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Abraham and Joseph (OT)
How Abraham and Joseph (OT) are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Abraham was an ancestor of Joseph (OT).
Joseph was Abraham's great-grandson, through Isaac and Jacob. Dying in Egypt, Joseph told his brothers that God would bring them to the land sworn "to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."
Abraham begat Isaac
Genesis 25:19, King James Version
his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them
Genesis 25:26, King James Version
The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin
Genesis 46:19, King James Version
Where they cross: Genesis 50:24
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Genesis 25:19
19And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac:
Genesis 25:26
26And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
Genesis 46:19
19The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
Genesis 50:24
24And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
King James Version