Quotes about Joseph
Israel said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied.
— Genesis 37:13
Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,
— Genesis 37:14
“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”
— Genesis 37:16
“They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
— Genesis 37:17
When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.
— Genesis 37:21
“Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.
— Genesis 37:22
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—
— Genesis 37:23
So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
— Genesis 37:28
When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
— Genesis 37:29
Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.
— Genesis 37:31
Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.
— Genesis 39:1
Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.
— Genesis 39:4