Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'joseph' occurs 450 times in the standard works.

223 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'joseph' in the standard works and contain 49.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 104 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 50:14-26 (14 in 13 verses)

Gen. 47:11-17 (8 in 7 verses)

Gen. 41:39-46 (8 in 8 verses)

Gen. 41:44-51 (8 in 8 verses)

Ether 13:6-10 (7 in 5 verses)

Gen. 39:1-7 (7 in 7 verses)

Gen. 42:3-9 (7 in 7 verses)


2 Ne. 3:1-7 (7 in 7 verses)

 3:1 And now I speak unto you, Joseph, my last-born. Thou wast born in the wilderness of mine afflictions; yea, in the days of my greatest sorrow did thy mother bear thee.

 3:2 And may the Lord consecrate also unto thee this land, which is a most precious land, for thine inheritance and the inheritance of thy seed with thy brethren, for thy security forever, if it so be that ye shall keep the commandments of the Holy One of Israel.

 3:3 And now, Joseph, my last-born, whom I have brought out of the wilderness of mine afflictions, may the Lord bless thee forever, for thy seed shall not utterly be destroyed.

 3:4 For behold, thou art the fruit of my loins; and I am a descendant of Joseph who was carried captive into Egypt. And great were the covenants of the Lord which he made unto Joseph.

 3:5 Wherefore, Joseph truly saw our day. And he obtained a promise of the Lord, that out of the fruit of his loins the Lord God would raise up a righteous branch unto the house of Israel; not the Messiah, but a branch which was to be broken off, nevertheless, to be remembered in the covenants of the Lord that the Messiah should be made manifest unto them in the latter days, in the spirit of power, unto the bringing of them out of darkness unto light-- yea, out of hidden darkness and out of captivity unto freedom.

 3:6 For Joseph truly testified, saying: A seer shall the Lord my God raise up, who shall be a choice seer unto the fruit of my loins.

 3:7 Yea, Joseph truly said: Thus saith the Lord unto me: A choice seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and he shall be esteemed highly among the fruit of thy loins. And unto him will I give commandment that he shall do a work for the fruit of thy loins, his brethren, which shall be of great worth unto them, even to the bringing of them to the knowledge of the covenants which I have made with thy fathers.




Gen. 45:1-4 (6 in 4 verses)

Gen. 43:15-19 (6 in 5 verses)

Gen. 37:28-33 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 132:52-57 (6 in 6 verses)

Gen. 46:27-31 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 46:23-27 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 45:26-28 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 102:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 37:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 41:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 41:54-57 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 135:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Acts 7:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:94-95 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 39:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 43:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 48:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 48:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 1:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 5:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 124:105-107 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 37:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 24:32 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 10:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 102:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:72 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 30:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 39:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 40:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 40:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 40:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 44:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 45:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 46:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 48:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 48:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 17:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 17:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 3:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 11:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 3:25-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 17:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 23:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 55:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:102-103 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 215 0 215
NT 35 0 35
BM 43 4 47
1 Ne. 6 0 6
2 Ne. 16 0 16
Jacob 2 1 3
Alma 7 0 7
3 Ne. 5 0 5
4 Ne. 0 2 2
Morm. 0 1 1
Ether 7 0 7
DC 155 1 156
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 450 5 455

2 Ne. 3:1
And now I speak unto you, Joseph, my last-born. Thou wast born in the wilderness of mine afflictions; yea, in the days of my greatest sorrow did thy mother bear thee.

2 Ne. 3:3
And now, Joseph, my last-born, whom I have brought out of the wilderness of mine afflictions, may the Lord bless thee forever, for thy seed shall not utterly be destroyed.

2 Ne. 3:4
For behold, thou art the fruit of my loins; and I am a descendant of Joseph who was carried captive into Egypt. And great were the covenants of the Lord which he made unto Joseph.

2 Ne. 3:5
Wherefore, Joseph truly saw our day. And he obtained a promise of the Lord, that out of the fruit of his loins the Lord God would raise up a righteous branch unto the house of Israel; not the Messiah, but a branch which was to be broken off, nevertheless, to be remembered in the covenants of the Lord that the Messiah should be made manifest unto them in the latter days, in the spirit of power, unto the bringing of them out of darkness unto light-- yea, out of hidden darkness and out of captivity unto freedom.

2 Ne. 3:6
For Joseph truly testified, saying: A seer shall the Lord my God raise up, who shall be a choice seer unto the fruit of my loins.

2 Ne. 3:7
Yea, Joseph truly said: Thus saith the Lord unto me: A choice seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and he shall be esteemed highly among the fruit of thy loins. And unto him will I give commandment that he shall do a work for the fruit of thy loins, his brethren, which shall be of great worth unto them, even to the bringing of them to the knowledge of the covenants which I have made with thy fathers.

2 Ne. 3:14
And thus prophesied Joseph, saying: Behold, that seer will the Lord bless; and they that seek to destroy him shall be confounded; for this promise, which I have obtained of the Lord, of the fruit of my loins, shall be fulfilled. Behold, I am sure of the fulfilling of this promise;

2 Ne. 3:16
Yea, thus prophesied Joseph: I am sure of this thing, even as I am sure of the promise of Moses; for the Lord hath said unto me, I will preserve thy seed forever.

2 Ne. 3:22
And now, behold, my son Joseph, after this manner did my father of old prophesy.

2 Ne. 3:25
And now, blessed art thou, Joseph. Behold, thou art little; wherefore hearken unto the words of thy brother, Nephi, and it shall be done unto thee even according to the words which I have spoken. Remember the words of thy dying father. Amen.

2 Ne. 4:1
And now, I, Nephi, speak concerning the prophecies of which my father hath spoken, concerning Joseph, who was carried into Egypt.

2 Ne. 4:3
Wherefore, after my father had made an end of speaking concerning the prophecies of Joseph, he called the children of Laman, his sons, and his daughters, and said unto them: Behold, my sons, and my daughters, who are the sons and the daughters of my firstborn, I would that ye should give ear unto my words.

2 Ne. 5:6
Wherefore, it came to pass that I, Nephi, did take my family, and also Zoram and his family, and Sam, mine elder brother and his family, and Jacob and Joseph, my younger brethren, and also my sisters, and all those who would go with me. And all those who would go with me were those who believed in the warnings and the revelations of God; wherefore, they did hearken unto my words.

2 Ne. 5:26
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did consecrate Jacob and Joseph, that they should be priests and teachers over the land of my people.

2 Ne. 25:21
Wherefore, for this cause hath the Lord God promised unto me that these things which I write shall be kept and preserved, and handed down unto my seed, from generation to generation, that the promise may be fulfilled unto Joseph, that his seed should never perish as long as the earth should stand.