Genesis 37:3
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was a son born to him late in life, and he made a special tunic for him.
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- Gen 37:32 : 32 Then they brought the special tunic to their father and said,“We found this. Determine now whether it is your son’s tunic or not.”
- Gen 37:23 : 23 When Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his tunic, the special tunic that he wore.
- John 13:22-23 : 22 The disciples began to look at one another, worried and perplexed to know which of them he was talking about. 23 One of his disciples, the one Jesus loved, was at the table to the right of Jesus in a place of honor.
- 2 Sam 13:18 : 18 (Now she was wearing a long robe, for this is what the king’s virgin daughters used to wear.) So Amnon’s attendant removed her and bolted the door behind her.
- Ps 45:13-14 : 13 The princess looks absolutely magnificent, decked out in pearls and clothed in a brocade trimmed with gold. 14 In embroidered robes she is escorted to the king. Her attendants, the maidens of honor who follow her, are led before you.
- Ezek 16:16 : 16 You took some of your clothing and made for yourself decorated high places; you engaged in prostitution on them. You went to him to become his.
- John 3:35 : 35 The Father loves the Son and has placed all things under his authority.
- Gen 44:20-30 : 20 We said to my lord,‘We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’ 21 “Then you told your servants,‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’ 22 We said to my lord,‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die.’ 23 But you said to your servants,‘If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.’ 24 When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. 25 “Then our father said,‘Go back and buy us a little food.’ 26 But we replied,‘We cannot go down there. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go, for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’ 27 “Then your servant my father said to us,‘You know that my wife gave me two sons. 28 The first disappeared and I said,“He has surely been torn to pieces.” I have not seen him since. 29 If you take this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair in tragedy to the grave.’ 30 “So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us– his very life is bound up in his son’s life.
- Judg 5:30 : 30 ‘No doubt they are gathering and dividing the plunder– a girl or two for each man to rape! Sisera is grabbing up colorful cloth, he is grabbing up colorful embroidered cloth, two pieces of colorful embroidered cloth, for the neck of the plunderer!’
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- Gen 37:4-63 verses83%
4 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated Joseph and were not able to speak to him kindly.
5 Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.
6 He said to them,“Listen to this dream I had:
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23 When Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his tunic, the special tunic that he wore.
- Gen 37:31-344 verses80%
31 So they took Joseph’s tunic, killed a young goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood.
32 Then they brought the special tunic to their father and said,“We found this. Determine now whether it is your son’s tunic or not.”
33 He recognized it and exclaimed,“It is my son’s tunic! A wild animal has eaten him! Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”
34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned for his son many days.
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2 This is the account of Jacob.Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, was taking care of the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.
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1 The Burials of Jacob and Joseph Then Joseph hugged his father’s face. He wept over him and kissed him.
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10 Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of his age; he was not able to see well. So Joseph brought his sons near to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
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18 Now Joseph’s brothers saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.
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29 Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. When he met him, he hugged his neck and wept on his neck for quite some time.
- Gen 37:11-122 verses72%
11 His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what Joseph said.
12 When his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,
- Gen 48:17-182 verses72%
17 When Joseph saw that his father placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, it displeased him. So he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.
18 Joseph said to his father,“Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”
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8 When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he asked,“Who are these?”
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15 Then Rebekah took her older son Esau’s best clothes, which she had with her in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob.
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8 Then his brothers asked him,“Do you really think you will rule over us or have dominion over us?” They hated him even more because of his dream and because of what he said.
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1 Reversal of the Exodus: Return to Egypt and Exile in Assyria When Israel was a young man, I loved him like a son, and I summoned my son out of Egypt.
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7 Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
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12 Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household, according to the number of their little children.
- Acts 7:9-102 verses71%
9 The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,
10 and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.
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27 Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let’s not lay a hand on him, for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers agreed.
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2 When Jacob was told,“Your son Joseph has just come to you,” Israel regained strength and sat up on his bed.