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;

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

The blessing ¹  from the Lord ²  makes a person rich, ³  and he adds no sorrow ⁴  to ⁵  it.

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 

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

Joseph replied, “This is its meaning: The three baskets represent ¹  three days.

Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “It is not within my power, ¹  but God will speak concerning ²  the welfare of Pharaoh.” ³ 

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream I was standing ¹  by the edge of the Nile.

“See here,” Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I place ¹  you in authority over all the land of Egypt.” ²