Bible Cross References
Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Numbers 2:18
On the west, those under the banner of the division of Ephraim shall camp in their groups, under their leaders, as follows: (Tribe: Leader: Number); Ephraim: Elishama son of Ammihud: 40,500; Manasseh: Gamaliel son of Pedahzur: 32,200; Benjamin: Abidan son of Gideoni: 35,400; Total: 108,100. The division of Ephraim shall march third.
Numbers 2:19
Numbers 26:35-37
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The tribe of Ephraim: the clans of Shuthelah, Becher, and Tahan.
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The clan of Eran traced its descent from Shuthelah.
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These clans numbered 32,500 men. These are the clans descended from Joseph.
Genesis 30:24
May the LORD give me another son"; so she named him Joseph.
Genesis 37:1-36
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Jacob continued to live in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived,
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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.
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Jacob loved Joseph more than all his other sons, because he had been born to him when he was old. He made a long robe with full sleeves for him.
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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.
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One time Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.
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He said, "Listen to the dream I had.
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We were all in the field tying up sheaves of wheat, when my sheaf got up and stood up straight. Yours formed a circle around mine and bowed down to it."
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"Do you think you are going to be a king and rule over us?" his brothers asked. So they hated him even more because of his dreams and because of what he said about them.
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Then Joseph had another dream and told his brothers, "I had another dream, in which I saw the sun, the moon, and eleven stars bowing down to me."
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He also told the dream to his father, and his father scolded him: "What kind of a dream is that? Do you think that your mother, your brothers, and I are going to come and bow down to you?"
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Joseph's brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept thinking about the whole matter.
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One day when Joseph's brothers had gone to Shechem to take care of their father's flock,
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Jacob said to Joseph, "I want you to go to Shechem, where your brothers are taking care of the flock." Joseph answered, "I am ready."
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His father told him, "Go and see if your brothers are safe and if the flock is all right; then come back and tell me." So his father sent him on his way from Hebron Valley. Joseph arrived at Shechem
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and was wandering around in the country when a man saw him and asked him, "What are you looking for?"
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"I am looking for my brothers, who are taking care of their flock," he answered. "Can you tell me where they are?"
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The man said, "They have already left. I heard them say that they were going to Dothan." So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
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They saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted against him and decided to kill him.
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They said to one another, "Here comes that dreamer.
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Come on now, let's kill him and throw his body into one of the dry wells. We can say that a wild animal killed him. Then we will see what becomes of his dreams."
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Reuben heard them and tried to save Joseph. "Let's not kill him," he said.
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"Just throw him into this well in the wilderness, but don't hurt him." He said this, planning to save him from them and send him back to his father.
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When Joseph came up to his brothers, they ripped off his long robe with full sleeves.
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Then they took him and threw him into the well, which was dry.
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While they were eating, they suddenly saw a group of Ishmaelites traveling from Gilead to Egypt. Their camels were loaded with spices and resins.
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Judah said to his brothers, "What will we gain by killing our brother and covering up the murder?
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Let's sell him to these Ishmaelites. Then we won't have to hurt him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood." His brothers agreed,
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and when some Midianite traders came by, the brothers pulled Joseph out of the well and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
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When Reuben came back to the well and found that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes in sorrow.
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He returned to his brothers and said, "The boy is not there! What am I going to do?"
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Then they killed a goat and dipped Joseph's robe in its blood.
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They took the robe to their father and said, "We found this. Does it belong to your son?"
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He recognized it and said, "Yes, it is his! Some wild animal has killed him. My son Joseph has been torn to pieces!"
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Jacob tore his clothes in sorrow and put on sackcloth. He mourned for his son a long time.
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All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, "I will go down to the world of the dead still mourning for my son." So he continued to mourn for his son Joseph.
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Meanwhile, in Egypt the Midianites had sold Joseph to Potiphar, one of the king's officers, who was the captain of the palace guard.
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 46:20
In Egypt Joseph had two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, by Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, a priest in Heliopolis.
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 33:17
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."