What Does the Bible Say About Joseph?

“And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son. Joseph: that is, Adding”

“And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.”

“Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. colours: or, pieces”

“And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.”

“And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.”

“And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.”

“And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.”

“Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content. were: Heb. hearkened”

“Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen ; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.”

“And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.”

“And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.”

“And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard. officer: Heb. eunuch: but the word doth signify not only eunuchs, but also chamberlains, courtiers, and officers captain: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the slaughter men, or executioners”

“And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.”

“And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.”

“And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.”

“But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison . shewed: Heb. extended kindness unto him”

“The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper.”

“And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison .”

“And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? look: Heb. are your faces evil?”

“And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.”

“And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.”

“And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.”

“And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”

“Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.”

“And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.”

“And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?”

“And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:”

“And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt. Zaphnathpaaneah: which in the Coptic signifies, A revealer of secrets, or, The man to whom secrets are revealed priest: or, prince”

“And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.”

“And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him. priest: or, prince”

“And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. Manasseh: that is, Forgetting”

“And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. Ephraim: that is, Fruitful”

“And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.”

“Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.”

“Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. nor: Heb. neither let there be anger in your eyes”

“And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. to preserve: Heb. to put for you a remnant”

“And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him. priest: or, prince”

“Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.”

“And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.”

“Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands. priests: or, princes”

“And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's. priests: or, princes”

“Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”

“And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.”

“And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.”

“And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,”

“And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.”

“And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.”

“And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.”

“Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.”

“The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.”

“And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,”

“And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. pieces: or, lambs”

“Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.”

“Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;”

“He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:”

“Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: he: Heb. his soul came into iron”

“Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.”

“Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.”

“The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.”

“Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.”

“Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.”

“And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.”

“And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.”

“But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,”

“Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?”

“When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:”

“He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.”

“And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,”

“And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.”

“Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. offended: scandalized in, or, by him”

“And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,”

“Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.”

“And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.”

“And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.”

“And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.”

“And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.”

“To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.”

“And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. taxed: or, enrolled”

“And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)”

“And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.”

“And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;”

“And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.”

“And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.”

“And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,”

“Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph,”

“Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda,”

“Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,”

“And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just:”

“(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.”

“This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.”

“And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.”

“And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.”

“And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.”

“And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.”

“Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.”

“And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.”

“And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.”

“Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.”

“Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.”

“There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.”