Appendix 2
Joseph as a Type of Christ [1]
| No. | Bible Reference | Description | Fulfillment |
| 1 | Genesis 30:24 Genesis 41:45 | Meaning of his name (“adding”) Later called Zaphenath-Paneah (“Revealer of Secrets”) | John 12:24; 14:3 Luke 2:34-35 |
| 2 | Genesis 37:2 | Occupation: Shepherd (Abel, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, David, etc.) | Psalm 23 |
| 3 | Genesis 37:2 | Opposition to evil | John 7:7 |
| 4 | Genesis 37:3 | His Father’s love | Matthew 3:17; 17:5; John 10:17; Philippians 2:9; Revelation 3:21 |
| 5 | Genesis 37:3 | Relation to his father’s age Jesus is Son of Father’s Eternity | Micah 5:2; John 17:5; Colossians 2:9; 1 Timothy 3:16 |
| 6 | Genesis 37:3 | Coat of many colors (distinction) a long robe with sleeves | Judges 5:30; 2 Samuel 13:18 |
| 7 | Genesis 37:4 | Hatred of his brothers because of who He was | Psalms 2:12; John 1:11; 5:18; 6:41; 10:30-31; 1 Corinthians16:22 |
| 8 | Genesis 37:4-5, 8 | Hated because of his words | John 7:7; 8:40 |
| 9 | Genesis 37:11 | Prophetic future | Isaiah 9:6-7; Luke 1:31-33 |
| 10 | Genesis 37:7, 9 | Future sovereignty foretold (Earth and Heaven) | Matthew 26:64; 2 Peter 3:4; Revelation 12:1, 5 |
| 11 | Genesis 37:4, 11 | Envied by his brothers | Matthew 27:17-18; Mark 12:6-7; John 12:18-19; Acts 7:9 |
| 12 | Genesis 37:13 | Sent forth by his father | Hebrews 10:7; 1 John 4:10 |
| 13 | Genesis 37:14 | Seeks welfare of brothers | Matthew 15:24; John 1:11; 3:17; Romans 15:8 |
| 14 | Genesis 37:14 | Came to Shechem, place of sin (meaning “shoulder”, “saddleback” or “ridge”) | Galatians 4:4 |
| 15 | Genesis 37:14 | Sent out from the Valley of Hebron. Servant, fellowship, communion | Philippians 2:6-7 |
| 16 | Genesis 37:15-16 | Became a wanderer in the field (No place to lay his head) | Matthew 13:38; John 7:53; 8:1 |
| 17 | Genesis 37:17 | Seeks until he finds his brothers | Mark 7:8 |
| 18 | Genesis 37:18 | Conspired against | Matthew 12:14 |
| 19 | Genesis 37:19-20 | Words disbelieved | Matthew 27:62-66; John 3:18, 36 |
| 20 | Genesis 37:23 | Insulted; stripped | John 19:23 |
| 21 | Genesis 37:24 | Cast into a pit, separated (no water) | Zechariah 9:11; Matthew 12:40 |
| 22 | Genesis 37:28 | Body lifted up (raised) out of the pit | 1 Corinthians 15 |
| 23 | Genesis 37:25, 27 | Hypocrisy mingled with hatred (Brothers heard cries: Genesis 42:21) | Matthew 27:35-36; John 18:28 |
| 24 | Genesis 37:28 | Sold (Judah negotiates bargain)(Judas is Anglicized Greek equivalent) | Zechariah 11:12-13; Matthew 26:14-16 |
| 25 | Genesis 37:31-32 | Blood presented to father (Jacob lied to, similar to Isaac’s deception) | Hebrews 9:12, 23 (Sin offering) |
| 26 | Genesis 39:1 | Becomes a servant (See Exodus 21:5-6 for definition of bondservant) | Psalm 40; Philippians 2:6-7 |
| 27 | Genesis 39:2-3 | Prospers as a servant | Psalm 1:3; Isaiah 52:13; 53:10 |
| 28 | Genesis 39:4 | Master was well pleased with him | John 8:29 |
| 29 | Genesis 39:5 | Made a blessing for others | Summarized in John 3:16 |
| 30 | Genesis 39:6 | A good person, well favored | Matthew 27:54 |
| 31 | Genesis 39:7-12 | Extremely tempted, yet did not sin In Egypt (Biblical idiom of sin in the world) | Psalm 105:19; Luke 4 |
| 32 | Genesis 39:16-19 | Falsely accused | Matthew 16:59-60 |
| 33 | Genesis 39:19 | No defense presented | Isaiah 53:7 |
| 34 | Genesis 39:20 | Cast into prison, without verdict | John 18:23 |
