesis 42:36

And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.

Genesis 42:4

But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with them, for fear, as he said, that some evil might come to him.

Genesis 42:6

Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came before him and went down on their faces to the earth.

Genesis 42:7

And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.

Genesis 42:8

Now though Joseph saw that these were his brothers, they had no idea who he was.

Genesis 42:9

Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is.



Genesis 43:15

So they took what their father said for the man, and twice as much money in their hands, and Benjamin, and went on their journey to Egypt, and came before Joseph.

Genesis 43:16

And when Joseph saw Benjamin, he said to his chief servant, Take these men into my house, and make ready a meal, for they will take food with me in the middle of the day.

Genesis 43:17

And the servant did as Joseph said, and took the men into Joseph's house.

Genesis 43:18

Now the men were full of fear because they had been taken into Joseph's house and they said, It is because of the money which was put back in our bags the first time; he is looking for something against us, so that he may come down on us and take us and our asses for his use.

Genesis 43:19

So they went up to Joseph's chief servant at the door of the house,

Genesis 43:24

And the servant took them into Joseph's house, and gave them water for washing their feet; and he gave their asses food.

Genesis 43:25

And they got ready the things for Joseph before he came in the middle of the day: for word was given to them that they were to have a meal there.



Genesis 43:26

And when Joseph came in, they gave him the things which they had for him, and went down to the earth before him.

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