Joseph

יוֹסֵף · yo.seph · H3130GἸωσήφ · Iōsēph · G2501N2 other spellings“increase; addition” Hitchcock's 1869197 mentions in 18 books, most in Genesis (137)

Who he was

Joseph was the eleventh son of Israel (or 'Jacob') and the firstborn of Rachel (Genesis 30:22–24). He was favored by his father, causing jealousy among his brothers (Genesis 37:3–4). Joseph had dreams of his family bowing down to him, further straining the relationships (Genesis 37:5–11). His brothers sold him into slavery, and he was taken to Egypt (Genesis 37:12–36). In Egypt, Joseph served in Potiphar's house, where he was falsely accused and imprisoned (Genesis 39). While in prison, Joseph interpreted the dreams of Pharaoh's cupbearer and baker (Genesis 40). Later, he interpreted Pharaoh's dreams and was appointed as second-in-command over Egypt (Genesis 41:1–45). During this time, he was given the name Zaphenath-paneah by Pharaoh (Genesis 41:45). Joseph managed Egypt's resources wisely during the years of plenty and famine (Genesis 41:46–57). His brothers came to Egypt for food, and after testing them, Joseph revealed his identity and reconciled with them (Genesis 42-45). Joseph brought his father, Jacob, and his entire family to Egypt, where they settled in the land of Goshen (Genesis 46-47). Before his death, Jacob blessed Joseph's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, and prophesied about Joseph's descendants (Genesis 48-49). Joseph died at the age of 110 and was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt (Genesis 50:22–26). His bones were later carried out of Egypt by the Israelites during the Exodus and buried at Shechem (Exodus 13:19; Joshua 24:32). Joseph's life exemplified faith, forgiveness, and God's providence in the midst of hardship.

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Family

FatherIsraelMotherRachelSiblingsReuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Dinah, BenjaminSpouseAsenathChildrenManasseh, Ephraim

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Every mention

197 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

Genesis137 mentions

Genesis 30:24She named him Joseph, saying, “May Yahweh add another son to me.”Genesis 30:25When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.Genesis 33:2He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.Genesis 33:7Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.Genesis 35:24The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.Genesis 37:2This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s…Genesis 37:3Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a tunic of many colors.Genesis 37:5Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.Genesis 37:13Israel said to Joseph, “Aren’t your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” He said to him, “Here I am.”Genesis 37:17The man said, “They have left here, for I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.Genesis 37:23When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him;Genesis 37:28Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The merchants brought Joseph…Genesis 37:29Reuben returned to the pit, and saw that Joseph wasn’t in the pit; and he tore his clothes.Genesis 37:31They took Joseph’s tunic, and killed a male goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood.Genesis 37:33He recognized it, and said, “It is my son’s tunic. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.”Genesis 39:1Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought him down there.Genesis 39:2Yahweh was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian.Genesis 39:4Joseph found favor in his sight. He ministered to him, and Potiphar made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.Genesis 39:5From the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, Yahweh blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake. Yahweh’s blessing was on all that he had, in the…Genesis 39:6He left all that he had in Joseph’s hand. He didn’t concern himself with anything, except for the food which he ate. Joseph was well-built and handsome.Genesis 39:7After these things, his master’s wife set her eyes on Joseph; and she said, “Lie with me.”Genesis 39:10As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he didn’t listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.Genesis 39:20Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were bound, and he was there in custody.Genesis 39:21But Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.Genesis 39:22The keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever they did there, he was responsible for it.Genesis 40:3He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.Genesis 40:4The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he took care of them. They stayed in prison many days.Genesis 40:6Joseph came in to them in the morning, and saw them, and saw that they were sad.Genesis 40:8They said to him, “We have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it.” Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Please tell it to me.”Genesis 40:9The chief cup bearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, “In my dream, behold, a vine was in front of me,Genesis 40:12Joseph said to him, “This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days.Genesis 40:16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, “I also was in my dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head.Genesis 40:18Joseph answered, “This is its interpretation. The three baskets are three days.Genesis 40:22but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.Genesis 40:23Yet the chief cup bearer didn’t remember Joseph, but forgot him.Genesis 41:14Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his clothing, and came in to Pharaoh.Genesis 41:15Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”Genesis 41:16Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It isn’t in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”Genesis 41:17Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, “In my dream, behold, I stood on the brink of the river;Genesis 41:25Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.Genesis 41:39Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Because God has shown you all of this, there is no one so discreet and wise as you.Genesis 41:41Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”Genesis 41:42Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck.Genesis 41:44Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh. Without you, no man shall lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.”Genesis 41:45Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-Paneah. He gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On as a wife. Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.Genesis 41:46Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.Genesis 41:49Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.Genesis 41:50To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.Genesis 41:51Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”Genesis 41:54The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.Genesis 41:55When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do.”Genesis 41:56The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Joseph opened all the store houses, and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.Genesis 41:57All countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all the earth.Genesis 42:3Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.Genesis 42:4But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.”Genesis 42:6Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph’s brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.Genesis 42:7Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, “Where did you come from?” They said, “From the land of…Genesis 42:8Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn’t recognize him.Genesis 42:9Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land.”Genesis 42:14Joseph said to them, “It is like I told you, saying, ‘You are spies!’

