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
The station of the camp of Ephraim [shall be] westward with their forces, and the head of the children of Ephraim [shall be] Elishama the son of Ammihud.
Numbers 2:19
His forces that were numbered are forty thousand five hundred.
Numbers 26:35-37
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And these [are] the children of Ephraim: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites; of Tanach, the family of the Tanachites.
36
These [are] the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
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These [are] the families of Ephraim according to their numbering: thirty-two thousand five hundred. These [are] the families of the children of Joseph according to their families.
Genesis 30:24
And she called his name Joseph, saying, Let God add to me another son.
Genesis 37:1-36
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[ 36:44] And Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned, in the land of Canaan.
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[ 37:1] And these are the generations of Jacob. And Joseph was seventeen years old, feeding the sheep of his father with his brothers, being young; with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, the wives of his father; and Joseph brought a bad report of them to Israel their father.
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And Jacob loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was to him the son of his old age; and he made for him a coat of many colors.
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And his brothers, seeing that his father loved him more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak anything peaceable to him.
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And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told it to his brothers.
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And he said to them, Hear this dream which I have dreamed.
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I thought you were binding sheaves in the middle of the field, and my sheaf stood up and was erected, and your sheaves turned round, and bowed down to my sheaf.
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And his brothers said to him, Shall you indeed reign over us, or shall you indeed be lord over us? And they hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words.
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And he dreamed another dream, and told it to his father, and to his brothers, and said, Behold, I have dreamed another dream: and this time, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars bowed down to me.
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And his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream which you have dreamed? Shall indeed both I and your mother and your brothers come and bow before you to the earth?
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And his brothers envied him; but his father observed the saying.
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And his brothers went to feed the sheep of their father in Shechem.
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And Israel said to Joseph, Do not your brothers feed their flock in Shechem? Come, I will send you to them; and he said to him, Behold, I [am here].
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And Israel said to him, Go and see if your brothers and the sheep are well, and bring me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
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And a man found him wandering in the field; and the man asked him, saying, What are you seeking?
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And he said, I am seeking my brothers; tell me where they feed [their flocks].
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And the man said to him, They have departed from here, for I heard them saying, Let us go to Dothan; and Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.
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And they spied him from a distance before he came near them, and they wickedly took counsel to kill him.
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And each said to his brother, Look, here comes that dreamer!
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Now then come, let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits; and we will say, An evil wild beast has devoured him; and we shall see what his dreams will be.
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And Reuben, having heard it, rescued him out of their hands, and said, Let us not kill him.
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And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood; cast him into one of these pits in the wilderness, but do not lay [your] hand upon him; that he might rescue him out of their hands, and restore him to his father.
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And it came to pass, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his many-colored coat that was upon him.
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And they took him and cast him into the pit; and the pit was empty, it had not water.
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And they sat down to eat bread; and having lifted up their eyes they beheld, and lo, Ishmaelite travelers came from Gilead, and their camels were heavily loaded with spices, and resin, and myrrh; and they went to bring them to Egypt.
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And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
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Come, let us sell him to these Ishmaelites, but let not our hands be upon him, because he is our brother and our flesh; and his brothers listened.
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And the men, the merchants of Midian, went by, and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of gold; and they brought Joseph down into Egypt.
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And Reuben returned to the pit, and did not see Joseph in the pit; and he tore his clothes.
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And he returned to his brothers and said, The boy is no [more]; and I, where shall I go?
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And having taken the coat of Joseph, they killed a kid of the goats, and stained the coat with the blood.
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And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, We have found this: Do you know if it is your son's coat or not?
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[ 37:32] And he recognized it, and said, It is my son's coat, an evil wild beast has devoured him; a wild beast has carried off Joseph.
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[ 37:33] And Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
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[ 37:34] And all his sons and his daughters gathered themselves together, and came to comfort him; but he would not be comforted, saying, I will go down to my son mourning to Hades; and his father wept for him.
36
[ 37:35] And the Midianites sold Joseph into Egypt; to Potiphar, Pharaoh's eunuch, the captain of the guard.
Genesis 39:1-23
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And Joseph was brought down to Egypt. And Potiphar, Pharaoh's eunuch, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hands of the Ishmaelites, who brought him down there.
2
And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house with his master the Egyptian.
3
And his master knew that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord prospered in his hands all that he did.
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And Joseph found grace in the presence of his master, and was well-pleasing to him; and he set him over his house; and all that he had, he gave into the hand of Joseph.
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And it came to pass after that he was set over his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the house of the Egyptian for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the Lord was on all his possessions in the house, and in his field.
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And he committed all that he had into the hands of Joseph; and he knew not of anything that belonged to him, except the bread which he himself ate. And Joseph was handsome in form, and exceedingly beautiful in countenance.
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And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and said, Lie with me.
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But he would not; but said to his master's wife, If because of me my master knows nothing in his house, and has given into my hands all things that belong to him;
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and in this house there is nothing above me, nor has anything been kept back from me, but you, because you are his wife- how then shall I do this wicked thing, and sin against God?
10
So it was, as she talked with Joseph day by day, that he did not heed her, to sleep with her, or to be with her.
