Bible verses about "joseph" | AUV

⁴² When evening had come, and since it was the day of Preparation [for the Passover Festival], being the day before the [special] Sabbath Day, ⁴³ Joseph, from Arimathea, a highly respected member of the [Jewish] Council, who was expecting the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate [i.e., the Roman appointed governor] and asked [him] for the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴ Pilate was amazed that Jesus had already died, and calling the military officer to him, asked how long He had been dead. ⁴⁵ And when he found out from the military officer, he granted the body to Joseph. ⁴⁶ [Joseph then] brought a linen cloth, and after taking Jesus down from the cross, wrapped the linen cloth around His body and placed it in a grave site that had been cut out of [a ledge of] rock. Then he rolled a huge stone across the entrance to the cave. ⁴⁷ [Now] Mary from Magdala and Mary the mother of Joseph [See verse 40] saw where the body was laid.

⁹ "[And when] these patriarchs, [still living in Canaan as young men], became jealous of [their brother] Joseph, they sold him [as a slave to traveling merchants who took him] to Egypt. But God was with him [during all that time],