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Genesis: Greatest Verses Of The Bible.

--Sermon by Dr. Bob Benchoff May 25, 2003

The following are Bible verses or portions of verses.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1.1 (Note: heavens is plural. Update added February 11, 2004: Click here to see John 1.1 ICCDBB Note mathematically proving the existence of God.).

And God said, "Let there be light". Genesis 1.3.

And God saw that the light was good. Genesis 1.4.

And God called the firmament Heaven. Genesis 1.8.

Then God said, "Let us make man in our image". Genesis 1.26 (Note: "us" and "our").

And God said—Lo! I have given to you—every herb yielding seed which is on the face of all the land, and every tree wherein is the fruit of a tree yielding seed,—to you, shall it be, for food; Genesis 1.29 (Note: Verse & Note added June 19, 2004 for special edification of the church purposes, in the better comprehension of the evolution God created, and the better comprehension of God in love, that we may join knowledge with God permanently {at least about evolution} in wisdom, rather than selfish ego and associated sinful anti-evolution discussions of the former chaos).

and to every living thing of the land—and to every bird of the heavens, and to every thing that moveth on the land, wherein is a living soul, every green herb for food. And it wins so. Genesis 1.30 (Note: Verse & Note added June 18, 2004: Correction to Rothrham Version "wins" should read "was" / RSV & KJV).

And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. Genesis 1.31.

And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work which he had done. Genesis 2.2.

So God blessed the seventh day. Genesis 2.3. 5 Now, no bush of the field, as yet—was in the earth, and, no herb of the field, as yet had sprung up,—because Yahweh God had not sent rain on the earth, and, man, was there none to till the ground; Genesis 2.5 (Note: Verse & Note added June 19, 2004: This verse in light of above verses 1.29 & 1.30 prove the Theory of Evolution, being that Creation plans included the transformation of things {including as defined by evolution} into new creations according to the laws of nature created of God: things and man and woman were created, then from the drawing board, so to speak, the plans were brought about and put into action according the the evloution that God created, and thereby the heavens were created, thereafter evolution brought forth the first life forms, and therefore resulted in the more evolved human, and then Christ Jesus the human leading us to evolve by our own choice to perfection {this is not rewriting the Bible, this is explaining according to current norms of understanding}).

Then the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. Genesis 2.7.

The tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Genesis2.9.

Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. Genesis 2.14.

The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden. Genesis 2.15.

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat. Genesis 2.17.

The rib which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman. Genesis 2.22.

Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh. Genesis 2.24.

And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed. Genesis 2.25.

Male and female he created them. Genesis 2.27.

And God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it". Genesis 2.28.

Now the serpent was more subtle than any other wild creature that the Lord God had made. Genesis 3.1 (Note: "wild").

So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of it's fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, and he ate. Genesis 3.6 (Note: a good toddler might play in the street, a wise good toddler would rather play in the yard).

Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons. Genesis 3.7.

The man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God. Genesis 3.8.

You are dust, and to dust you shall return. Genesis 3.19 (Note: reference Genesis 13.16).

The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. Genesis 3.20.

And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins, and clothed them. Genesis 3.21.

Then the Lord God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever". Genesis 3.23.

Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden. Genesis 3.23.

At the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and a flaming sword which turnde every way, to guard the way to the tree of life. Genesis 3.24.

I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord. Genesis 4.1.

All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years. Genesis 5.5.

Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. Genesis 5.24. (Note: some interpret that Enoch walked off the face of the earth with God).

All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years. Genesis 5.27. (Note: longest known lifespan in human bodily form, after the Lord God).

After Noah was fivehundred years old, Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Genesis 5.32.

The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took to wife such of them as they chose. Genesis 6.2.

Then the Lord said, "My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for he is flesh, but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.". Genesis 6.3.

The Lord saw the wickedness of man. Genesis 6.5.

And the Lord was sorry that he had made man. Genesis 6.6.

Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. Genesis 6.8.

Noah walked with God. Genesis 6.9.

Make yourself an ark. Genesis 6.14.

I will establish my covenant with you. Genesis 6.18.

Bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. Genesis 6.19.

Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up; and it shall serve as food for you and for them. Genesis 6.21.

Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the make and his mate; and a pair of the animals that are not clean. Genesis 7.2.

For in seven days I will send rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights. Genesis 7.4.

Only Noah was left, and those that were with him in the ark. Genesis 7.23.

Waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days. Genesis 7.24 (Note: verse 4 was satisfied, and more).

The windows of the heavens were closed. Genesis 8.2.

The tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen. Genesis 8.5.

