JOSEPH (Son of Patriarch Jacob)
beauty: w89 2/1 4-5
command concerning bones (Ge 50:25; Heb 11:22): w07 6/1 28
burial: it-2 914-915
embalming: it-1 377, 691-692, 721
discussion: ijwis articles 1, 4-5; w23.01 14-17; it-2 106-111; lfb 40-43; w15 2/1 12-15; w15 5/1 12-15; w14 8/1 10-14; w14 11/1 12-15; bm 8; my stories 21-25; si 16-17; w87 5/1 11-20
dreams: it-1 650; it-2 106; w14 8/1 13; my story 21
fulfilled: it-2 108-109; w15 5/1 13
dreams of others interpreted by:
baker and cupbearer: it-1 243-244, 650; it-2 107; w15 2/1 12-14; my story 22
Pharaoh: ijwis article 5; it-1 650-651, 1214; it-2 107; lfb 42; w15 2/1 14-15; my story 23; w96 10/1 5, 7; w87 5/1 13-14
Egypt: it-1 694-695
accuracy of Bible’s description: it-1 149; g 11/10 15
Joseph’s experiences: ijwis articles 4-5; w15 2/1 12-15; w15 5/1 12-15; w14 11/1 12-15; bm 8; si 17; w87 5/1 13-14
Joseph shaves before going to see Pharaoh (Ge 41:14): w15 11/1 9
receives Pharaoh’s signet ring (Ge 41:42): mrt article 12
example for Christians:
avoidance of harmful gossip: w17.04 21-22
care for elderly father: w04 5/15 16-17; w93 9/1 21
coping with difficulties: mwb20.05 5; w15 2/1 12; w10 7/15 10; w09 8/15 31-32; w04 6/1 20-23
coping with injustice: w25.06 12-13; w24.05 32; w22.11 21; cl 108-109; w20.12 16-18; w17.04 20-21; w07 8/15 17-18
reaction to brothers’ hostility: w16.06 27; w16.09 10; w11 8/15 26
reliance on Jehovah: w18.10 28-29
example for youths: w14 11/1 13; yp2 50; w03 10/15 24; w90 8/1 4
“expertly reads omens” (Ge 44:5): it-2 109, 553; w06 2/1 31; w04 1/15 29
father-in-law Potiphera: it-2 656-657
fear of God: w01 12/1 22
food administrator: it-2 108-110; w15 5/1 12-13; w87 5/1 14-20
Jacob’s deathbed prophecy (Ge 49): w25.06 11-13; it-2 110-111
Jacob’s gift of special robe: w14 8/1 12-13
Jacob’s grief from presumed death of (Ge 37:33, 34): w10 8/15 15; w95 6/1 7
Jacob’s love for: it-2 106; w14 8/1 11
Jacob’s promise (Ge 48:22): it-1 97, 1246; it-2 936
Jehovah’s support: w23.01 14-17; mwb20.05 4; w18.01 9-10; w16.12 26-27; w15 2/1 12; w14 11/1 15; w02 5/15 14-17
Potiphar’s dealings with: ijwis article 4; w23.01 15; it-2 656
Potiphar’s wife: ijwis article 4; w23.01 16; cl 108-109; it-2 107, 656, 966; lfb 40-41; w14 11/1 13-14; w06 6/15 28-29; w00 11/1 9-10; w99 10/1 29; w99 12/15 30; w97 6/15 16; g91 10/8 18, 20; w90 8/15 13
contrast to David and Bath-sheba: w01 3/15 12-13; w93 2/15 21; pe 222
Joseph an example in facing sexual pressure: mwb20.05 8; w18.11 25-26; lvs 126-127; w17.09 4-5; w15 1/15 25; w15 6/15 16; lv 105-107; w11 7/1 30-31; g96 5/22 9
why Joseph refused: w22.08 26-27; w13 2/15 4; w13 11/1 9; w07 10/15 23-24; w06 6/15 28; w06 9/15 29; w04 1/15 29; w03 12/1 20; wt 55-56; w00 11/1 9-10; w98 9/1 5; w97 10/15 29
prime minister of Egypt: it-2 108; w96 5/1 11; si 294
“Avrékh” called out before: it-1 222
name given by Pharaoh: it-2 1219
prison: w23.01 16-17; it-2 107, 690; w17.04 20-21; w15 2/1 12-15; w14 11/1 14-15; w11 9/1 30-31; my story 22
qualities: si 19
faith: w14 8/1 14
humility before glory: w89 6/15 25-26
integrity though alone: w05 2/15 15
long-suffering: w91 5/15 14
loving-kindness: w91 7/15 19-20
refined: w87 5/1 12-13; w86 11/1 19-20
self-control: mwb20.05 6; w17.09 4-6
representation in Israel: it-1 753
why two tribes: w05 10/1 9
Reuben’s responsibility for: it-1 561-562
sold into slavery: ijwis article 1; w23.01 14-15; it-1 1246; it-2 106-107, 123; w15 2/1 12; w14 8/1 10, 13-14; my story 21; gl 7; w97 7/1 9-10; si 294
seeming contradictions: w92 7/15 4
seriousness of brothers’ sin: it-2 123
where sold: it-1 646-647
ten half brothers: it-2 108-109; lfb 40, 42-43
interpreter used in Egypt: it-1 1212
jealous of Joseph: w20.02 14, 19; mwb20.05 2; w14 8/1 12; w08 10/1 16-17; w94 11/1 19
Joseph avoids judging: w22.08 30-31
Joseph hated by: ijwis article 1; it-2 106; w14 8/1 13-14; my story 21
Joseph’s mercy toward: w22.11 21; mwb20.06 2; it-2 110; w16.06 27; w11 8/15 26; w99 1/1 30-31; w87 5/1 16-19
repentant: it-2 108; w15 5/1 14-15
tests brothers: ijwis article 5; it-2 124; w15 5/1 13-15; my story 24; w87 5/1 16-18
wife Asenath: it-1 188