Instances Of Weeping : Of Joseph

And they came near to the steward Of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,

And they told him all the words Of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:

And the sons Of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head Of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

And all the house Of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

And Moses took the bones Of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.

Of the children Of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

Of the children Of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son Of Joseph.

Of the tribe Of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.

The sons Of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.

These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons Of Joseph after their families.

Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son Of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son Of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.

The prince of the children Of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

• Government

And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons Of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:

And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons Of Joseph hath said well.

And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son Of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.

And Of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,

And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head Of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.

For the children Of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.

And the lot of the children Of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel,

So the children Of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn Of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son Of Joseph by their families.

• Cord
• Cord

And the children Of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?

• Iron

And the children Of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.

And Joshua spake unto the house Of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:

And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house Of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.

And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children Of Joseph.

And the bones Of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children Of Joseph.

And the house Of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them.

And the house Of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house Of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.

For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house Of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.

• Jeroboam
• Industry

And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house Of Joseph.

• Firstborn

Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons Of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children Of Joseph the son of Israel.

Moreover he refused the tabernacle Of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick Of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.

And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate Of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.

Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house Of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant Of Joseph.

That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction Of Joseph.

And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house Of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.

And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house Of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.

And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son Of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,

Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son Of Joseph,

Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son Of Joseph, which was the son of Juda,

Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son Of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,

Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son Of Joseph.

And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son Of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?

• Death
• Faith

By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons Of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.

Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe Of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.