Birth: Genesis 30:24, 35:24
Death: Genesis 50:26 after living 110 yrs.
Fathers: Jacob, Potiphera (father-in-law)
Mother: Rachel
Brothers: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan,
Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Ben-Oni/Benjamin
Sister: Dinah
Spouse: Asenath, daughter of Potiphera
Sons: Manasseh and Ephraim
Post-flood lineage: Abraham > Isaac > Jacob > Joseph
After years of trying, Rachel finally had a son who she named Joseph -
Genesis 30:24
Joseph's mother, Rachel, died during the birth of his (younger) brother.
Jacob renamed him Benjamin - Genesis 35:16-24.
The sons of Jacob (also known as Israel) - 1 Chronicles 2:1-2
In jealousy, his (step-)brothers sold him into slavery where he was taken to Egypt -
Genesis 37:12-36.
After being falsely accused by Potiphar's wife of rape, Joseph was imprisoned but gained favor with pharoah through interpretation of his dreams -
Genesis 39;
40;
41:1-40. He was placed in charge of Egypt's resources and saved enough grain to last through the prophesized 7 years of
famine - Genesis 41:41-57.
Pharoah renamed him Zaphenath-Paneah and gave him Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, as a wife who bore him 2 sons - Genesis 41:45-52.
Joseph's sons were stated in Genesis 46:20 and 48:1.
Jacob sent his all his sons except Benjamin to Egypt to get grain during the famine - Genesis 42.
Joseph sends all but Simeon back to bring his brother Benjamin - Genesis 43.
Joseph sent his brothers back to retrieve his father while Benjamin remained in Egypt - Genesis 44.
All Jacob's sons were reunited in a dinner hosted by Joseph - Genesis 45.
Jacob brought his entire family to Egypt to endure the famine in Goshen at age 130 - Genesis
46; 47.
Hebrews 11:21-22:
21. By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
22. By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions about his bones.
Joseph buried his father back in Canaan as promised - Genesis 50:1-14.
After he returned from burying his father,
"22. Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father's family. He lived a hundred and ten years
23. and saw the third generation of Ephraim's children. Also the children of Makir son of Manasseh were placed at birth on Joseph's knees.
24. Then Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob."
25. And Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath and said, "God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place."
26. So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt."
(Genesis 50:22-26).
1 Chronicles 5:1-2:
1. The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father's marriage bed, his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel; so he could not be listed in the genealogical
record in accordance with his birthright,
2. and though Judah was the strongest of his brothers and a ruler came from him, the rights of the firstborn belonged to Joseph)--
Exodus had 2 passages about Joseph: Exodus 1:5-8 & 13:19.
19. Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He had said, "God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place."
The majority of the references after this were to the descendants of Joseph except for Joshua 24:32 where it stated Joseph
was buried at Shechem.
32. And Joseph's bones, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the tract of land that Jacob bought for a hundred pieces of silver from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem.
This became the inheritance of Joseph's descendants.
Joseph's descendants (from Ephraim and Manasseh) listed in the Censuses: Numbers 1:32-35 and 26:28-37.
Deuteronomy 27:11-12: (Moses prepared the Israelites for crossing into Canaan)
11. On the same day Moses commanded the people:
12. When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph and Benjamin.
Deuteronomy 33:13-16 (Moses blesses the tribes):
13. About Joseph he said: "May the LORD bless his land with the precious dew from heaven above and with the deep waters that lie below;
14. with the best the sun brings forth and the finest the moon can yield;
15. with the choicest gifts of the ancient mountains and the fruitfulness of the everlasting hills;
16. with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness and the favor of him who dwelt in the burning bush. Let all these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among his brothers.
Numbers 27:1 and 36 - land inheritance of Zelophehad who only had daughters:
Manasseh > Makir > Gilead > Hepher > Zelophehad > Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah
Numbers 34:16-29 - Moses appoints leaders over the tribes in Canaan
23. Hanniel son of Ephod, the leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph;
24. Kemuel son of Shiphtan, the leader from the tribe of Ephraim son of Joseph;
Joshua 14:3-5:
3. Moses had granted the two-and-a-half tribes their inheritance east of the Jordan but had not granted the Levites an inheritance among the rest,
4. for the sons of Joseph had become two tribes--Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites received no share of the land but only towns to live in, with
pasturelands for their flocks and herds.
5. So the Israelites divided the land, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Joshua 16:1-4:
1. The allotment for Joseph began at the Jordan of Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, and went up from there through the desert into the hill country of Bethel.