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But it came to pass on a certain day, that Joseph went into the house to do his business, and there was no one of the household inside.
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And she caught hold of him by his clothes, and said, Lie with me. And having left his clothes in her hands, he fled, and ran outside.
13
And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his clothes in her hands and fled, and ran outside,
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that she called those that were of her house, and spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in to us a Hebrew servant to mock us- he came in to me, saying, Lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.
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And when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, having left his clothes with me, he fled, and went outside.
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So she left his clothes by her, until his master came home.
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And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom you brought in to us, came in to me to mock me, and said to me, I will lie with you.
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And when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, having left his clothes with me, he fled outside.
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And it came to pass, when his master heard all the words of his wife, that she spoke to him, saying, Thus did your servant to me, that he was very angry.
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And his master took Joseph, and cast him into the prison, into the place where the king's prisoners are kept, there in the prison.
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And the Lord was with Joseph, and poured down mercy upon him; and He gave him favor in the sight of the chief keeper of the prison.
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And the chief keeper of the prison gave the prison into the hand of Joseph, and all the prisoners, as many as were in the prison; and all things whatsoever they do there, he did them.
23
Because of him the chief keeper of the prison knew nothing, for all things were in the hands of Joseph, because the Lord was with him; and whatever things he did, the Lord made them to prosper in his hands.
Genesis 46:20
And there were sons born to Joseph in the land of Egypt, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of Heliopolis, bore to him, even Manasseh and Ephraim. And there were sons born to Manasseh, which the Syrian concubine bore to him, [even] Machir. And Machir begot Gilead. And the sons of Ephraim, the brother of Manasseh [were] Sutalaam, and Taam. And the son of Sutalaam [was] Edom.
Genesis 48:1-22
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And it came to pass after these things, that it was reported to Joseph, Behold, your father is ill. And having taken his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, he came to Jacob.
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And it was reported to Jacob, saying, Behold, your son Joseph comes to you. And Israel, having strengthened himself, sat up upon the bed.
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And Jacob said to Joseph, My God appeared to me in Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
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and said to me, Behold, I will increase you, and multiply you, and will make of you a multitude of nations; and I will give this land to you, and to your seed after you, for an everlasting possession.
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Now then your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born to you in the land of Egypt, before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon they shall be mine.
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And the children which you shall beget hereafter, shall be in the name of their brethren; they shall be named after their inheritances.
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And as for me, when I came out of Mesopotamia of Syria, Rachel, your mother, died in the land of Canaan, as I drew near to the horse course of Cabratha of the land [of Canaan], so as to come to Ephratha; and I buried her in the road of the course; which is Bethlehem.
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And when Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he said, Who are these to you?
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And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God gave me here. And Jacob said, Bring them to me, that I may bless them.
10
Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, and he could not see; and he brought them near to him, and he kissed them, and embraced them.
11
And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I have not been deprived of [seeing] your face, and lo! God has shown me your seed also.
12
And Joseph brought them out from [between] his knees, and they bowed down to him, with their face to the ground.
13
And Joseph took his two sons, both Ephraim in his right hand, but on the left of Israel, and Manasseh on his left hand, but on the right of Israel, and brought them near to him.
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But Israel, having stretched out his right hand, laid it on the head of Ephraim, and he was the younger; and his left hand on the head of Manasseh [guiding] his hands crosswise.
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And he blessed them and said, The God in whose sight my fathers were well pleasing, [even] Abraham and Isaac, the God who continues to feed me from my youth until this day;
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the angel who delivers me from all evils, bless these boys, and my name shall be called upon them, and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac; and let them be increased to a great multitude on the earth.
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And Joseph, having seen that his father put his right hand on the head of Ephraim- it seemed grievous to him; and Joseph took hold of the hand of his father, to remove it from the head of Ephraim to the head of Manasseh.
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And Joseph said to his father, Not so, father; for this is the firstborn; lay your right hand upon his head.
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And he would not, but said, I know it, son, I know it; he also shall be a people, and he shall be exalted, but his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
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And he blessed them in that day, saying, In you shall Israel be blessed, saying, God make you as Ephraim and Manasseh; and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
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And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die; and God shall be with you, and restore you to the land of your fathers.
22
And I give to you Sicima, a select portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorites with my sword and bow.
Genesis 49:22-26
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Joseph is a son increased; my dearly loved son is increased; my youngest son, turn to me.
23
Against whom men taking evil counsel reproached [him], and the archers pressed hard upon him.
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But their bow and arrows were mightily consumed, and the sinews of their arms were slackened by the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob; this is he that strengthened Israel from the God of your father;
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and my God helped you, and He blessed you with the blessing of heaven from above, and the blessing of the earth possessing all things, because of the blessing of the breasts and of the womb,
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the blessings of your father and your mother- it has prevailed above the blessing of the lasting mountains, and beyond the blessings of the everlasting hills; they shall be upon the head of Joseph, and upon the head of the brothers of whom he took the lead.
Deuteronomy 33:17
His beauty [is as] the firstborn bull, his horns [are] the horns of a unicorn; with them he shall thrust the nations at once, even from the end of the earth: these [are] the ten thousands of Ephraim, and these [are] the thousands of Manasseh.