At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark. Genesis 8.6.

Sent forth a raven; and it went to and fro until the waters were dried up from the earth. Genesis 8.7.

But the dove found no place to set her foot, and she returned to him to the ark, for the waters were still on the face of the whole earth. Genesis 8.9.

And the dove came back to him in the evening, and lo, in her mouth a freshly plucked olive leaf; so Noah knew that the waters had subsided.

Then Noah built an altar to the Lord. Genesis 8.20.

The Lord smelled the pleasing odor, the Lord said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground". Genesis 8.21.

Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. Genesis 9.3.

Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is , its blood. Genesis 9.4.

Behold, I establish my covenant with you and your descendants after you. Genesis 9.9.

And with every living creature that is with you. Genesis 9.10.

This is the sign of the covenant. Genesis 9.12.

I set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Genesis 9.13.

Noah was the first tiller of the soil. He planted a vineyard. Genesis 9.20.

And he drank of the wine, and became drunk, and lay uncovered in his tent. Genesis 9.21.

A slave of slaves shall he be. Genesis 9.25.

He was the first on earth to become a mighty man. Genesis 10.8.

The beginning of his kingdom was Babel. Genesis 10.10.

From these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood. Genesis 10.32.

Now the whole earth had one language and few words. Genesis 11.1.

Come let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with it's top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves. Genesis 11.4.

Nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. Genesis 11.6.

Come let us go down there and confuse their language that they may not understand one another's speech. Genesis 11.7 (Note: the nation separated itself from the other people of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, so God gave the nation more of what they desired, even separation from themselves).

Now the Lord said to Abram, "Go". Genesis 12.1.

And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. Genesis 12.2.

I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse; and by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves. Genesis 12.3.

So Abram went, as the Lord had told him. Genesis 12.4.

"To your descendants I will give this land." So he built there an altar to the Lord. Genesis 12.7.

Pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord. Genesis 12.8 (Note: about 20 miles North of the place of Jesus Christ's birth, Bethlehem).

Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt. Genesis 12.10.

Say you are my sister. Genesis 12.13 (Note: reference Genesis 20.12).

But the Lord afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues. Genesis 12.17.

So Pharaoh called Abram, and said, "What is this you have done to me? Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her for my wife?". Genesis 12.18.

Now then here is your wife, take her, and be gone. Genesis 12.19 (Note: so prostitution was used to thwart murder, prior to the Commandments).

Now Abram was very rich. Genesis 13.2.

Let there be no strife between you and me. Genesis 13.8.

I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your descendants also can be counted. Genesis 13.16.

Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron; and there he built an altar to the Lord. Genesis 13.18.

When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he led forth his trained men. Genesis 14.14.

And he divided his forces against them by night. Genesis 14.15.

Then he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his kinsman Lot with his goods, and the women and the people. Genesis 14.16.

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was priest of God Most High. Genesis 14.18.

And he blessed him and said, "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, maker of heaven and earth;" Genesis 14.19.

"And blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!" Genesis 14.20.

And Abram gave him a tenth of everything. Genesis 14.21.

Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have sworn to the Lord God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth," Genesis 14.22.

"That I would not take a thread or a sandal-thong or anything that is your, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.'". Genesis 14.23.

The word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, "Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great." Genesis 15.1.

Your own son shall be your heir. Genesis 15.4.

"Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your descendants be.". Genesis 15.5.

And he believed the Lord; and he reckoned it to him as righteousness. Genesis 15.6.

"I am the Lord who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess.". Genesis 15.7.

O Lord God, how am I to know. Genesis 15.8.

Bring me a heifer three years old, a she-goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon. Genesis 15.9.

I will bring you judgement on the nation which they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions. Genesis 15.14.

You shall go to your fathers in peace. Genesis 15.15.

The Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates". Genesis 15.18.

Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife. Genesis 16.3.

The angel of the Lord said to her, "Return to your mistress and submit to her.". Genesis 16.9.

You shall call his name Ishmael; because the Lord has given heed to your affliction. Genesis 16.11.

The Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless". Genesis 17.1.

And "I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.". Genesis 17.2.

Then Abram fell on his face; and God said to him,. Genesis 17.3.

"Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations". Genesis 17.4.

"No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations." Genesis 17.5.

I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come forth from you. Genesis 17.6.

And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you. Genesis 17.7.

And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.". Genesis 17.8.

You shall keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations. Genesis 17.9.

This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised. Genesis 17.10.

You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you. Genesis 17.11.

He that is eight days old among you shall be circumcised; every male throughout your generations, whether born in your house, or bought with your money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring. Genesis 17.12.

Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant. Genesis 17.14.

And God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. Genesis 17.15.

I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her; I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall come from her. Genesis 17.16.

God said, "No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him." Genesis 17.19 (Note: Isaac = he laughs).

And the Lord appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre. Genesis 18.1.

He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men stood in front of him. Genesis 18.1.

Righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake. Genesis 18.26.

The outcry against its people has become great before the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it. Genesis 19.13.

So Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, "Up, get out of this place; for the Lord is about to destroy the city." But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be jesting. Genesis 19.14.

The Lord being merciful to him. Genesis 19.16.

"Flee for your life; do not look back". Genesis 19.17.

The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar. Genesis 19.23.

Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven. Genesis 19.24.

Lot's wife behind him looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. Genesis 19.26.

It was I who kept you from sinning against me. Genesis 20.6.

Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water.

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God. Genesis 21.33.

After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here am I." Genesis 22.1.

He said, "Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.". Genesis 22.2.

Then Abraham put forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. Genesis 22.10.

But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" Genesis 22.11.

Now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me. Genesis 22.12.

On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided. Genesis 22.14.

I will indeed bless you, and I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore. And your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. Genesis 22.17.

And by your descendants shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves, because ou have obeyed my voice. Genesis 22.18.

The man took a gold ring weighing a half shekel, and two bracelets for her arms weighing ten gold shekels. Genesis 22.22.

Pray let down your jar that I may drink, and who shall say, 'Drink, and I will water your camels'-let her be the one whom thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac. By this I shall know that thou hast shown steadfast love to my master. Genesis 24.14.

The man bowed his head and worshiped the Lord. Genesis 24.26.

Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master. Genesis 24.27.

So I put the ring on her nose. Genesis 24.47.

Then Isaac brought her into the tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. Genesis 24.67.

Abraham gave all he had to Isaac. Genesis 25.5.

Jacob said, "Swear to me first." So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob. Genesis 25.33.

Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundred-fold. The Lord blessed him. Genesis 25.12.

The Lord appeared to him the same night and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father; fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your descendants for my servant Abraham's sake.". Genesis 26.24.

So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac's servants dug a well. Genesis 26.25.

May God give you of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine. Genesis 27.28.

Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be every one who curses you, and blessed be every one who blesses you! Genesis 27.29.

Take as wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother. Genesis 28.2.

God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples. Genesis 28.3.

He dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it! Genesis 28.12.

And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, "I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and to your descendants. Genesis 28.13.

And your descendants shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and by you and your descendants shall all the families of the earth bless themselves. Genesis 28.14.

Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have don that of which I have spoken to you. Genesis 28.15.

Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the Lord is in this place; and I did not know it.". Genesis 28.16.

And he was afraid, and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other that the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven." Genesis 28.17 (Note: Biblical versions differ yet have similar meaning; and word "that" might be "than").

So Jacob rose early in the morning and he took the stone which he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it. Genesis 28.18.

He called the name of that place Bethel. Genesis 28.19 (Note: Bethel = The house of God).

So that I come again to my father's house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God. Genesis 28.21.

And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house; and of all that thou givest me I will give the tenth to thee. Genesis 28.22.

When the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb. Genesis 29.31.

"This time I will praise the Lord"; therefore she called his name Judah. Genesis 29.35.

Then the Lord said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.". Genesis 31.3.

I am the God of Bethel, where you annointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now arise, go forth from this land, and return to the land of your birth. Genesis 31.13.

Any one with whom you find your gods shall not live. Genesis 31.32.

Set it here before my kinsmen and your kinsmen, that they may decide between us two. Genesis 31.37.

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been on my side, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. Genesis 31.42.

The Lord watch between you and me, when we are absent one from the other. Genesis 31.49.

A man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. Genesis 32.24.

When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and Jacob's thigh was put out of joint. Genesis 32.25.

Then he said, "Let me go, for the day is breaking." But Jacob said, "I will not let you go, unless you bless me." Genesis 32.26.

Your name shall no more be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed. Genesis 32.28 (Note: Israel = The face of God; also Genesis 35.10).

Then Jacob asked him, "Tell me, I pray, your name." But he said, "Why is it that you ask my name?" And there he blessed him. Genesis 32.29.

So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, "For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved." Genesis 32.30.

The sun rose upon him. Genesis 32.31.

We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised. Genesis 34.14.

And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter. Now he wthe most honoreed of all his family. Genesis 34.19.

God said to jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there; and make there an altar to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.". Genesis 35.1.

