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- Genesis 30:24
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She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”
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- Genesis 30:25
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Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.
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- Genesis 33:2
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He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
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- Genesis 33:7
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Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.
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- Genesis 35:24
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The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
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- Genesis 37:2
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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.
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- Genesis 37:3
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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.
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- Genesis 37:5
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Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
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- Genesis 37:13
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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.
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- Genesis 37:17
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“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.
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- Genesis 37:23
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So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—
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- Genesis 37:28
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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.
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- Genesis 37:29
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When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
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- Genesis 37:31
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Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.
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- Genesis 37:33
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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!”
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- Genesis 39:1
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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.
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- Genesis 39:2
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And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
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- Genesis 39:4
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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.
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- Genesis 39:5
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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.
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- Genesis 39:6
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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,
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- Genesis 39:7
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and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
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- Genesis 39:10
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Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.
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- Genesis 39:20
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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,
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- Genesis 39:21
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the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
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- Genesis 39:22
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And the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.
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- Genesis 40:3
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and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.
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- Genesis 40:4
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The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,
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- Genesis 40:6
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When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught.
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- Genesis 40:8
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“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.”
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- Genesis 40:9
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So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream: “In my dream there was a vine before me,
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- Genesis 40:12
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Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.
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- Genesis 40:16
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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.
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- Genesis 40:18
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Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.
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- Genesis 40:22
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But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.
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- Genesis 40:23
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The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.
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- Genesis 41:14
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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.
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- Genesis 41:15
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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.”
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- Genesis 41:16
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“I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”
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- Genesis 41:17
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Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,
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- Genesis 41:25
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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.
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- Genesis 41:39
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Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
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- Genesis 41:41
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Pharaoh also told Joseph, “I hereby place you over all the land of Egypt.”
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- Genesis 41:42
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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.
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- Genesis 41:44
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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.”
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- Genesis 41:45
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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.
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- Genesis 41:46
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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.
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- Genesis 41:49
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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.
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- Genesis 41:50
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Before the years of famine arrived, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
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- Genesis 41:51
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Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
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- Genesis 41:54
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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.
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