Quotes About Brothers

They separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, since that was detestable to them.

They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.

Then Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the menís sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each oneís silver in the mouth of his sack.

Put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest oneís sack, along with the silver for his grain.” So the steward did as Joseph had instructed.

The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjaminís sack.

When Judah and his brothers arrived at Josephís house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.

“What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”

When the news reached Pharaohís house that Josephís brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ëDo as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan.

Then Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way!”

So the brothers went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.

The sons of Jacobís wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

Joseph said to his brothers and to his fatherís household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh: ëMy brothers and my fatherís household from the land of Canaan have come to me.

And he chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.

“What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Josephís brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,

the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”

So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.

The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

along with all of Josephís household, and his brothers, and his fatherís household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen.

After Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father.

When Josephís brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.”