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“Then Joseph said, Without God there will be no answer of peace for Pharaoh.”— Joseph, Genesis 41:16
“Then Joseph said, These two dreams have the same sense: God has made clear to Pharaoh what he is about to do. The seven fat cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years: the two have the same sense. The seven thin and poor-looking cows who came up after them are seven years; and the seven heads of grain, dry and wasted by the east wind, are seven years when there will be no food. As I said to Pharaoh before, God has made clear to him what he is about to do. Seven years are coming in which there will be great wealth of grain in Egypt; And after that will come seven…”— Joseph, Genesis 41:25-36
“And to the first he gave the name Manasseh, for he said, God has taken away from me all memory of my hard life and of my father's house. And to the second he gave the name Ephraim, for he said, God has given me fruit in the land of my sorrow.”— Joseph, Genesis 41:51-52
“And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.”— Joseph, Genesis 42:7
“Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is.”— Joseph, Genesis 42:9
“And he said to them, No, but you have come to see how poor the land is.”— Joseph, Genesis 42:12
“And Joseph said, It is as I said; you have come with some secret purpose; But in this way will you be put to the test: by the life of Pharaoh, you will not go away from this place till your youngest brother comes here. Send one of your number to get your brother, and the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are true; if not, by the life of Pharaoh, your purpose is certainly secret.”— Joseph, Genesis 42:14-16
“And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fearing man: If you are true men, let one of you be kept in prison, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families; And come back to me with your youngest brother, so that your words may be seen to be true, and you will not be put to death. This is what you are to do.”— Joseph, Genesis 42:18-20
“And when Joseph saw Benjamin, he said to his chief servant, Take these men into my house, and make ready a meal, for they will take food with me in the middle of the day.”— Joseph, Genesis 43:16
“And he said, How are you? is your father well, the old man of whom you were talking to me? is he still living?”— Joseph, Genesis 43:27
“Then, lifting up his eyes, he saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and he said, Is this your youngest brother of whom you gave me word? And he said, God be good to you, my son.”— Joseph, Genesis 43:29
“Then, after washing his face, he came out, and controlling his feelings said, Put food before us.”— Joseph, Genesis 43:31
“Then he gave orders to the servant who was over his house, saying, Put as much food into the men's bags as will go into them, and put every man's money in the mouth of his bag; And put my cup, my silver cup, in the youngest one's bag, with his money. So he did as Joseph said.”— Joseph, Genesis 44:1-2
“And when they had gone only a little way out of the town, Joseph said to the servant who was over his house, Go after them; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you done evil in reward for good? Is not this the cup from which my lord takes wine and by which he gets knowledge of the future? Truly, you have done evil.”— Joseph, Genesis 44:4-5
“And Joseph said, What is this thing which you have done? had you no thought that such a man as I would have power to see what is secret?”— Joseph, Genesis 44:15
“Then he said, Far be it from me to do so: but the man who had my cup will be my servant; and you may go back to your father in peace.”— Joseph, Genesis 44:17
“Then Joseph, unable to keep back his feelings before those who were with him, gave orders for everyone to be sent away, and no one was present when he made clear to his brothers who he was.”— Joseph, Genesis 45:1
“And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph: is my father still living? But his brothers were not able to give him an answer for they were troubled before him. Then Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me. And they came near, And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sent into Egypt. Now do not be troubled or angry with yourselves for sending me away, because God sent me before you to be the saviour of your lives. For these two years have been years of need, and there are still five more years to come in which there will be no ploughing or cutting of grain. God sent me before you…”— Joseph, Genesis 45:3-13
“And he sent his brothers on their way, and said to them, See that you have no argument on the road.”— Joseph, Genesis 45:24
“And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's people, I will go and give the news to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's people, from the land of Canaan, have come to me;”— Joseph, Genesis 46:31
“And Joseph said, Give me your cattle; I will give you grain in exchange for your cattle if your money is all gone.”— Joseph, Genesis 47:16
“Then Joseph said to the people, I have made you and your land this day the property of Pharaoh; here is seed for you to put in your fields. And when the grain is cut, you are to give a fifth part to Pharaoh, and four parts will be yours for seed and food, and for your families and your little ones.”— Joseph, Genesis 47:23-24
“And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this land. And he said, Let them come near me, and I will give them a blessing.”— Joseph, Genesis 48:9
“And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the older; put your right hand on his head.”— Joseph, Genesis 48:18
“And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph said to the servants of Pharaoh, If now you have love for me, say these words to Pharaoh: My father made me take an oath, saying, When I am dead, put me to rest in the place I have made ready for myself in the land of Canaan. So now let me go and put my father in his last resting-place, and I will come back again.”— Joseph, Genesis 50:4-5
“And Joseph said, Have no fear: am I in the place of God? As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see today. So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.”— Joseph, Genesis 50:19-21
“Then Joseph said to his brothers, The time of my death has come; but God will keep you in mind and take you out of this land into the land which he gave by his oath to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. Then Joseph made the children of Israel take an oath, saying, God will certainly give effect to his word, and you are to take my bones away from here.”— Joseph, Genesis 50:24-25
“And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood? Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him.”— Judah, Genesis 37:26-27
“Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife and do what it is right for a husband's brother to do; make her your wife and get offspring for your brother.”— Judah, Genesis 38:8
“Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Go back to your father's house and keep yourself as a widow till my son Shelah becomes a man: for he had in his mind the thought that death might come to him as it had come to his brothers. So Tamar went back to her father's house.”— Judah, Genesis 38:11
“And turning to her by the roadside, he said to her, Let me come in to you; for he had no idea that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me as my price?”— Judah, Genesis 38:16
“And he said, I will give you a young goat from the flock. And she said, What will you give me as a sign till you send it?”— Judah, Genesis 38:17
“And he said, What would you have? And she said, Your ring and its cord and the stick in your hand. So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she became with child by him.”— Judah, Genesis 38:18
“And Judah said, Let her keep the things, so that we may not be shamed; I sent the young goat, but you did not see the woman.”— Judah, Genesis 38:23
“Now about three months after this, word came to Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had been acting like a loose woman and was with child. And Judah said, Take her out and let her be burned.”— Judah, Genesis 38:24
“Then Judah said openly that they were his, and said, She is more upright than I am, for I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he had no more connection with her.”— Judah, Genesis 38:26
“And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother. If you will let our brother go with us, we will go down and get food: But if you will not send him, we will not go down: for the man said to us, You are not to come before me if your brother is not with you.”— Judah, Genesis 43:3-5
“Then Judah said to Israel, his father, Send the boy with me, and let us be up and going, so that we and you and our little ones may not come to destruction. Put him into my care and make me responsible for him: if I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever. Truly, if we had not let the time go by, we might have come back again by now.”— Judah, Genesis 43:8-10
“And Judah said, What are we to say to my lord? how may we put ourselves right in his eyes? God has made clear the sin of your servants: now we are in your hands, we and the man in whose bag your cup was seen.”— Judah, Genesis 44:16
“Then Judah came near him, and said, Let your servant say a word in my lord's ears, and let not your wrath be burning against your servant: for you are in the place of Pharaoh to us. My lord said to his servants, Have you a father or a brother? And we said to my lord, We have an old father and a young child, whom he had when he was old; his brother is dead and he is the only son of his mother, and is very dear to his father. And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him. And we said to my lord, His father will not let him go; for if he went away his…”— Judah, Genesis 44:18-34
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