Bible Cross References
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Genesis 35:24
The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
Genesis 37:2
and this is the story of Jacob's family. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, took care of the sheep and goats with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's concubines. He brought bad reports to his father about what his brothers were doing.
Genesis 37:4
When his brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than he loved them, they hated their brother so much that they would not speak to him in a friendly manner.
Genesis 39:1-23
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Now the Ishmaelites had taken Joseph to Egypt and sold him to Potiphar, one of the king's officers, who was the captain of the palace guard.
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The LORD was with Joseph and made him successful. He lived in the house of his Egyptian master,
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who saw that the LORD was with Joseph and had made him successful in everything he did.
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Potiphar was pleased with him and made him his personal servant; so he put him in charge of his house and everything he owned.
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From then on, because of Joseph the LORD blessed the household of the Egyptian and everything that he had in his house and in his fields.
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Potiphar turned over everything he had to the care of Joseph and did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Joseph was well-built and good-looking,
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and after a while his master's wife began to desire Joseph and asked him to go to bed with her.
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He refused and said to her, "Look, my master does not have to concern himself with anything in the house, because I am here. He has put me in charge of everything he has.
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I have as much authority in this house as he has, and he has not kept back anything from me except you. How then could I do such an immoral thing and sin against God?"
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Although she asked Joseph day after day, he would not go to bed with her.
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But one day when Joseph went into the house to do his work, none of the house servants was there.
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She caught him by his robe and said, "Come to bed with me." But he escaped and ran outside, leaving his robe in her hand.
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When she saw that he had left his robe and had run out of the house,
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she called to her house servants and said, "Look at this! This Hebrew that my husband brought to the house is insulting us. He came into my room and tried to rape me, but I screamed as loud as I could.
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When he heard me scream, he ran outside, leaving his robe beside me."
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She kept his robe with her until Joseph's master came home.
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Then she told him the same story: "That Hebrew slave that you brought here came into my room and insulted me.
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But when I screamed, he ran outside, leaving his robe beside me."
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Joseph's master was furious
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and had Joseph arrested and put in the prison where the king's prisoners were kept, and there he stayed.
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But the LORD was with Joseph and blessed him, so that the jailer was pleased with him.
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He put Joseph in charge of all the other prisoners and made him responsible for everything that was done in the prison.
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The jailer did not have to look after anything for which Joseph was responsible, because the LORD was with Joseph and made him succeed in everything he did.
Genesis 42:6
Joseph, as governor of the land of Egypt, was selling grain to people from all over the world. So Joseph's brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
Genesis 48:1-22
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Some time later Joseph was told that his father was ill. So he took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, and went to see Jacob.
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When Jacob was told that his son Joseph had come to see him, he gathered his strength and sat up in bed.
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Jacob said to Joseph, "Almighty God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.
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He said to me, 'I will give you many children, so that your descendants will become many nations; I will give this land to your descendants as their possession forever.' "
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Jacob continued, "Joseph, your two sons, who were born to you in Egypt before I came here, belong to me; Ephraim and Manasseh are just as much my sons as Reuben and Simeon.
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If you have any more sons, they will not be considered mine; the inheritance they get will come through Ephraim and Manasseh.
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I am doing this because of your mother Rachel. To my great sorrow she died in the land of Canaan, not far from Ephrath, as I was returning from Mesopotamia. I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath." (Ephrath is now known as Bethlehem.)
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When Jacob saw Joseph's sons, he asked, "Who are these boys?"
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Joseph answered, "These are my sons, whom God has given me here in Egypt." Jacob said, "Bring them to me so that I may bless them."
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Jacob's eyesight was failing because of his age, and he could not see very well. Joseph brought the boys to him, and he hugged them and kissed them.
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Jacob said to Joseph, "I never expected to see you again, and now God has even let me see your children."
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Then Joseph took them from Jacob's lap and bowed down before him with his face to the ground.
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Joseph put Ephraim at Jacob's left and Manasseh at his right.
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But Jacob crossed his hands, and put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, even though he was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, who was the older.
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Then he blessed Joseph: "May God, whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac served, bless these boys! May God, who has led me to this very day, bless them!
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May the angel, who has rescued me from all harm, bless them! May my name and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac live on through these boys! May they have many children, many descendants!"
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Joseph was upset when he saw that his father had put his right hand on Ephraim's head; so he took his father's hand to move it from Ephraim's head to the head of Manasseh.
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He said to his father, "Not that way, father. This is the older boy; put your right hand on his head."
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His father refused, saying, "I know, son, I know. Manasseh's descendants will also become a great people. But his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become great nations."
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So he blessed them that day, saying, "The Israelites will use your names when they pronounce blessings. They will say, 'May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.' " In this way Jacob put Ephraim before Manasseh.
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Then Jacob said to Joseph, "As you see, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will take you back to the land of your ancestors.
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It is to you and not to your brothers that I am giving Shechem, that fertile region which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow."
Genesis 49:22-26
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"Joseph is like a wild donkey by a spring, A wild colt on a hillside.
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His enemies attack him fiercely And pursue him with their bows and arrows.
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But his bow remains steady, And his arms are made strong By the power of the Mighty God of Jacob, By the Shepherd, the Protector of Israel.
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It is your father's God who helps you, The Almighty God who blesses you With blessings of rain from above And of deep waters from beneath the ground, Blessings of many cattle and children,
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Blessings of grain and flowers, Blessings of ancient mountains, Delightful things from everlasting hills. May these blessings rest on the head of Joseph, On the brow of the one set apart from his brothers.
Deuteronomy 33:13-17
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About the tribe of Joseph he said: "May the LORD bless their land with rain And with water from under the earth.
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May their land be blessed with sun-ripened fruit, Rich with the best fruits of each season.
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May their ancient hills be covered with choice fruit.
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May their land be filled with all that is good, Blessed by the goodness of the LORD, Who spoke from the burning bush. May these blessings come to the tribe of Joseph, Because he was the leader among his brothers.
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Joseph has the strength of a bull, The horns of a wild ox. His horns are Manasseh's thousands And Ephraim's ten thousands. With them he gores the nations And pushes them to the ends of the earth."
Ezekiel 37:16
"Mortal man," he said, "take a wooden stick and write on it the words, 'The kingdom of Judah.' Then take another stick and write on it the words, 'The kingdom of Israel.'
Acts 7:9-15
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"Jacob's sons became jealous of their brother Joseph and sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him
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and brought him safely through all his troubles. When Joseph appeared before the king of Egypt, God gave him a pleasing manner and wisdom, and the king made Joseph governor over the country and the royal household.
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Then there was a famine all over Egypt and Canaan, which caused much suffering. Our ancestors could not find any food,
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and when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent his sons, our ancestors, on their first visit there.
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On the second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and the king of Egypt came to know about Joseph's family.
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So Joseph sent a message to his father Jacob, telling him and the whole family, seventy-five people in all, to come to Egypt.
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Then Jacob went to Egypt, where he and his sons died.
Hebrews 11:21
It was faith that made Jacob bless each of the sons of Joseph just before he died. He leaned on the top of his walking stick and worshiped God.
Hebrews 11:22
It was faith that made Joseph, when he was about to die, speak of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt, and leave instructions about what should be done with his body.
Revelation 7:8
Joseph
Genesis 35:17
When her labor pains were at their worst, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid, Rachel; it's another boy."
Genesis 35:18
But she was dying, and as she breathed her last, she named her son Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.