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Genesis 30:24Berean Standard BibleShe named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”Genesis 30:25Berean Standard BibleNow after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.Genesis 33:2Berean Standard BibleHe put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.Genesis 33:7Berean Standard BibleLeah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.Genesis 35:24Berean Standard BibleThe sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.Genesis 37:2Berean Standard BibleThis is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.Genesis 37:3Berean Standard BibleNow 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.Genesis 37:4Berean Standard BibleWhen 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.Genesis 37:5Berean Standard BibleThen Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.Genesis 37:9Berean Standard BibleThen Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”Genesis 37:12Berean Standard BibleSome time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.Genesis 37:13Berean Standard BibleIsrael said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied.Genesis 37:14Berean Standard BibleThen Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,Genesis 37:16Berean Standard Bible“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”Genesis 37:17Berean Standard Bible“They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.Genesis 37:18Berean Standard BibleNow Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.Genesis 37:21Berean Standard BibleWhen Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.Genesis 37:22Berean Standard Bible“Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.Genesis 37:23Berean Standard BibleSo when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—Genesis 37:28Berean Standard BibleSo 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.Genesis 37:29Berean Standard BibleWhen Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,Genesis 37:31Berean Standard BibleThen they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.Genesis 37:33Berean Standard BibleHis father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”Genesis 37:36Berean Standard BibleMeanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.Genesis 39:1Berean Standard BibleMeanwhile, 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.Genesis 39:2Berean Standard BibleAnd the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.Genesis 39:4Berean Standard BibleJoseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.Genesis 39:5Berean Standard BibleFrom the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.Genesis 39:6Berean Standard BibleSo 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,Genesis 39:7Berean Standard Bibleand after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”Genesis 39:10Berean Standard BibleAlthough Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.Genesis 39:11Berean Standard BibleOne day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.Genesis 39:12Berean Standard BibleShe grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.Genesis 39:16Berean Standard BibleSo Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.Genesis 39:20Berean Standard BibleSo Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,Genesis 39:22Berean Standard BibleAnd the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.Genesis 39:23Berean Standard BibleThe warden did not concern himself with anything under Joseph’s care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.Genesis 40:3Berean Standard Bibleand imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.Genesis 40:4Berean Standard BibleThe captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,Genesis 40:6Berean Standard BibleWhen Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught.Genesis 40:8Berean Standard Bible“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”Genesis 40:9Berean Standard BibleSo the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream: “In my dream there was a vine before me,Genesis 40:12Berean Standard BibleJoseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.Genesis 40:16Berean Standard BibleWhen the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.Genesis 40:18Berean Standard BibleJoseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.Genesis 40:22Berean Standard BibleBut Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.Genesis 40:23Berean Standard BibleThe chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.Genesis 41:14Berean Standard BibleSo Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.Genesis 41:15Berean Standard BiblePharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”Genesis 41:16Berean Standard Bible“I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”Genesis 41:17Berean Standard BibleThen Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,Genesis 41:25Berean Standard BibleAt this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do.Genesis 41:39Berean Standard BibleThen Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.Genesis 41:41Berean Standard BiblePharaoh also told Joseph, “I hereby place you over all the land of Egypt.”Genesis 41:42Berean Standard BibleThen Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.Genesis 41:43Berean Standard BibleHe had Joseph ride in his second chariot, with men calling out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.Genesis 41:44Berean Standard BibleAnd Pharaoh declared to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your permission, no one in all the land of Egypt shall lift his hand or foot.”Genesis 41:45Berean Standard BiblePharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.Genesis 41:46Berean Standard BibleNow Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.Genesis 41:48Berean Standard BibleDuring those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.Genesis 41:49Berean Standard BibleSo Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.Genesis 41:50Berean Standard BibleBefore the years of famine arrived, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.Genesis 41:51Berean Standard BibleJoseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”Genesis 41:54Berean Standard Biblethe seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.Genesis 41:55Berean Standard BibleWhen extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”Genesis 41:56Berean Standard BibleWhen the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.Genesis 41:57Berean Standard BibleAnd every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.Genesis 42:3Berean Standard BibleSo ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.Genesis 42:4Berean Standard BibleBut Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”Genesis 42:6Berean Standard BibleNow Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.Genesis 42:7Berean Standard BibleAnd when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”Genesis 42:8Berean Standard BibleAlthough Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.Genesis 42:9Berean Standard BibleJoseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”Genesis 42:14Berean Standard BibleThen Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!Genesis 42:17Berean Standard BibleSo Joseph imprisoned them for three days,Genesis 42:23Berean Standard BibleThey did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.Genesis 42:25Berean Standard BibleThen Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s silver to his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out,Genesis 42:36Berean Standard BibleTheir father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”Genesis 43:15Berean Standard BibleSo the men took these gifts, along with double the amount of silver, and Benjamin as well. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.Genesis 43:16Berean Standard BibleWhen Joseph saw Benjamin with his brothers, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for they shall dine with me at noon.”Genesis 43:17Berean Standard BibleThe man did as Joseph had commanded and took the brothers to Joseph’s house.Genesis 43:18Berean Standard BibleBut the brothers were frightened that they had been taken to Joseph’s house. “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time,” they said. “They intend to overpower us and take us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”Genesis 43:19Berean Standard BibleSo they approached Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.Genesis 43:24Berean Standard BibleAnd the steward took the men into Joseph’s house, gave them water to wash their feet, and provided food for their donkeys.Genesis 43:25Berean Standard BibleSince the brothers had been told that they were going to eat a meal there, they prepared their gift for Joseph’s arrival at noon.Genesis 43:26Berean Standard BibleWhen Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.Genesis 43:29Berean Standard BibleWhen Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”Genesis 43:30Berean Standard BibleJoseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.Genesis 43:32Berean Standard BibleThey separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, since that was detestable to them.Genesis 43:33Berean Standard BibleThey were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.Genesis 43:34Berean Standard BibleWhen the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank freely with Joseph.Genesis 44:1Berean Standard BibleThen Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack.Genesis 44:2Berean Standard BiblePut my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” So the steward did as Joseph had instructed.Genesis 44:4Berean Standard BibleThey had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?Genesis 44:14Berean Standard BibleWhen Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.Genesis 44:15Berean Standard Bible“What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”Genesis 44:17Berean Standard BibleBut Joseph replied, “Far be it from me to do this. The man who was found with the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may return to your father in peace.”Genesis 44:18Berean Standard BibleThen Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.Genesis 45:1Berean Standard BibleThen Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.Genesis 45:3Berean Standard BibleJoseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.