Study Desk

Please take my gift which has been brought to you, for God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough." And he urged him, so he took it.

And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. And the men were distressed and very angry because he had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by having sexual relations with the daughter of Jacob—something that should not be done.

Then the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor speaking deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.

The other sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

Then his brothers said to him, "Will you really rule over us?" And they hated him even more on account of his dream and because of his words.

Abundance in the land will not be known because of the famine that follows, for it will be very heavy.

Now concerning the repetition of the dream twice to Pharaoh, it is because the matter is established by God, and God will do it quickly.

And they served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who were eating with him by themselves, for Egyptians could not dine with Hebrews, because that was a detestable thing to Egyptians.

And I will provide for you there, because there are still five years of famine—lest you and your household and all that you have become destitute.'

And they spoke to him, saying, "Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt." And his heart went numb, because he did not believe him.

And Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father; because this one is the firstborn. Put your right hand upon his head."

Because of the God of your father he will help you and by Shaddai he will bless you with the blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that crouches beneath, blessings of the breasts and the womb.

And as he oppressed them, so they became many, and so they spread out, and the Egyptians were afraid because of the presence of the Israelites.

And the midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, because they are vigorous; before the midwife comes to them, they have given birth."

And so because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.

And the boy grew, and she brought him to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he became her son, and she called his name Moses, and she said, "Because I drew him out from the water."

And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom because he said, "I am an alien in a foreign land."

And then during those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites groaned because of the work, and they cried out, and their cry for help because of the work went up to God.

And he said, "You must not come near to here. Take off your sandals from on your feet, because the place on which you are standing, it is holy ground."

And he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face because he was afraid of looking at God.