When Reuben heard this, he rescued Joseph ¹  from their hands, ²  saying, ³  “Let’s not take his life!” ⁴ 

When Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him ¹  of his tunic, the special tunic that he wore.

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.

Now ¹  in Egypt the Midianites ²  sold Joseph ³  to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard. ⁴ 

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

Soon after these things, his master’s wife took notice of ¹  Joseph and said, “Have sex with me.” ² 

The warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care. He was in charge of whatever they were doing. ¹ 

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

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 

Two sons were born to Joseph before the famine came. ¹  Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, was their mother. ² 

People from every country ¹  came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.

On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do as I say ¹  and you will live, ²  for I fear God. ³ 

(Now ¹  they did not know that Joseph could understand them, ²  for he was speaking through an interpreter.) ³ 

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals and go ¹  to the land of Canaan!

Then Israel said, “Enough! My son Joseph is still alive! I will go and see him before I die.”

Jacob ¹  sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. ²  So they came to the land of Goshen.

Joseph ¹  made all the people slaves ²  from one end of Egypt’s border to the other end of it.