Exodus4 mentions

Exodus 1:5All the souls who came out of Jacob’s body were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt already.Exodus 1:6Joseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation.Exodus 1:8Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn’t know Joseph.Exodus 13:19Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the children of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones away from here with you.”

Numbers11 mentions

Numbers 1:10Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud; of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.Numbers 1:32Of the children of Joseph: of the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and…Numbers 13:11Of the tribe of Joseph, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.Numbers 26:28The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.Numbers 26:37These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were counted of them, thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.Numbers 27:1Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph came near. These are the names…Numbers 32:33Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the…Numbers 34:23Of the children of Joseph: of the tribe of the children of Manasseh a prince, Hanniel the son of Ephod.Numbers 36:1The heads of the fathers’ households of the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near and spoke before…Numbers 36:5Moses commanded the children of Israel according to Yahweh’s word, saying, “The tribe of the sons of Joseph speak what is right.Numbers 36:12They were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph. Their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.

Deuteronomy3 mentions

Deuteronomy 27:12“These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have crossed over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.Deuteronomy 33:13About Joseph he said, “His land is blessed by Yahweh, for the precious things of the heavens, for the dew, for the deep that couches beneath,Deuteronomy 33:16for the precious things of the earth and its fullness, the good will of him who lived in the bush. Let this come on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who was separated…

Joshua11 mentions

Joshua 14:4For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. They gave no portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, with their pasture lands for their livestock…Joshua 16:1The lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel.Joshua 16:4The children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.Joshua 17:1This was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. As for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had…Joshua 17:2So this was for the rest of the children of Manasseh according to their families: for the children of Abiezer, for the children of Helek, for the children of Asriel, for the children of…Joshua 17:14The children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given me just one lot and one part for an inheritance, since we are a numerous people, because Yahweh has blessed us so far?”Joshua 17:16The children of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us. All the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both those who are in Beth Shean and its…Joshua 17:17Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, that is, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, “You are a numerous people, and have great power. You shall not have one lot only;Joshua 18:5They shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall live in his borders on the south, and the house of Joseph shall live in their borders on the north.Joshua 18:11The lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families. The border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.Joshua 24:32They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem…

Judges3 mentions

Judges 1:22The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and Yahweh was with them.Judges 1:23The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city before that was Luz.)Judges 1:35but the Amorites would dwell in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim. Yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became subject to forced labor.

2 Samuel1 mention

2 Samuel 19:20For your servant knows that I have sinned. Therefore behold, I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.”

1 Kings1 mention

1 Kings 11:28The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw that the young man was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.

1 Chronicles4 mentions

1 Chronicles 2:2Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.1 Chronicles 5:1The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the…1 Chronicles 5:2For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and from him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph’s)—1 Chronicles 7:29and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth Shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, and Dor and its towns. The children of Joseph the son of Israel…

Psalms5 mentions

Psalms 77:15You have redeemed your people with your arm, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.Psalms 78:67Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and didn’t choose the tribe of Ephraim,Psalms 80:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm by Asaph. Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine…Psalms 81:5He appointed it in Joseph for a covenant, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn’t know.Psalms 105:17He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.

Ezekiel4 mentions

Ezekiel 37:16“You, son of man, take one stick and write on it, ‘For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions.’ Then take another stick, and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim…Ezekiel 37:19tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions; and I will put them with it, with the…Ezekiel 47:13The Lord Yahweh says: “This shall be the border by which you shall divide the land for inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph shall have two portions.Ezekiel 48:32“At the east side four thousand five hundred reeds, and three gates: even the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.

Amos3 mentions

Amos 5:6Seek Yahweh, and you will live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.Amos 5:15Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”Amos 6:6who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils, but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

Obadiah1 mention

Obadiah 1:18The house of Jacob will be a fire, the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble. They will burn among them and devour them. There will not be any remaining to the house…

Zechariah1 mention

Zechariah 10:6“I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back, for I have mercy on them. They will be as though I had not cast them off, for I am…

John1 mention

John 4:5So he came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

Acts4 mentions

Acts 7:9“The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him Acts 7:13On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family was revealed to Pharaoh.Acts 7:14Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.Acts 7:18until there arose a different king who didn’t know Joseph.

Hebrews2 mentions

Hebrews 11:21By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.Hebrews 11:22By faith Joseph, when his end was near, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.

Revelation1 mention

Revelation 7:8of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, and of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed.

What the dictionary says

Remover or increaser.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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