Genesis 49:23

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Genesis 49:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible

21 Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.

22 Joseph is a fruitful vine— a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.

23 The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.

24 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,

25 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.

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Genesis 37:4

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.

Genesis 37:18

Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.

Genesis 37:24

and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.

Genesis 37:28

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.

Genesis 39:7

and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

Genesis 39:8

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.

Genesis 39:9

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?”

Genesis 39:10

Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.

Genesis 39:11

One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.

Genesis 39:12

She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.

Genesis 39:13

When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,

Genesis 39:14

she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.

Genesis 39:15

When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

Genesis 39:16

So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.

Genesis 39:17

Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,

Genesis 39:18

but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

Genesis 39:19

When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.

Genesis 39:20

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,

Genesis 42:21

Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”

Psalms 64:3

who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

Psalms 118:13

I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.

John 16:33

I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”

Acts 14:22

strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.