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- Genesis 34:25
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Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
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- Genesis 37:15
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a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”
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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 37:19
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“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.
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- Genesis 38:1
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About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
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- Genesis 38:2
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There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.
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- Genesis 38:25
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As she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?”
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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 39:11
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One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.
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- Genesis 39:14
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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.
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- Genesis 40:5
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both of these men—the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.
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- Genesis 41:11
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One night both the chief baker and I had dreams, and each dream had its own meaning.
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- Genesis 41:12
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Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us individually.
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- Genesis 41:33
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Now, therefore, Pharaoh should look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.
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- Genesis 41:38
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So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”
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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 42:11
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We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”
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- Genesis 42:13
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But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”
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- Genesis 42:21
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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.”
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- Genesis 42:25
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Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s silver to his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out,
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- Genesis 42:28
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“My silver has been returned!” he said to his brothers. “It is here in my sack.” Their hearts sank, and trembling, they turned to one another and said, “What is this that God has done to us?”
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- Genesis 42:30
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“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.
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- Genesis 42:33
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Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go.
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- Genesis 42:35
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As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his bag of silver! And when they and their father saw the bags of silver, they were dismayed.
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- Genesis 43:3
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But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’
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- Genesis 43:5
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But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”
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- Genesis 43:6
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“Why did you bring this trouble upon me?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man you had another brother?”
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- Genesis 43:7
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They replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”
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- Genesis 43:11
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Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.
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- Genesis 43:13
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Take your brother as well, and return to the man at once.
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- Genesis 43:14
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May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”
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- Genesis 43:17
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The man did as Joseph had commanded and took the brothers to Joseph’s house.
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- Genesis 43:19
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So they approached Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.
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- Genesis 43:21
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But when we came to the place we lodged for the night, we opened our sacks and, behold, each of us found his silver in the mouth of his sack! It was the full amount of our silver, and we have brought it back with us.
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- Genesis 43:24
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And the steward took the men into Joseph’s house, gave them water to wash their feet, and provided food for their donkeys.
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- Genesis 43:33
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They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.
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- Genesis 44:1
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Then Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack.
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- Genesis 44:11
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So each one quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.
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- Genesis 44:13
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Then they all tore their clothes, loaded their donkeys, and returned to the city.
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- Genesis 44:15
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“What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”
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- Genesis 44:17
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But Joseph replied, “Far be it from me to do this. The man who was found with the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may return to your father in peace.”
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- Genesis 44:26
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But we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’
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- Genesis 45:1
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Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
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- Genesis 45:22
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He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.
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- Genesis 47:20
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So Joseph acquired for Pharaoh all the land in Egypt; the Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields because the famine was so severe upon them. The land became Pharaoh’s,
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- Genesis 49:6
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May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.
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- Genesis 49:28
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These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.
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- Exodus 1:1
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These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
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- Exodus 2:1
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Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman,
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