Joseph

יוֹסֵףἸωσήφ

Joseph, Jacob's son, rose to power in Egypt and saved his family during a famine.

IllustrationGenesis 48Israel's crossed hands place Ephraim before Manasseh in the blessing, while Joseph tries to correct him.

verses: 197
first named: Genesis 30:24
last named: Revelation 7:8
period: the Patriarchs
tribe: Early Patriarch

Description

Who was Joseph?

In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

Joseph was the eleventh son of Israel (or 'Jacob') and the firstborn of Rachel (Gen.30.22-24). He was favored by his father, causing jealousy among his brothers (Gen.37.3-4). Joseph had dreams of his family bowing down to him, further straining the relationships (Gen.37.5-11). His brothers sold him into slavery, and he was taken to Egypt (Gen.37.12-36). In Egypt, Joseph served in Potiphar's house, where he was falsely accused and imprisoned (Genesis 39). While in prison, Joseph interpreted the dreams of Pharaoh's cupbearer and baker (Genesis 40). Later, he interpreted Pharaoh's dreams and was appointed as second-in-command over Egypt (Gen.41.1-45). During this time, he was given the name Zaphenath-paneah by Pharaoh (Gen.41.45). Joseph managed Egypt's resources wisely during the years of plenty and famine (Gen.41.46-57). His brothers came to Egypt for food, and after testing them, Joseph revealed his identity and reconciled with them (Genesis 42-45). Joseph brought his father, Jacob, and his entire family to Egypt, where they settled in the land of Goshen (Genesis 46-47). Before his death, Jacob blessed Joseph's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, and prophesied about Joseph's descendants (Genesis 48-49). Joseph died at the age of 110 and was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt (Gen.50.22-26). His bones were later carried out of Egypt by the Israelites during the Exodus and buried at Shechem (Exo.13.19; Jos.24.32). Joseph's life exemplified faith, forgiveness, and God's providence in the midst of hardship.

Relations

Direct connections

Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

The 10 best-attested of 28 are drawn. All 28 are listed below.

Ancestor of

Partner of

Asenathregistry, no verse

Sibling of

Asherregistry, no verse
BenjaminregistryGenesis 43:29 Genesis 43:30 Genesis 45:12
Danregistry, no verse
Dinahregistry, no verse
Gadregistry, no verse
Issacharregistry, no verse
Judahregistry, no verse
Leviregistry, no verse
Naphtaliregistry, no verse
Reubenregistry, no verse
Simeonregistry, no verse
Zebulunregistry, no verse
Joseph BrothersGenesis 37:27

Stands in the same events as

Israel33 events
Pharaoh28 events
Joseph Brothers27 events
Egypt19 events
Jacob Sons15 events
Egyptians11 events
Jacob Sons8 events
Judah7 events
Potiphar7 events
LORD6 events
Benjamin6 events
Land6 events

and 59 more, ordered by how many events they share.

Places

Where this happens

The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

the PatriarchsAll 7 places the claims about Joseph reach

The pattern

Where Joseph is named

Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.

Joseph is named in 197 verses, and the name is written 219 times in them — occurrences of the name in the Hebrew or Greek, counted in the versification of the Berean Standard Bible (v5.7). Every book of the corpus is drawn, its width its share of the 1,189 chapters. 48 of the 66 books never write it. A verse that tells of this subject without writing the name is not counted here.

Read it

Where to read it

Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 197, across 18 books. The name is written 219 times in them.

Genesis137 verses
30:24 30:25 33:2 33:7 35:24 37:2 37:3 37:5 37:13 37:17 37:23 37:28 37:29 37:31 37:33 39:1 39:2 39:4 39:5 39:6 39:7 39:10 39:20 39:21 39:22 40:3 40:4 40:6 40:8 40:9 40:12 40:16 40:18 40:22 40:23 41:14 41:15 41:16 41:17 41:25 41:39 41:41 41:42 41:44 41:45 41:46 41:49 41:50 41:51 41:54 41:55 41:56 41:57 42:3 42:4 42:6 42:7 42:8 42:9 42:14 42:18 42:23 42:25 42:36 43:15 43:16 43:17 43:18 43:19 43:24 43:25 43:26 43:30 44:2 44:4 44:14 44:15 45:1 45:3 45:4 45:9 45:16 45:17 45:21 45:26 45:27 45:28 46:4 46:19 46:20 46:27 46:28 46:29 46:30 46:31 47:1 47:5 47:7 47:11 47:12 47:14 47:15 47:16 47:17 47:20 47:23 47:26 47:29 48:1 48:2 48:3 48:8 48:9 48:11 48:12 48:13 48:15 48:17 48:18 48:21 49:22 49:26 50:1 50:2 50:4 50:7 50:8 50:14 50:15 50:16 50:17 50:19 50:22 50:23 50:24 50:25 50:26
Exodus4 verses
1:5 1:6 1:8 13:19
Numbers11 verses
1:10 1:32 13:11 26:28 26:37 27:1 32:33 34:23 36:1 36:5 36:12
Deuteronomy3 verses
27:12 33:13 33:16
Joshua11 verses
14:4 16:1 16:4 17:1 17:2 17:14 17:16 17:17 18:5 18:11 24:32
Judges3 verses
1:22 1:23 1:35
2 Samuel1 verse
19:20
1 Kings1 verse
11:28
1 Chronicles4 verses
2:2 5:1 5:2 7:29
Psalms5 verses
77:15 78:67 80:1 81:5 105:17
Ezekiel4 verses
37:16 37:19 47:13 48:32
Amos3 verses
5:6 5:15 6:6
Obadiah1 verse
1:18
Zechariah1 verse
10:6
John1 verse
4:5
Acts4 verses
7:9 7:13 7:14 7:18
Hebrews2 verses
11:21 11:22
Revelation1 verse
7:8

Onward

Where this page goes

Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

via Dinah and Israel, and 7 moreLeahWife of Jacob; mother of six sons and Dinah via Dan and Israel, and 1 moreBilhahRachel's maidservant and mother of Dan and Naphtali via Sons Of JosephSonSon is a concept gathering 8 labelled instances in the text.via Asher and Gad, and 1 moreZilpahLeah's maidservant; mother of Gad and Asher via Israel and RachelLabanBrother of Rebekah; father of Leah and Rachel via EgyptEgypt AlliesEgypt Allies is a group attested across 3 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via EgyptNileThe major river of Egypt, mentioned in various contexts via AsenathPotipheraEgyptian priest, father-in-law of Joseph via EgyptZoanAn ancient Egyptian city, probably Tanis

ElsewhereGenealogy of JosephEvery ancestor and every descendant the text names, both gospel lines where they differ.

Where they appear

Chapter by chapter

Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

19 more chapters, from Genesis 45 to Hebrews 11

Sources

What this rests on

STEPBible TIPNR Joseph@Gen.30.24-Rev=H3130G

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