So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.

When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he asked, “Who are these?”

So Joseph moved them from Israel’s knees ¹  and bowed down with his face to the ground.

and in time ¹  Joseph ²  and his brothers and all that generation died.

from the tribe ¹  of Joseph, namely, the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi son of Susi;

Though Judah was the strongest among his brothers and a leader descended from him, ¹  the right of the firstborn belonged to Joseph.)

You delivered ¹  your people by your strength ²  – the children of Jacob and Joseph. (Selah)

He rejected the tent of Joseph; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.

So when the Midianite ¹  merchants passed by, Joseph’s brothers pulled ²  him ³  out of the cistern and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites ⁴  then took Joseph to Egypt.

She named him Joseph, ¹  saying, “May the Lord give me yet another son.”

Then Leah came forward with her children and they bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came forward and bowed down.

Joseph ¹  had a dream, ²  and when he told his brothers about it, ³  they hated him even more. ⁴ 

Later Reuben returned to the cistern to find that Joseph was not in it! ¹  He tore his clothes,

So they took Joseph’s tunic, killed a young goat, ¹  and dipped the tunic in the blood.

He recognized it and exclaimed, “It is my son’s tunic! A wild animal has eaten him! ¹  Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

The Lord was with Joseph. He was successful ¹  and lived ²  in the household of his Egyptian master.

The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be their attendant, and he served them. ¹  They spent some time in custody. ² 

So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph: ¹  “In my dream, there was a vine in front of me.

“This is its meaning,” Joseph said to him. “The three branches represent ¹  three days.