| Parallel | Joseph | Yeshua |
|---|---|---|
| BELOVED OF HIS FATHER | Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children (Gen. 37:3a). | This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased (Matt. 3:17b). |
| ENVIED AND HATED WITHOUT A CAUSE | And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more they…hated him… (Gen 37:4). | …the chief priests had delivered him for envy (Mark 15:10). They hated me without a cause (John 15:25b). |
| A ROOT OUT OF DRY GROUND | …he was the son of his [Jacob's] old age (Gen. 37:3b). | …he [Messiah] shall grow up before him…like a root out of a dry ground (Isa. 53:2a). |
| HE FORETOLD THAT ONE DAY HE WOULD RULE | … your sheaves stood…and made obeisance to my sheaf (Gen. 37:7). | …ye [shall] seethe Son of Man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven (Matt. 26:64b). |
| ACCUSED OF BEING A DREAMER (beside himself, deluded) | And they said to one another, Behold, this dreamer cometh (Gen. 37:19). | …they said, He is beside himself (Mark 3:21b). |
| SENT BY THE FATHER TO SEEK THE BROTHERS' WELFARE | Go…see whether it be well with thy brethren (Gen. 37:14a). | I will send my beloved son… (Luke 20:13b). |
| WENT WILLINGLY AND SOUGHT TILL HE FOUND THEM | And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them… (Gen. 37:17b). | …Lo, I come, to do thy will, O God (Heb. 10:9b). He came unto his own… (John 1:11a). |
| REJECTED AND CONDEMNED TO DIE | they conspired against him to slay him (Gen. 37:18b). | We will not have this man to reign over us (Luke 19:14b). But they cried, saying, Crucify him! Crucify him! (Luke 23:21). |
| STRIPPED OF HIS CLOTHING | …they stripped Joseph out of his coat…that was on him (Gen 37:23b). | And they stripped him (Matt. 27:28a). |
| THROWN INTO A PIT (alone, forsaken) | And they took him, and cast him into a pit (Gen. 37:24a). | so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth (Matt. 12:40b). |
| SOLD FOR SILVER INTO THE HANDS OF GENTILES | …they sold Joseph to the lshmaelites twenty pieces of silver; and they brought Joseph into Egypt (Gen. 37:28b). | and they bargained with him [Judas] for thirty pieces of silver (Matt. 26:15b). |
| RAISED FROM THE PIT | …and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit (Gen. 37:28a). | …he rose again the third day according to the scriptures (1 Cor. 15:4b). |
| BECAME A SERVANT | And Joseph was brought down to Egypt…and he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian (Gen. 39:1-2). | I am among you as he that serveth (Luke 22:27b). …took upon him the form of a servant (Phil. 2:7b). |
| EVERYTHING HE DID PROSPERED | And…the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand (Gen. 39:3b). | and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand (Isaiah 53:10b). |
| RESISTED TEMPTATION | The temptation by Potiphar's wife (Read Gen. 39:7-12). | For such an high priest was fitting…who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners…(Heb. 7:26). …[he) was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin (Heb. 4:15b). |
| FALSELY ACCUSED | The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me (Gen. 39:17-18). | At the last came two false witnesses, And said… (Matt. 26:60b, 61a). |
| NUMBERED WITH TRANSGRESSORS | And Joseph's master…put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound (Gen. 39:20a). | …there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left (Luke 23:33). |
| PROMISED DELIVERANCE TO A CONDEMNED MAN | Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee… (Gen. 40:13). | Today shalt thou be with me in paradise (Luke 23:43b). |
| FORETOLD THE FUTURE ACCURATELY | And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us (Gen. 41:13a). | Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he (John 13:19). |
| PROVED TO BE A GREAT COUNSELLOR | …Forasmuch as God hath shown thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art (Gen. 41:39). | and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor… (Isa. 9:6b). |
| PROMOTED TO HONOR AND GLORY AND GIVEN A NEW NAME | And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See I have set thee over all the land of Egypt (Gen. 41:41). (See also Gen. 41:45a.) | …God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a new name which is above every name (Phil. 2:9). |
| ALL PEOPLE COMMANDED TO BOW TO HIM | and they cried before him, Bow the knee (Gen. 41:43b). | That at the name of Yeshua every knee should bow (Phil. 2:10a). |
| PROVIDED FOR ALL IN NEED | And all the countries came…to Joseph to buy grain (Gen. 41:57a). | …I am the bread of life; he that cometh to me shall never hunger (John 6:35a). |
| HIS PEOPLE DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM | And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him (Gen. 42:8). | …Have I been such a long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me…? (John 14:9a). But their minds were blinded (2 Cor. 3:14a). |
| HIS BROTHERS WERE TROUBLED WHEN THEY MET HIM | …be not grieved nor angry with yourselves (Gen. 45:5a).v | They shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn…and shall be in bitterness… (Zech. 12:10b). |
| ALLOWED HIS BROTHERS TO SUFFER A PERIOD OF TRIBULATION | Read Gen. 42:6 through 44:34. | it is even the time of Jacob's trouble (Jer. 30:7b). For then shall be great tribulation (Matt. 24:21a). |
| REVELATION AND RECONCILIATION | I am Joseph…whom ye sold…God hath made me lord of all…come…unto me… (Gen. 45:3b-9). | And so all Israel shall be saved;…as it is written…and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob (Rom. 11:26). |