Bible verses about "joseph" | LEB

²¹ And Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed loyal love to him, and gave him favor in the eyes of the chief of the prison.

⁵¹ And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, for he said, "God has caused me to forget all my hardship and all my father's house."

¹ So Joseph went and reported to Pharaoh. And he said, "My father and my brothers, with their flocks and their herds, and all that they have, have come from the land of Canaan. Now they are here in the land of Goshen." ² And from among his brothers he took five men and presented them before Pharaoh. ³ And Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?" And they said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are keepers of sheep, both we and also our ancestors."* ⁴ And they said to Pharaoh, "We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servant's flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen." ⁵ Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Your father and your brothers have come to you. ⁶ The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land. Let them live in the land of Goshen, and if you know there is among them men of ability, then appoint them overseers of my own livestock." ⁷ Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh. ⁸ Then Pharaoh said to Jacob, "_⌊How old are you_⌋?"* ⁹ And Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my sojourning are one hundred and thirty years. Few and hard have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not reached the days of the years of the lives of my ancestors* in the days of their sojourning." ¹⁰ And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and he went out from the presence of Pharaoh. ¹¹ And Joseph settled his father and his brothers, and he gave them property in the land of Egypt in the best part of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had instructed. ¹² And Joseph provided his father and his brothers and all the household of his father with food, according to the number of their children.

³² The bones of Jacob, which the _⌊Israelites_⌋* had brought out from Egypt, they buried at Shechem, in a piece of land that Jacob had bought from the children of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of money;* it became an inheritance for the descendants* of Joseph.

⁴² And when it* was already evening, since it was the day of preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath), ⁴³ Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the council who was also himself looking forward to* the kingdom of God, came acting courageously and* went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴ And Pilate was surprised that he was already dead, and summoning the centurion, asked him whether he had died already. ⁴⁵ And when he* learned of it* from the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph. ⁴⁶ And after* purchasing a linen cloth and* taking him down, he wrapped him* in the linen cloth and placed him in a tomb that had been cut from the rock. And he rolled a stone over the entrance of the tomb. ⁴⁷ Now Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was placed.

⁹ And the patriarchs, because they* were jealous of Joseph, sold him* into Egypt. And God was with him,

⁷ And it happened that after these things his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph, and she said, "Lie with me." ⁸ But he refused and said to his master's wife, "Look, my master _⌊does not worry about_⌋* what is in the house, and everything he owns he has put in my hand. ⁹ He has no greater authority in this house than me, and he has not withheld anything from me except you, since you are his wife. Now how could I do this great wickedness and sin against God?" ¹⁰ And it happened that as she spoke to Joseph _⌊day after day_⌋,* he did not heed her to lie beside her or to be with her. ¹¹ _⌊But one particular day_⌋* he came into the house to do his work and none of the men of the house were there in the house, ¹² she seized him by his garment and said, "Lie with me!" And he left his garment in her hand and fled, and he went outside.

¹ Then Joseph was not able to control himself before all who were standing by him. And he cried out, "Make every man go out from me!" So no one stood with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. ² And _⌊he wept loudly_⌋,* so that the Egyptians heard it and the household of Pharaoh heard it. ³ Then Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?" And his brothers were unable to answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence. ⁴ So Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." And they drew near. And he said, "I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. ⁵ So now, do not be distressed and do not be angry _⌊with yourselves_⌋* that you sold me here, for God sent me as deliverance before you. ⁶ For these two years the famine has been in the midst of the land, but there will be five more years where there is no plowing or harvest. ⁷ And God sent me before you all to preserve for you a remnant in the land and to keep alive among you many survivors. ⁸ So now, you yourselves did not send me here, but God put me here as father to Pharaoh and as master of all his household, and a ruler over all the land of Egypt. ⁹ Hurry, and go up to my father and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me and do not delay. ¹⁰ You shall settle in the land of Goshen so that you will be near me, you and your children and your grandchildren, and your flocks and your herds and all that you have. ¹¹ And I will provide for you there, because there are still five years of famine—lest you and your household and all that you have become destitute.' ¹² Now behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that _⌊it is I_⌋* who am speaking to you. ¹³ And you must tell my father of all my honor in Egypt and all that you have seen. Now hurry and bring my father here." ¹⁴ Then he fell upon the neck of his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept upon his neck. ¹⁵ And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them. And afterward his brothers spoke with him. ¹⁶ Then the report was heard in the house of Pharaoh, saying, "Joseph's brothers have come." And it pleased Pharaoh and his servants. ¹⁷ Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Say to your brothers: 'Do this—load your donkeys and go back to the land of Canaan, ¹⁸ and take your father and your households and come to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.' ¹⁹ And you Joseph, are commanded to say this: 'Do this! Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and your wives, and bring your father and come! ²⁰ _⌊Do not worry_⌋* about your possessions, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.'" ²¹ And the sons of Israel did so. And Joseph gave them wagons at the word of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey. ²² To each and to all of them he gave sets of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five sets of clothing. ²³ And to his father he sent _⌊as follows_⌋:* ten donkeys carrying the best of Egypt, and ten donkeys carrying grain and food and provisions for his father for the journey. ²⁴ Then he sent his brothers away, and when they departed he said to them, "Do not be agitated on the journey." ²⁵ So they went up from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan to Jacob their father. ²⁶ And they spoke to him, saying, "Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt." And his heart _⌊went numb_⌋,* because he did not believe him. ²⁷ Then they told him all the words of Joseph that he had spoken to them. And when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him, then the spirit of Jacob their father revived. ²⁸ And Israel said, "It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die."

⁴ When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and were not able to speak peaceably to him.

² And Yahweh was with Joseph, and he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian. ³ And his master observed that Yahweh was with him, and everything that was in his hand to do Yahweh made successful. ⁴ And Joseph found favor in his eyes and he served him. Then he appointed him* over his house and all that he owned he put into his hand. ⁵ And it happened that from the time he appointed him over his house and over all that he had, Yahweh blessed the house of the Egyptian on account of Joseph. And the blessing of Yahweh was upon all that he had in the house and in the field.