Joseph

How Nave’s arranged it

• 1. Son of JacobGenesis 30:24
• Personal appearance ofGenesis 39:6
• His father's favorite childGenesis 33:2Genesis 37:3Genesis 37:4Genesis 37:35Genesis 48:221 Chronicles 5:2John 4:5
• His father's partiality for, excites the jealousy of his brethrenGenesis 37:4Genesis 37:11Genesis 37:18–28Psalms 105:17Acts 7:9
• His prophetic dreams of his fortunes in EgyptGenesis 37:5–11
• Sold as a slave into EgyptGenesis 37:27Genesis 37:28
• Is falsely reported to his father as killed by wild beastsGenesis 37:29–35
• Is bought by Potiphar, an officer (LXX has "eunuch") of PharaohGenesis 37:36
• Is prospered of GodGenesis 39:2–5Genesis 39:21Genesis 39:23
• Is falsely accused, and thrown into prison; is delivered by the friendship of another prisonerGenesis 39Genesis 40Psalms 105:18
• Is an interpreter of dreams
• Of the two prisonersGenesis 40:5–23

The passages, in Bible order (97)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 30:24

   She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 30:241 voice

   “She called his name Joseph - יוסף Yoseph, adding, or he who adds; thereby prophetically declaring that God would add unto her another son, which was accomplished in the birth of Benjamin, Gen 35:18.

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2. Genesis 33:2

   He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 33:22 voices

   “(Chapter 33, verses 1 and 2.) And he divided the children over Leah and over Rachel, and over the two maidservants, and he placed the maidservants and their firstborn sons: but Leah and her youngest sons, and Rachel and Joseph the youngest. And he himself went before them. No, as most people think, he did not make three groups, but two.

   “He put the handmaids and their children foremost - There is something so artificial in this arrangement of Jacob’s family, that it must have had some peculiar design. Was Jacob still apprehensive of danger, and put those foremost whom he least esteemed, that if the foremost met with any evil, those who were behind might escape on their swift beasts?

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3. Genesis 37:3

   Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 37:32 voices

   “But it was not surprising that the boy should be a great favorite with his aged father, for so it is wont to happen: and no just ground is here given for envy; seeing that sons of a more robust age, by the dictate of nature, might well concede such a point.

   “And so we are taught the proper nature of parental love and filial gratitude. It is pleasant to love one's children and very pleasant to love them exceedingly, but often even parental love does harm to the children unless it is practiced with restraint; for it may give the beloved child free rein out of excessive indulgence or, by preference shown to one child, may alienate the others from the spirit of brotherly love. That son gains more who gains the love of his brothers.

   Everything gathered on Genesis 37:3→

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4. Genesis 37:4

   When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 37:42 voices

   “And Joseph was loved by his father a great deal. And he gave him a multicolored garment as an excellent gift and a proof of the love with which he accompanied him. And this was an incentive to envy for his brothers and a cause of hatred, as the following events will demonstrate. In fact, the Pharisees were inflamed with anger against the beloved, that is, Christ, because he had been clothed by God the Father with a multiform glory.

   “And could not speak peaceably unto him - Does not this imply, in our use of the term, that they were continually quarrelling with him? but this is no meaning of the original: ולא יכלו דברו לשלם velo yachelu dabbero leshalom, they could not speak peace to him, i. e., they would not accost him in a friendly manner. They would not even wish him well. The eastern method of salutation is, Peace be to thee! שלום לך shalom lecha, among the Hebrews, and salam, peace, or salam kebibi, peace to thee my friend, among the Arabs.

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5. Genesis 37:5–11

   Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 37:5–111 voice

   “But this dream was evidently symbolical. The meaning was easily discerned, and, from its being repeated under different emblems, the fulfilment was considered certain (compare Ge 41:32), whence it was that "his brethren envied him, but his father observed the saying" [Ge 37:11].

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6. Genesis 37:11

   And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.

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7. Genesis 37:18–28

   Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 37:18–281 voice

   “And when they saw him afar off they conspired against him - It was not in a heat, or upon a sudden provocation, that they thought to slay him, but from malice propense, and in cold blood.

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8. Genesis 37:27

   Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 37:271 voice

   “What profit is it if we slay our brother?--The sight of these travelling merchants gave a sudden turn to the views of the conspirators; for having no wish to commit a greater degree of crime than was necessary for the accomplishment of their end, they readily approved of Judah's suggestion to dispose of their obnoxious brother as a slave.

