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So she called his name Joseph, and said, “The Lord shall add to me another son.”
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Jacob’s Agreement with Laban
And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place and to my country.
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And he put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.
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And Leah also came near with her children, and they bowed down. Afterward Joseph and Rachel came near, and they bowed down.
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the sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin;
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Joseph Dreams of Greatness
Now Jacob dwelt in the land where his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
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This is the history of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. And the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought a bad report of them to his father.
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Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age. Also he made him a tunic of many colors.
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Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more.
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Joseph Sold by His Brothers
Then his brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
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And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” So he said to him, “Here I am.”
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And the man said, “They have departed from here, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’ ” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.
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So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him.
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Then Midianite traders passed by; so the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.
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Then Reuben returned to the pit, and indeed Joseph was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes.
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So they took Joseph’s tunic, killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the tunic in the blood.
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And he recognized it and said, “It is my son’s tunic. A wild beast has devoured him. Without doubt Joseph is torn to pieces.”
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Joseph a Slave in Egypt
Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him down there.
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The Lord was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
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So Joseph found favor in his sight, and served him. Then he made him overseer of his house, and all that he had he put under his authority.
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So it was, from the time that he had made him overseer of his house and all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had in the house and in the field.
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Thus he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand, and he did not know what he had except for the bread which he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.
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And it came to pass after these things that his master’s wife cast longing eyes on Joseph, and she said, “Lie with me.”
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So it was, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not heed her, to lie with her or to be with her.
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But it happened about this time, when Joseph went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the house was inside,
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Then Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were confined. And he was there in the prison.
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But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
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And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners who were in the prison; whatever they did there, it was his doing.
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The keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under Joseph’s authority, because the Lord was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord made it prosper.
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So he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Joseph was confined.
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And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them; so they were in custody for a while.
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And Joseph came in to them in the morning and looked at them, and saw that they were sad.
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And they said to him, “We each have had a dream, and there is no interpreter of it.” So Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me, please.”
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Then the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, “Behold, in my dream a vine was before me,
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And Joseph said to him, “This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days.
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When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, “I also was in my dream, and there were three white baskets on my head.
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So Joseph answered and said, “This is the interpretation of it: The three baskets are three days.
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But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
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Yet the chief butler did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.
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Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; and he shaved, changed his clothing, and came to Pharaoh.
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And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that you can understand a dream, to interpret it.”
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So Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”
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Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “Behold, in my dream I stood on the bank of the river.
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Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one; God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do:
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Joseph’s Rise to Power
So the advice was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants.
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Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
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And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”
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Then Pharaoh took his signet ring off his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand; and he clothed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck.
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Pharaoh also said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no man may lift his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.”
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And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath-Paaneah. And he gave him as a wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On. So Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
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Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
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Joseph gathered very much grain, as the sand of the sea, until he stopped counting, for it was immeasurable.
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And to Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him.
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Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: “For God has made me forget all my toil and all my father’s house.”
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and the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph had said. The famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
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So when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Then Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, do.”
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The famine was over all the face of the earth, and Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold to the Egyptians. And the famine became severe in the land of Egypt.
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So all countries came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all lands.
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Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt
When Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”
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So Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.
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But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “Lest some calamity befall him.”
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Now Joseph was governor over the land; and it was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the earth.
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Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he acted as a stranger to them and spoke roughly to them. Then he said to them, “Where do you come from?” And they said, “From the land of Canaan to buy food.”
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So Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.
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Then Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land!”
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But Joseph said to them, “It is as I spoke to you, saying, ‘You are spies!’
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Then Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this and live, for I fear God:
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But they did not know that Joseph understood them, for he spoke to them through an interpreter.
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The Brothers Return to Canaan
Then Joseph gave a command to fill their sacks with grain, to restore every man’s money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. Thus he did for them.
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And Jacob their father said to them, “You have bereaved me: Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin. All these things are against me.”
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Joseph’s Brothers Return with Benjamin
Now the famine was severe in the land.
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So the men took that present and Benjamin, and they took double money in their hand, and arose and went down to Egypt; and they stood before Joseph.
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When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my home, and slaughter an animal and make ready; for these men will dine with me at noon.”
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Then the man did as Joseph ordered, and the man brought the men into Joseph’s house.
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Now the men were afraid because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they said, “It is because of the money, which was returned in our sacks the first time, that we are brought in, so that he may make a case against us and seize us, to take us as slaves with our donkeys.”
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When they drew near to the steward of Joseph’s house, they talked with him at the door of the house,
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So the man brought the men into Joseph’s house and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their donkeys feed.
