Genesis 49:23 Cross References

Genesis 49:23

23: He has been attacked by archers, who shot at him and harassed him.

and threw him into the pit. This pit was normally used to store water, but it was empty at the time.

So when the traders came by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty pieces of silver, and the Ishmaelite traders took him along to Egypt.

And about this time, Potiphar's wife began to desire him and invited him to sleep with her.
But Joseph refused. "Look," he told her, "my master trusts me with everything in his entire household.
No one here has more authority than I do! He has held back nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How could I ever do such a wicked thing? It would be a great sin against God."
She kept putting pressure on him day after day, but he refused to sleep with her, and he kept out of her way as much as possible.
One day, however, no one else was around when he was doing his work inside the house.

When Joseph's brothers saw him coming, they recognized him in the distance and made plans to kill him.

I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world."

Speaking among themselves, they said, "This has all happened because of what we did to Joseph long ago. We saw his terror and anguish and heard his pleadings, but we wouldn't listen. That's why this trouble has come upon us."

where they strengthened the believers. They encouraged them to continue in the faith, reminding them that they must enter into the Kingdom of God through many tribulations.

But his brothers hated Joseph because of their father's partiality. They couldn't say a kind word to him.

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