| 35 | Genesis 39:20 | Suffers though innocent | Psalm 105:17-18; Isaiah 53:7-9; Acts 7:9-10 |
| 36 | Genesis 39:20 | Suffers at the hands of Gentiles | Acts 4:26-27 |
| 37 | Genesis 39:21 | Won respect of his jailer | Luke 23:47 |
| 38 | Genesis 40:1-3 | Numbered with the transgressors (two) | Isaiah 53:12 |
| 39 | Genesis 40:13 | Means of blessing to one and judgment to the other (hung on tree as cursed) | Genesis 49:10-12; Galatians 3:13 |
| 40 | Genesis 40:8 | Knowledge of future from God | John 12:49; 1 John 1:3; 1 Peter 4:11 |
| 41 | Genesis 40:20 | Predictions came true | Matthew 5:18 |
| 42 | Genesis 40:14 | Desired to be remembered | Luke 22:19 |
| 43 | Genesis 41:14 | Delivered from prison, in due time | John 20:6-7; Acts 2:24; 2 Corinthians 1:9 |
| 44 | Genesis 45:7-9 | Delivered by the hand of God | Acts 2:24; 10:40 |
| 45 | Genesis 45:16, 28 | Seen as a revealer of secrets (Whole counsel of God, Acts 20:27) | John 12:49; 8:28; 17:8; Revelation 1:1 |
| 47 | Genesis 41:33-36 | Wonderful Counselor | Colossians 2:3 |
| 48 | Genesis 41:37-39 | Counsel commended to officer | Matthew 7:28-29; |
| 49 | Genesis 41:39-40 | Exalted and set over all Egypt | 1 Peter 3:22 |
| 50 | Genesis 41:40-43 | Seated on the throne of another (distinction between the Father’s and Son’s thrones) | Revelation 3:21 |
| 51 | Genesis 41:38 | Exalted because of personal worthiness and service | Philippians 2:6-9 |
| 52 | Genesis 41:42 | Received recognition of new position | Acts 5:31; Hebrews 2:9; Revelation 1:13 |
| 53 | Genesis 41:43 | Authority and glory publicly seen | Acts 2:36; Philippians 2:10 |
| 54 | Genesis 41:45 | Received a new name | Philippians 2:9-10; Matthew 1:21; Revelation 3:12 |
| 55 | Genesis 41:45 | Has a wife (Gentile) given to him (Tamar-Canaanite, Rahab-Amorite, Ruth-Moabite, Bathsheba-Hittite) | Revelation 19:7-8 |
| 56 | Genesis 41:45 | Marriage arranged by Pharaoh | Isaiah 54:5-8; Jeremiah 31:31-34; Ezekiel 16:62-63; Hosea 2:19-23; Matthew 22:2 |
| 57 | Genesis 41:46 | Thirty years old when began work | Luke 3:23 |
| 58 | Genesis 41:46 | Went on his mission from Pharaoh’s presence | Luke 3:22 |
| 59 | Genesis 41:46 | Service was active always moving | Matthew 4:23; 9:35 |
| 60 | Genesis 41:47-49 | Exaltation followed by season of plenty | John 12:24; 2 Corinthians 6:2 |
| 61 | Genesis 41:53, 54 | Exaltation followed by famine (7 year period similar to the seven-year period known as “Jacob’s Trouble”) | Jeremiah 8:20; 30:7; Amos 8:11-12; Mark 13:19-20; Revelation 3:10; Daniel 12:1; Romans 11:25 | 62 | Genesis 41:55 | Dispenses bread to a perishing world | John 14:6; Romans 11:11 |
| 63 | Genesis 41:55 | He alone dispenses the Bread of Life | John 6:26-59; 14:6; Acts 4:12 |
| 64 | Genesis 41:57 | A Savior to all peoples | John 3:16; Revelation 5:9 |
| 65 | Genesis 41:49 | Unlimited resources to meet the need | Romans 10:12; Ephesians 1:7; 2:7; 3:8; Colossians 2:9 |
| 66 | Genesis 42:1-3, 5 | Brethren driven out of own land | Genesis 15:13; Deuteronomy 28:63 |
| 67 | Genesis 42:6, 8 | Unknown and unrecognized by brethren (20 years later) | John 1:11; Romans 11:25 |
| 68 | Genesis 42:7 | Brethren seen and recognized | Psalms 103:14; Jeremiah 16:17; Hosea 5:3 |
| 69 | Genesis 42:7, 17 | Brethren punished | Hosea 9:17; Matthew 23:38-39 |
| 70 | Genesis 42:17-19, 24 | Made known to them a way of deliverance through substitution | Acts 2:21-41 |