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Then they made the present ready for Joseph’s coming at noon, for they heard that they would eat bread there.
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And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down before him to the earth.
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Now his heart yearned for his brother; so Joseph made haste and sought somewhere to weep. And he went into his chamber and wept there.
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Joseph’s Cup
And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack.
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Also put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his grain money.” So he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
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When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, “Get up, follow the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?
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So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there; and they fell before him on the ground.
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And Joseph said to them, “What deed is this you have done? Did you not know that such a man as I can certainly practice divination?”
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Joseph Revealed to His Brothers
Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, “Make everyone go out from me!” So no one stood with him while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.
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Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph; does my father still live?” But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed in his presence.
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And Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near to me.” So they came near. Then he said: “I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
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“Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph: “God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not tarry.
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Now the report of it was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, “Joseph’s brothers have come.” So it pleased Pharaoh and his servants well.
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And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals and depart; go to the land of Canaan.
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Then the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them carts, according to the command of Pharaoh, and he gave them provisions for the journey.
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And they told him, saying, “Joseph is still alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt.” And Jacob’s heart stood still, because he did not believe them.
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But when they told him all the words which Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the carts which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived.
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Then Israel said, “It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”
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I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph will put his hand on your eyes.”
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The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife, were Joseph and Benjamin.
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And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him.
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And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who went to Egypt were seventy.
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Jacob Settles in Goshen
Then he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to point out before him the way to Goshen. And they came to the land of Goshen.
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So Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; and he presented himself to him, and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while.
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And Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are still alive.”
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Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘My brothers and those of my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.
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Joseph Is Governor of Egypt
Then Joseph went and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers, their flocks and their herds and all that they possess, have come from the land of Canaan; and indeed they are in the land of Goshen.”
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Then Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.
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Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
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And Joseph situated his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
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Then Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with bread, according to the number in their families.
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Joseph Deals with the Famine
Now there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.
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And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought; and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.
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So when the money failed in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence? For the money has failed.”
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Then Joseph said, “Give your livestock, and I will give you bread for your livestock, if the money is gone.”
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So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, the flocks, the cattle of the herds, and for the donkeys. Thus he fed them with bread in exchange for all their livestock that year.
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Then Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for every man of the Egyptians sold his field, because the famine was severe upon them. So the land became Pharaoh’s.
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Then Joseph said to the people, “Indeed I have bought you and your land this day for Pharaoh. Look, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land.
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And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have one-fifth, except for the land of the priests only, which did not become Pharaoh’s.
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Joseph’s Vow to Jacob
So Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions there and grew and multiplied exceedingly.
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When the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “Now if I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please do not bury me in Egypt,
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Jacob Blesses Joseph’s Sons
Now it came to pass after these things that Joseph was told, “Indeed your father is sick”; and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
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And Jacob was told, “Look, your son Joseph is coming to you”; and Israel strengthened himself and sat up on the bed.
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Then Jacob said to Joseph: “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,
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Then Israel saw Joseph’s sons, and said, “Who are these?”
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Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me in this place.” And he said, “Please bring them to me, and I will bless them.”
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Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. Then Joseph brought them near him, and he kissed them and embraced them.
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And Israel said to Joseph, “I had not thought to see your face; but in fact, God has also shown me your offspring!”
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So Joseph brought them from beside his knees, and he bowed down with his face to the earth.
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And Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near him.
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And he blessed Joseph, and said: “God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, The God who has fed me all my life long to this day,
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Now when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him; so he took hold of his father’s hand to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.
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And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
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Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
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“Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a well; His branches run over the wall.
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The blessings of your father Have excelled the blessings of my ancestors, Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills. They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.
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Burial of Jacob
Then Joseph fell on his father’s face and wept over him, and kissed him.
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And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.
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Now when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the hearing of Pharaoh, saying,
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So Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
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as well as all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds they left in the land of Goshen.
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And after he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers and all who went up with him to bury his father.
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Joseph Reassures His Brothers
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “Perhaps Joseph will hate us, and may actually repay us for all the evil which we did to him.”
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So they sent messengers to Joseph, saying, “Before your father died he commanded, saying,
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‘Thus you shall say to Joseph: “I beg you, please forgive the trespass of your brothers and their sin; for they did evil to you.” ’ Now, please, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
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Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid, for am I in the place of God?
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Death of Joseph
So Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father’s household. And Joseph lived one hundred and ten years.
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Joseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation. The children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were also brought up on Joseph’s knees.
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And Joseph said to his brethren, “I am dying; but God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land of which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
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Then Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”
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So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
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All those who were descendants of Jacob were seventy persons (for Joseph was in Egypt already).
