People of the World where are you going? Turn back to God! Back to your faithful principles!
JOSEPH VISITS HIS DYING FATHER
Joseph Visits His Dying Father. And when the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh and [promise to] deal loyally and faithfully with me. Please do not bury me in Egypt
JACOB AND JOSEPH REUNITED
Jacob And Joseph Reunited. Then Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen; as soon as he presented himself before him (authenticating his identity), he fell on his [father’s] neck and wept on his neck a [very] long time.
JOSEPH BRINGS HIS FAMILY TO EGYPT
Joseph Brings His Family To Egypt. And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” And he said, “Here I am.”
And He said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you (your descendants) a great nation there.
JOSEPH SENDS FOR HIS FATHER
Joseph Sends For His Father. Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do this: load your animals and return to the land of Canaan [without delay],
and get your father and your households and come to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt and you will eat the fat (the finest produce) of the land.’
JOSEPH PROVIDES FOR HIS BROTHERS AND FAMILY
Joseph Provides for His Brothers and Family. Then Joseph could not control himself [any longer] in front of all those who attended him, and he called out, “Have everyone leave me.” So no man stood there when Joseph revealed himself to his brothers.
JOSEPH FEAST HIS BROTHERS
Joseph Feasts His Brothers. When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Bring the men into the house, and kill an animal and make [a meal] ready; for the men will dine with me at noon.”
JOSEPH’S BROTHERS RETURN TO EGYPT
Joseph’s Brothers Return To Egypt. And it happened that when the families of Jacob’s sons had finished eating [all of] the grain which they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little food.”
JOSEPH HOLDS SIMEON BACK SENDING THE REST HOME
Joseph’s Holds Simon Back Sending The Rest Home. He turned away from his brothers and [left the room and] wept; then he returned and talked with them, and took Simeon from them and bound him in front of them [to be kept as a hostage in Egypt].
JOSEPH’S BROTHERS GO TO EGYPT
Joseph’s Brothers Go To Egypt. Now when Jacob (Israel) learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another [in bewilderment and not taking action]?”
He said, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down there and buy [some] grain for us, so that we may live and not die [of starvation].”
JOSEPH RISES TO POWER IN EGYPT
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since [your] God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and clear-headed and wise as you are.
You shall have charge over my house, and all my people shall be governed according to your word and pay respect [to you with reverence, submission, and obedience]; only in [matters of] the throne will I be greater than you [in Egypt].”