Quotes about Joseph
And Pharaoh declared to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your permission, no one in all the land of Egypt shall lift his hand or foot.”
— Genesis 41:44
Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.
— Genesis 41:45
Now Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.
— Genesis 41:46
During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.
— Genesis 41:48
So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.
— Genesis 41:49
Before the years of famine arrived, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
— Genesis 41:50
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
— Genesis 41:51
the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.
— Genesis 41:54
When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”
— Genesis 41:55
When the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
— Genesis 41:56
And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.
— Genesis 41:57
So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
— Genesis 42:3