2. It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz), crossed over to the territory of the Arkites in Ataroth,
3. descended westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as the region of Lower Beth Horon and on to Gezer, ending at the sea.
4. So Manasseh and Ephraim, the descendants of Joseph, received their inheritance.
Joshua 17:1-2,14-18:
1. This was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph's firstborn, that is, for Makir, Manasseh's firstborn. Makir was the ancestor of the Gileadites,
who had received Gilead and Bashan because the Makirites were great soldiers.
2. So this allotment was for the rest of the people of Manasseh--the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of
Manasseh son of Joseph by their clans.
...
14. The people of Joseph said to Joshua, "Why have you given us only one allotment and one portion for an inheritance? We are a numerous people and the LORD has blessed us
abundantly."
15. "If you are so numerous," Joshua answered, "and if the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go up into the forest and clear land for yourselves there in the land
of the Perizzites and Rephaites."
16. The people of Joseph replied, "The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the plain have iron chariots, both those in Beth Shan and its settlements
and those in the Valley of Jezreel."
17. But Joshua said to the house of Joseph--to Ephraim and Manasseh--"You are numerous and very powerful. You will have not only one allotment
18. but the forested hill country as well. Clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours; though the Canaanites have iron chariots and though they are strong, you can drive them out."
Ezekiel 47:13:
13. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "These are the boundaries by which you are to divide the land for an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel, with two portions for Joseph.
Joshua 18:5,11:
5. You are to divide the land into seven parts. Judah is to remain in its territory on the south and the house of Joseph in its territory on the north.
11. The lot came up for the tribe of Benjamin, clan by clan. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph:
Judges 1:22, 35:
22. Now the house of Joseph attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
35. And the Amorites were determined also to hold out in Mount Heres, Aijalon and Shaalbim, but when the power of the house of Joseph increased, they too were pressed into forced labor.
1 Kings 11:28:
28. Now Jeroboam was a man of standing, and when Solomon saw how well the young man did his work, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.
Obadiah 1:18:
18. The house of Jacob will be a fire and the house of Joseph a flame; the house of Esau will be stubble, and they will set it on fire and consume it.
There will be no survivors from the house of Esau." The LORD has spoken.
Zechariah 10:6:
6. "I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them.
They will be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the LORD their God and I will answer them.
Psalms had 5 mentions of Joseph and his descendants: Psalms 77:15; 78:67;
80:1; 81:5; 105:17.
Psalms 78:67:
67. Then he rejected the tents of Joseph, he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;
68. but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved.
Ezekiel 37:16-19 addressed the issue from Psalms 78:67:
16. "Son of man, take a stick of wood and write on it, `Belonging to Judah and the Israelites associated with him.' Then take another stick of wood, and write on it,
`Ephraim's stick, belonging to Joseph and all the house of Israel associated with him.'
17. Join them together into one stick so that they will become one in your hand.
18. "When your countrymen ask you, `Won't you tell us what you mean by this?'
19. say to them, `This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am going to take the stick of Joseph--which is in Ephraim's hand--and of the Israelite tribes associated with
him, and join it to Judah's stick, making them a single stick of wood, and they will become one in my hand.'
Ezekiel 48:32 referred to a proposed gate in Jerusalem memorializing Joseph:
32. "On the east side, which is 4,500 cubits long, will be three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin and the gate of Dan.
Both Amos mentions spoke of Joseph's descendants going through very trying times in Amos 5:15 and Amos 6:6
John 4:5 said this of Jacob's well where Jesus spoke to a woman in Samaria:
5. So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
Acts 7:9-18 - Stephen's speech to the Sanhedrin
9. "Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
10. and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph wisdom and enabled him to gain the goodwill of Pharaoh king of Egypt; so he made him ruler over Egypt and all his palace.
11. "Then a famine struck all Egypt and Canaan, bringing great suffering, and our fathers could not find food.
12. When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.
13. On their second visit, Joseph told his brothers who he was, and Pharaoh learned about Joseph's family.
14. After this, Joseph sent for his father Jacob and his whole family, seventy-five in all.
15. Then Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
16. Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a certain sum of money.
17. "As the time drew near for God to fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt greatly increased.
18. Then another king, who knew nothing about Joseph, became ruler of Egypt.
The last reference of Joseph came in Revelation 7:8 about not only the 12 tribes of Israel but every group of people praising God and Jesus.