Discovery Box| (0.33) | Gen 37:2 |
| This is the account of Jacob. Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, 1 was taking care of 2 the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster 3 working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. 4 Joseph brought back a bad report about them 5 to their father. |
| (0.33) | Gen 38:9 |
| But Onan knew that the child 1 would not be considered his. 2 So whenever 3 he had sexual relations with 4 his brother’s wife, he withdrew prematurely 5 so as not to give his brother a descendant. |
| (0.33) | Gen 38:25 |
| While they were bringing her out, she sent word 1 to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these belong.” 2 Then she said, “Identify 3 the one to whom the seal, cord, and staff belong.” |
| (0.33) | Gen 39:14 |
| she called for her household servants and said to them, “See, my husband brought 1 in a Hebrew man 2 to us to humiliate us. 3 He tried to have sex with me, 4 but I screamed loudly. 5 |
| (0.33) | Gen 42:33 |
| “Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain 1 for your hungry households and go. |
| (0.33) | Gen 42:34 |
| But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know 1 that you are honest men and not spies. 2 Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.’” 3 |
| (0.33) | Gen 43:8 |
| Then Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. 1 Then we will live 2 and not die – we and you and our little ones. |
| (0.33) | Gen 43:11 |
| Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and take a gift down to the man – a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds. |
| (0.33) | Gen 43:29 |
| When Joseph looked up 1 and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, he said, “Is this your youngest brother, whom you told me about?” Then he said, “May God be gracious to you, my son.” 2 |
| (0.33) | Gen 44:4 |
| They had not gone very far from the city 1 when Joseph said 2 to the servant who was over his household, “Pursue the men at once! 3 When you overtake 4 them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil? |
| (0.33) | Gen 44:17 |
| But Joseph said, “Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose hand the cup was found will become my slave, but the rest of 1 you may go back 2 to your father in peace.” |
| (0.33) | Gen 44:18 |
| Then Judah approached him and said, “My lord, please allow your servant to speak a word with you. 1 Please do not get angry with your servant, 2 for you are just like Pharaoh. 3 |
| (0.33) | Gen 45:1 |
| Joseph was no longer able to control himself before all his attendants, 1 so he cried out, “Make everyone go out from my presence!” No one remained 2 with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers. |
| (0.33) | Gen 47:4 |
| Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live as temporary residents 1 in the land. There 2 is no pasture for your servants’ flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.” |
| (0.33) | Gen 47:9 |
| Jacob said to Pharaoh, “All 1 the years of my travels 2 are 130. All 3 the years of my life have been few and painful; 4 the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors.” 5 |
| (0.33) | Gen 47:15 |
| When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was used up, all the Egyptians 1 came to Joseph and said, “Give us food! Why should we die 2 before your very eyes because our money has run out?” |
| (0.33) | Gen 47:17 |
| So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for their horses, the livestock of their flocks and herds, and their donkeys. 1 He got them through that year by giving them food in exchange for livestock. |
| (0.33) | Gen 48:5 |
| “Now, as for your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, they will be mine. 1 Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine just as Reuben and Simeon are. |
| (0.33) | Gen 50:4 |
| When the days of mourning 1 had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s royal court, 2 “If I have found favor in your sight, please say to Pharaoh, 3 |
| (0.33) | Gen 50:17 |
| ‘Tell Joseph this: Please forgive the sin of your brothers and the wrong they did when they treated you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sin of the servants of the God of your father.” When this message was reported to him, Joseph wept. 1 |