And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were round about them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. Genesis 35.5.

His father called his name Benjamin. Genesis 35.38 (Note: Benjamin = Son of the right hand or Son of the South).

Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). Genesis 35.19.

Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. Genesis 35.22.

The sons of Leah: Ruben (Jacob's first-born), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Isachar, and Zebulun. Genesis 35.23.

The sons of Rachael: Joseph and Benjamin. Genesis 35.24.

The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan and Naphtali. Genesis 35.25.

The sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddanaram. Genesis 35.26.

These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the Israelites. Genesis 36.31 (Note: previously there were chiefs of clans).

Then he dreamed another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, "Behold, I have dreamed another dream; and behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me." Genesis 37.9.

Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood". Genesis 37.22.

They drew Joseph out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver; and they took Hoseph to Egypt. Genesis 37.28.

Sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard. Genesis 37.36.

Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the Lord and the Lord slew him. Genesis 38.7.

When he went in to his brother's wife he spilled the semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother. Genesis 38.9.

And what he did was displeasing in the sight of the Lord, and he slew him also. Genesis 38.10.

The Lord was with Hoseph, and he became a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. Genesis 39.2.

And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord caused all that he did to prosper in his hands. Genesis 39.3.

So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him overseer of his house and put him in charge of all that he had. Genesis 39.4.

The Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake. Genesis 39.5.

Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison. Genesis 39.20.

But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. Genesis 39.21.

And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's care all the prisoners. Genesis 39.22.

They said to him, "We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them." And Joseph said to them, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me, I pray you.". Genesis 40.8.

Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your office. 40.13.

Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head-from you! 40.19.

And as he interpreted to us, so it came to pass; I was restored to my office, and the baker was hanged. 41.13.

Joseph answered Pharaoh, "It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer." 41.16

Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dream of Pharaoh is one; God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do. Genesis 41.25.

The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dream is one. Genesis 41.26.

The seven lean and gaunt cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears blighted by the east wind are also seven years of famine. Genesis 41.27.

There will come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt. Genesis 41.29.

But after them there will arise seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. Genesis 41.30.

And the doubling of Pharaoh's dream means that the thing is fixed by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. 41.32.

Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land, and take the fifth part of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven plenteous years. Genesis 41.35.

That food shall be a reserve for the land against the seven years of famine. Genesis 41.36.

You shall be over my house, and all my people shall order themselves as you command; only as regards the throne will I be greater than you. Genesis 41.40.

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Behold, I have set you over all the land of Egypt." Genesis 41.41.

Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his hand, and put it on Hoseph's hand, and arrayed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain about his neck. Genesis 41.42.

And Hoseph stored up grain in great abundance like the sand of the sea, until he ceased to measure it, for it could not be measured. Genesis 41.49.

Moreover, all the earth came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth. Genesis 41.57.

When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to is sons, "Why do you look at one another?". Genesis 42.1.

Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt. Genesis 42.3.

And Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground. Genesis 42.6.

So now there comes a reckoning for his blood. Genesis 42.22.

So Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, I pray you." And they came near. And he said, "I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.

God sent me before you to preserve life. Genesis 45.5.

Make haste 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 tary". Genesis 45.9.

You shall dwell int the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children's children. Genesis 45.10.

There I will provide for you, for there are yet five years of famine to come; lest you and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty. Genesis 45.11.

And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them; and after that his brothers talked with him. Genesis 45.15.

When they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them, and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived. Genesis 45.27.

So Israel took his journey with all that he had,and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. Genesis 46.1.

Then he said, "I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt; for I will there make of you a great nation. Genesis 46.2.

Jacob blessed Pharaoh. Genesis 47.10.

Then Joseph settled 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. Genesis 47.11.

So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for all the Egyptians sold their fields, because the famine was severe upon them. The land became Pharaoh's. Genesis 47.20.

And as for the people, he made slaves of them from one end of Egypt to the other. Genesis 47.21 (Note: Vulgate Latin Version: he removed them to the cities).

Only the land of the priests he did not buy; for the priests had a fixed allowance from Pharaoh, and lived on the allowance from Pharaoh, and lived on them; therefore they did not sell their land. Genesis 47.22.

At the harvests you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four fifths shall be your own, as seed for your households, and as food for your little ones. Genesis 47.24.

And they said, "You have saved our lives; may it please my lord, we will be slaves to Pharaoh.". Genesis 47.25.

As for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. Genesis 50.20.

"God will visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.". Genesis 50.24.

Then Joseph took an oath of the sons of Israel, saying, "God will visit you". Genesis 50.25.

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