| 71 | Genesis 42:25 | Made provision for his brethren while they were in a strange land | Jeremiah 30:11; Ezekiel 11:16 |
| 72 | Genesis 45:1 | Made known to his brethren at the second | Isaiah 65:1; Acts 7:13 |
| 73 | Genesis 44:16 | Brethren confess their guilt in sight of God | Ezekiel 20:42-43; Hosea 5:15; Acts 3:19-20 |
| 74 | Genesis 45:3 | Brethren were initially troubled in his presence | Zechariah 12:10 |
| 75 | Genesis 45:4-5, 15 | Demonstrated marvelous grace | Zechariah 13:1; Isaiah 54:7-8 |
| 76 | Genesis 45:1-2 | Revealed as a man of compassion. Wept seven times: When brethren confessed When he held Benjamin When he made himself known When brethren reconciled Over his father, Jacob At the death of his father When his love was questioned | John 11:35 Genesis 42:24 Genesis 43:30 Genesis 45:1-2 Genesis 45:15 Genesis 46:29 Genesis 50:1 Genesis 50:15-17 |
| 77 | Genesis 45:1 | Revealed to Judah and brethren before rest of Jacob’s household | Zechariah 12:7 |
| 78 | Genesis 45:18 | Jacob then sent for | Isaiah 66:20 |
| 79 | Genesis 45:9, 13 | Brethren go to proclaim his glory | Isaiah 66:19; Micah 5:7 |
| 80 | Genesis 46:29 | Goes in his chariot to meet Jacob | Isaiah 66:15 | 81 | Genesis 47:6, 27 | Settles brethren in land of their own (the best of the land) | Ezekiel 48 |
| 82 | Genesis 50:18-19 | Brethren prostrate themselves before him as a representative of God | Isaiah 9:6,7; 25:9; Philippians 2:10-11 |
| 83 | Genesis 42:2, 5 | Brethren dwelt in land of famine That we may live and not die... | John 6:33, 35 |
| 84 | Genesis 42:3 | Brethren wished to pay for what they received | Galatians 2:16 |
| 85 | Genesis 42:7-11 | Brethren assume a self-righteous attitude before the lord of Egypt | Galatians 2:20-21 |
| 86 | Genesis 42:17 | Cast into prison 3 days | Isaiah 42:6-7; 61:1; Psalms 142:7 |
| 87 | Genesis 42:21 | Brethren’s conscience smitten | John 8:9 |
| 88 | Genesis 42:25 | Makes known that deliverance is by grace | Ephesians 2:8-9 |
| 89 | Genesis 42:26 | Brethren enjoy a brief respite | Daniel 9:27 |
| 90 | Genesis 42:27-28 | Superficial peace disturbed (replenished in 43:1-2) | Daniel 9:27; Hebrews 12:6-11 |
| 91 | Genesis 43:11, 15 | Brethren continue legalistic attitude (doubling the money) | Luke 14:17; Galatians 3:3 |
| 92 | Genesis 43:16, 33-34 | Brethren dine with him and make merry | Matthew 13:20-21 |
| 93 | Genesis 44:1-2 | Joseph determined to bring his brethren into the light | John 1:4, 7-9; 2 Peter 3:9 |
| 94 | Genesis 44:4, 16 | Brethren take their true place before God | 1 John 1:7-9 |
| 95 | Genesis 45:1 | Makes himself known (alone) | 1 Corinthians 13:12 |
| 96 | Genesis 45:4, 7 | Invites brethren to come near to him | Matthew 11:28-30 |
| 97 | Genesis 45:10-11 | Brethren told of full provision for them | Philippians 4:19 |
| 98 | Genesis 45:15 | Gives proof that he is fully reconciled to them (completely forgiven) | Romans 8:31-39 |
| 99 | Genesis 45:16 | Joy shared by others | Revelation 5:9-13 |
| 100 | Genesis 45:9-13 | Brethren now go forth seeking others | Acts 1:8 |
| 101 | Genesis 45:24 | Admonition as they go forth | 2 Timothy 2:24 |
| 102 | Genesis 50:4-14 | Called out of Egypt | Hosea 11:1; Matthew 2:15 |
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[1] List compiled from “Gleanings in Genesis” Arthur W. Pink, 1922