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And Joseph died, all his brothers, and all that generation.
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Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.
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And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had placed the children of Israel under solemn oath, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here with you.”
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from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;
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From the sons of Joseph, the children of Ephraim, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
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from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;
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from the tribe of Joseph, that is, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;
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The sons of Joseph according to their families, by Manasseh and Ephraim, were:
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These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were numbered of them: thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph according to their families.
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Inheritance Laws
Then came the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, from the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
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So Moses gave to the children of Gad, to the children of Reuben, and to 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 its cities within the borders, the cities of the surrounding country.
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from the sons of Joseph: a leader from the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod,
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Marriage of Female Heirs
Now 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 spoke before Moses and before the leaders, the chief fathers of the children of Israel.
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Then Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying: “What the tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks is right.
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They were married into the families of the children of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of their father’s family.
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“These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have crossed over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin;
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And of Joseph he said: “Blessed of the Lord is his land, With the precious things of heaven, with the dew, And the deep lying beneath,
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With the precious things of the earth and its fullness, And the favor of Him who dwelt in the bush. Let the blessing come ‘on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.’
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For the children of Joseph were two tribes: Manasseh and Ephraim. And they gave no part to the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, with their common-lands for their livestock and their property.
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Ephraim and West Manasseh
The lot fell to the children of Joseph from the Jordan, by Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goes up from Jericho through the mountains to Bethel,
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So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
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The Other Half-Tribe of Manasseh (West)
There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph: namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war; therefore he was given Gilead and Bashan.
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And there was a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh according to their families: for the children of Abiezer, the children of Helek, the children of Asriel, the children of Shechem, the children of Hepher, and the children of Shemida; these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families.
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More Land for Ephraim and Manasseh
Then the children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given us only one lot and one share to inherit, since we are a great people, inasmuch as the Lord has blessed us until now?”
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But the children of Joseph said, “The mountain country is not enough for us; and all the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both those who are of Beth Shean and its towns and those who are of the Valley of Jezreel.”
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And Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—saying, “You are a great people and have great power; you shall not have only one lot,
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And they shall divide it into seven parts. Judah shall remain in their territory on the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their territory on the north.
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The Land of Benjamin
Now the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families, and the territory of their lot came out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
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The bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, they buried at Shechem, in the plot of ground which Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for one hundred pieces of silver, and which had become an inheritance of the children of Joseph.
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And the house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
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So the house of Joseph sent men to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city was formerly Luz.)
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and the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim; yet when the strength of the house of Joseph became greater, they were put under tribute.
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For I, your servant, know that I have sinned. Therefore here I am, the first to come today of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.”
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The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon, seeing that the young man was industrious, made him the officer over all the labor force of the house of Joseph.
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Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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The Family of Reuben
Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel—he was indeed the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, so that the genealogy is not listed according to the birthright;
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yet Judah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came a ruler, although the birthright was Joseph’s—
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and by the borders of the children of Manasseh were Beth Shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph, the son of Israel.
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Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah; the sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied according to the order of the king.
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Now the first lot for Asaph came out for Joseph; the second for Gedaliah, him with his brethren and sons, twelve;
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Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph;
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of Melichu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
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You have with Your arm redeemed Your people, The sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah
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Moreover He rejected the tent of Joseph, And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
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Prayer for Israel’s Restoration
To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.” A Testimony of Asaph. A Psalm.
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who dwell between the cherubim, shine forth!
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This He established in Joseph as a testimony, When He went throughout the land of Egypt, Where I heard a language I did not understand.
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He sent a man before them— Joseph—who was sold as a slave.
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“As for you, son of man, take a stick for yourself and write on it: ‘For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions.’ Then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel, his companions.’
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say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Surely I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.” ’
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Borders of the Land
Thus says the Lord God: “These are the borders by which you shall divide the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph shall have two portions.
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on the east side, four thousand five hundred cubits, three gates: one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, and one gate for Dan;
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Seek the Lord and live, Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph, And devour it, With no one to quench it in Bethel—
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Hate evil, love good; Establish justice in the gate. It may be that the Lord God of hosts Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
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Who drink wine from bowls, And anoint yourselves with the best ointments, But are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
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The house of Jacob shall be a fire, And the house of Joseph a flame; But the house of Esau shall be stubble; They shall kindle them and devour them, And no survivor shall remain of the house of Esau,” For the Lord has spoken.
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“I will strengthen the house of Judah, And I will save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back, Because I have mercy on them. They shall be as though I had not cast them aside; For I am the Lord their God, And I will hear them.
