Genesis 46:19 Cross References

Genesis 46:19

19: The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

These were the clans descended from the sons of Benjamin: The Belaite clan, named after its ancestor Bela. The Ashbelite clan, named after its ancestor Ashbel. The Ahiramite clan, named after its ancestor Ahiram.
The Shuphamite clan, named after its ancestor Shupham. The Huphamite clan, named after its ancestor Hupham.
These were the subclans descended from the Belaites: The Ardites, named after their ancestor Ard. The Naamites, named after their ancestor Naaman.
The men from all the clans of Benjamin numbered 45,600.

Since Jacob was in love with Rachel, he told her father, "I'll work for you seven years if you'll give me Rachel, your younger daughter, as my wife."

Joseph threw himself on his father and wept over him and kissed him.
Then Joseph told his morticians to embalm the body.
The embalming process took forty days, and there was a period of national mourning for seventy days.
When the period of mourning was over, Joseph approached Pharaoh's advisers and asked them to speak to Pharaoh on his behalf.
He told them, "Tell Pharaoh that my father made me swear an oath. He said to me, `I am about to die; take my body back to the land of Canaan, and bury me in our family's burial cave.' Now I need to go and bury my father. After his burial is complete, I will return without delay."

Now when Joseph arrived in Egypt with the Ishmaelite traders, he was purchased by Potiphar, a member of the personal staff of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Potiphar was the captain of the palace guard.
The LORD was with Joseph and blessed him greatly as he served in the home of his Egyptian master.
Potiphar noticed this and realized that the LORD was with Joseph, giving him success in everything he did.
So Joseph naturally became quite a favorite with him. Potiphar soon put Joseph in charge of his entire household and entrusted him with all his business dealings.
From the day Joseph was put in charge, the LORD began to bless Potiphar for Joseph's sake. All his household affairs began to run smoothly, and his crops and livestock flourished.

So Jacob settled again in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived.
This is the history of Jacob's family. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he often tended his father's flocks with his half brothers, the sons of his father's wives Bilhah and Zilpah. But Joseph reported to his father some of the bad things his brothers were doing.
Now Jacob loved Joseph more than any of his other children because Joseph had been born to him in his old age. So one day he gave Joseph a special gift--a beautiful robe.
But his brothers hated Joseph because of their father's partiality. They couldn't say a kind word to him.
One night Joseph had a dream and promptly reported the details to his brothers, causing them to hate him even more.

Leaving Bethel, they traveled on toward Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). But Rachel's pains of childbirth began while they were still some distance away.
After a very hard delivery, the midwife finally exclaimed, "Don't be afraid--you have another son!"
Rachel was about to die, but with her last breath she named him Ben-oni; the baby's father, however, called him Benjamin.

Moses said this about the tribe of Benjamin: "The people of Benjamin are loved by the LORD and live in safety beside him. He surrounds them continuously and preserves them from every harm."
Moses said this about the tribes of Joseph: "May their land be blessed by the LORD with the choice gift of rain from the heavens, and water from beneath the earth;
with the riches that grow in the sun, and the bounty produced each month;
with the finest crops of the ancient mountains, and the abundance from the everlasting hills;
with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness, and the favor of the one who appeared in the burning bush. May these blessings rest on Joseph's head, crowning the brow of the prince among his brothers.

"Joseph is a fruitful tree, a fruitful tree beside a fountain. His branches reach over the wall.
He has been attacked by archers, who shot at him and harassed him.
But his bow remained strong, and his arms were strengthened by the Mighty One of Jacob, the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.
May the God of your ancestors help you; may the Almighty bless you with the blessings of the heavens above, blessings of the earth beneath, and blessings of the breasts and womb.
May the blessings of your ancestors be greater than the blessings of the eternal mountains, reaching to the utmost bounds of the everlasting hills. These blessings will fall on the head of Joseph, who is a prince among his brothers.

So Joseph went to see Pharaoh and said, "My father and my brothers are here from Canaan. They came with all their flocks and herds and possessions, and they are now in the land of Goshen."
Joseph took five of his brothers with him and presented them to Pharaoh.
Pharaoh asked them, "What is your occupation?" And they replied, "We are shepherds like our ancestors.
We have come to live here in Egypt, for there is no pasture for our flocks in Canaan. The famine is very severe there. We request permission to live in the land of Goshen."
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Now that your family has joined you here,

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