37 Jacob continued to live in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived, 2 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 ...
Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh: ‘My brothers and my father’s household from the land of Canaan have come to me.King James BibleAnd Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and shew ...
So Joseph and his brothers and their families continued to live in Egypt. Joseph lived to the age of 110.English Standard VersionSo Joseph remained in Egypt, he and his father’s house. Joseph lived 110 years.Berean Standard BibleNow Joseph and his father’s household remained in Egypt, ...
All his brothers who had come with him to bury his father returned with him. After the funeral, Joseph’s brothers talked among themselves: “What if Joseph is carrying a grudge and decides to pay us back for all the wrong we did him?” 16-17 So they sent Joseph a...
The Bible says Joseph spoke roughly, harshly, to his brothers. Why? Remember how they had treated him? Perhaps because he was testing them to see if they had changed in their hearts. Joseph said, From what place did you come, and why are you here?
Remember, it was Joseph's dream about he and his brothers binding sheaves- their sheaves stood up and bowed to his. It was this dream which created a great deal of jealousy towards him. "Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some ...
7 We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.” 8 His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?” And they hated him all th...
The Bible says Joseph spoke roughly, harshly, to his brothers. Why?Remember how they had treated him?Perhaps because he was testing them to see if they had changed in their hearts. Joseph said, "From what place did you come, and why are you here?" They answered, "We’ve come from ...
“And it came to pass at the end of [miketz] two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed a dream: and, behold, he stood by the river.” (Genesis 41:1) In last week’s study, Joseph’s brothers became jealous of Joseph, plotting against him because his father favored him above his other ...
This refers to the early relationships between Joseph and his brothers. Since Hebrew nezer also means “the hair of the head” (Jeremiah 7:29) — the outward characteristic of the Nazarite, who is not permitted to cut his hair — a word play with ro’sh and kodkod is probably inten...