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9. Genesis 37:28

   So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 37:282 voices

   “(Verse 28) And the Ishmaelites sold Joseph for twenty silver coins. In Hebrew, silver coins are used instead of gold coins. For the Lord should not be sold for a lesser metal than Joseph.

   “For twenty pieces of silver - In the Anglo-Saxon it is thirty pence. This, I think, is the first instance on record of selling a man for a slave; but the practice certainly did not commence now, it had doubtless been in use long before. Instead of pieces, which our translators supply, the Persian has miskal, which was probably intended to signify a shekel; and if shekels be intended, taking them at three shillings each, Joseph was sold for about three pounds sterling.

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10. Genesis 37:29–35

    When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,

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11. Genesis 37:35

    All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

    ›Commentary on Genesis 37:352 voices

    “He refused to be comforted - He resolved to go down to the grave mourning; Great affection to any creature doth but prepare for so much the greater affliction, when it is either removed from us, or embittered to us: inordinate love commonly ends in immoderate grief.

    “All his sons and all his daughters - He had only one daughter, Dinah; but his sons’ wives may be here included. But what hypocrisy in his sons to attempt to comfort him concerning the death of a son who they knew was alive; and what cruelty to put their aged father to such torture, when, properly speaking, there was no ground for it!

    Everything gathered on Genesis 37:35→

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12. Genesis 37:36

    Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

    ›Commentary on Genesis 37:362 voices

    “(Verse 36.) Now the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an eunuch of Pharaoh and the chief of the royal executioners. In many places the Scriptures mention the chief of the executioners as the chief of the cooks, for μαγειρεύειν in Greek means to cook. Therefore, Joseph was sold to the chief of the army and the warriors, not to Potiphar, as it is written in Latin, but to Potiphar the eunuch. The question arises, how he is later said to have a wife.

    “Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s - The word סריס saris, translated officer, signifies a eunuch; and lest any person should imagine that because this Potiphar had a wife, therefore it is absurd to suppose him to have been a eunuch, let such persons know that it is not uncommon in the east for eunuchs to have wives, nay, some of them have even a harem or seraglio where they keep many women, though it does not appear that they have any progeny; and probably discontent on this ground might have contributed as much to the unfaithfulness of Potiphar’s wife, as that less principled motive through which it is commonly believed she acted.

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13. Genesis 39:1

    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.

    ›Commentary on Genesis 39:12 voices

    “- Joseph in Potiphar’s House According to our reckoning, Perez and Zerah were born when Judah was in his twenty-eighth year, and therefore, Joseph in his twenty-fourth. Here, then, we go back seven years to resume the story of Joseph.

    “The Jews have a proverb, "If the world did not know the worth of good men, they would hedge them about with pearls." He was sold to an officer of Pharaoh, with whom he might get acquainted with public persons and public business, and so be fitted for the preferment for which he was designed.

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14. Genesis 39:2–5

    And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.

    ›Commentary on Genesis 39:2–52 voices

    “SCRIPTURE frequently sums up a man's life in a single sentence. Here is the biography of Joseph sketched by Inspiration—"God was with him," so Stephen testified in his famous speech recorded in Acts 7:9. Here is the life story of Abraham—"Abraham believed God." Of Moses, we read, "The man Moses was very meek." Take a New Testament life, such as that of John the Baptist, and you have it in a line—"John did no miracles, but all things that he spoke concerning Jesus were true." The mere name of John—"that disciple whom Jesus loved"—would serve for an epitaph of him.

    “Lowly servants have grounds on which they may glory; Joseph also was a servant. Those who have passed from freedom into slavery through some exigency have a source of consolation. They have something to imitate, so that they may learn that their status can change but not their character; that among household servants there is liberty; and that in servitude there is constancy. Masters have something to hope for through good and humble servants. Abraham found a wife for his son through a servant of his household.

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15. Genesis 39:6

    So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,

    ›Commentary on Genesis 39:61 voice

    “Joseph was a goodly person, and well favored - יפה תאר ויפה מראה yepkeh thoar, vipheh mareh, beautiful in his person, and beautiful in his countenance. The same expressions are used relative to Rachel; see them explained Gen 29:17 (note). The beauty of Joseph is celebrated over all the East, and the Persian poets vie with each other in descriptions of his comeliness. Mohammed spends the twelfth chapter of the Koran entirely on Joseph, and represents him as a perfect beauty, and the most accomplished of mortals.

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16. Genesis 39:7–12

    and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

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