– Son of Jacob and Rachel:
Gen 30,22-24 : God remembered Rachel, listened to her and made her fruitful. Rachel conceived and gave birth to a son.
– Envyed because of dreams:
Gen 37,5-11 : Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers, who hated him even more.
– Sold and taken to Egypt:
Gen 37,12-28 : Joseph’s brothers went to pasture their father’s flocks in Shechem.
– Rejected Potiphar’s wife:
Gen 39,1-18 : Joseph was taken to Egypt, and Potiphar, an Egyptian official of Pharaoh, head of the guard, bought him.
– In prison:
Gen 39,19-23 : He threw Joseph into prison, where the king’s prisoners were being held. And Joseph was imprisoned.
– Interpreted the dreams of prisoners:
Gen 39,19-23 : He threw Joseph into prison, where the king’s prisoners were being held. And Joseph was imprisoned.
– Interpreted Pharaoh’s dream:
Gen 41,1-36 : Two years later, Pharaoh had a dream: he was near the Nile.
– Made governor of Egypt:
Gen 41:37-57 : “Could we”, he said to them, “find a man who has the spirit of God as much as this one?”.
– Met up with his brothers:
Gen 42,1–43,34 : Jacob, knowing that there was wheat in Egypt, said to his sons: “Why are you looking at one another?”.
– He made himself known to them:
Gen 45,1-28 : So no one stayed with him when he made himself known to his brothers.
– He saw his father again:
Gen 46,28-34 : Joseph had his chariot ready and rode to meet his father in Gessen.
– He died, was embalmed and buried in Shechem:
Gen 50,22-26 : Joseph dwelt in Egypt, and so did his father’s family. He lived one hundred and ten years.
Jos 24:32 : They also buried Joseph’s bones in Shechem, which the Israelites had brought from Egypt.
