Quotes about Joseph
Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
— Genesis 48:15
When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he was displeased and took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.
— Genesis 48:17
“Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
— Genesis 48:18
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
— Genesis 48:21
Joseph is a fruitful vine—a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.
— Genesis 49:22
The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.
— Genesis 49:26
Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.
— Genesis 50:1
And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,
— Genesis 50:2
When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that
— Genesis 50:4
Then Joseph went to bury his father, and all the servants of Pharaoh accompanied him—the elders of Pharaoh’s household and all the elders of the land of Egypt—
— Genesis 50:7
along with all of Joseph’s household, and his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen.
— Genesis 50:8
When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.
— Genesis 50:10