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“And now do not be distressed, or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life.” (v. 5)

“I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there. I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again; and Joseph’s own hand shall close your eyes.” (vv. 3-4)

“’Do not be afraid! Am I in the place of God? Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good, in order to preserve a numerous people, as he is doing today.’” (vv. 19-20)

“If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.” (v. 44)

“He did not recognise his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.” (v. 23)

“But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not cling to life even in the face of death.” (v. 11)

“Know that 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 done what I have promised you.” (v. 15)

“Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.” (v. 24)

“His brothers said to him, ‘Are you indeed to reign over us? Are you indeed to have dominion over us? So they hated him even more because of his dreams and his words.” (v. 8)

“Now Joseph was governor over the land; it was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.” (v. 6)