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Genesis 37–41
Videos
Bible Central Chapter Guides
Daily Reading Plan
Monday
- Daily Verse: Genesis 37:3
- Video: Lynne Hilton Wilson, Joseph's Ceremonial Robe (Genesis 37)
- Scripture: Genesis 37:1–22
Tuesday
- Daily Verse: Genesis 37:26–28
- Video: Taylor Halverson, Joseph is Sold Into Egypt (Genesis 37)
- Scripture: Genesis 37:23–36
- Scripture: Genesis 38:1–11
Wednesday
- Daily Verse: Genesis 38:25–26
- Video: Marianna Richardson, Tamar's Story in the Bible (Genesis 38)
- Scripture: Genesis 38:12–30
Thursday
- Daily Verse: Genesis 39:9
- Video: Casey Paul Griffiths, Joseph Resists Potiphar's Wife (Genesis 39)
- Scripture: Genesis 39
Friday
- Daily Verse: Genesis 39:20–23
- Video: John Hilton III, Joseph is Cast into Prison (Genesis 40)
- Scripture: Genesis 40
Saturday
- Daily Verse: Genesis 41:9
- Video: Annette Tillemann-Dick, Pharaoh's Butler (Genesis 41)
- Scripture: Genesis 41:1–36
Sunday
- Daily Verse: Genesis 41:14
- Video: Annette Tillemann-Dick, Joseph and Pharaoh's Dream (Genesis 41)
- Scripture: Genesis 41:37–57
Bibliography
Genesis 37
Book of Mormon Central, “Why Was It Significant that Nephi Was Made ‘a Ruler and a Teacher’ Over His Brethren? (1 Nephi 2:22),” KnoWhy 462 (August 28, 2018).
Book of Mormon Central, “How Was Nephi Similar to Joseph of Egypt? (1 Nephi 18:18),” KnoWhy 416 (March 15, 2018).
RoseAnn Benson, “The Title of Liberty and Ancient Prophecy,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 23 (2017): 299–307.
Matthew L. Bowen, “’We Are a Remnant of the Seed of Joseph’: Moroni’s Interpretive Use of Joseph’s Coat and the Martial nēs-Imagery of Isaiah 11:11–12,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 41 (2020): 169–192.
Matthew L. Bowen, “’Their Anger Did Increase Against Me’: Nephi’s Autobiographical Permutation of a Biblical Wordplay on the Name Joseph,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 23 (2017): 115–136.
Matthew L. Bowen, “‘And The Meek Also Shall Increase’: The Verb yāsap in Isaiah 29 and Nephi’s Prophetic Allusions to the Name Joseph in 2 Nephi 25–30.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 30 (2018): 5–42.
Matthew L. Bowen and Loren Blake Spendlove. “‘Thou Art the Fruit of My Loins’: The Interrelated Symbolism and Meanings of the Names Joseph and Ephraim in Ancient Scripture,” in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 28 (2018): 273–298.
James R. Clark, “Joseph of Egypt: Writings of Joseph,” in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 4 vols., ed. Daniel H. Ludlow (New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1992), 2:761–762.
Ryan C. Jenkins, “Quiet Slumber: Revelation through Dreams,” Religious Educator 12, no. 1 (2011): 73–89.
Liesel C. McBride, “Joseph of Egypt: Seed of Joseph,” in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 4 vols., ed. Daniel H. Ludlow (New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1992), 2:762.
Joseph Fielding McConkie, “Joseph of Egypt: Joseph, Son of Jacob,” in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 4 vols., ed. Daniel H. Ludlow (New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1992), 2:760–761.
Genesis 38
Ben Spackman, “The Story of Judah and Tamar,” Religious Educator 11, no. 1 (2010): 65–76.
Genesis 39
Matthew L. Bowen, “’Their Anger Did Increase Against Me’: Nephi’s Autobiographical Permutation of a Biblical Wordplay on the Name Joseph,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 23 (2017): 115–136.
Joseph Fielding McConkie, “Joseph of Egypt: Joseph, Son of Jacob,” in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 4 vols., ed. Daniel H. Ludlow (New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1992), 2:760–761.
Genesis 40
Ryan C. Jenkins, “Quiet Slumber: Revelation through Dreams,” Religious Educator 12, no. 1 (2011): 73–89.
Joseph Fielding McConkie, “Joseph of Egypt: Joseph, Son of Jacob,” in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 4 vols., ed. Daniel H. Ludlow (New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1992), 2:760–761.
Genesis 41
Book of Mormon Central, “Why Did Abinadi Warn the People of an East Wind? (Mosiah 12:6–7),” KnoWhy 560 (May 5, 2020).
Matthew L. Bowen and Loren Blake Spendlove, “’Thou Art the Fruit of My Loins’: The Interrelated Symbolism and Meanings of the Names Joseph and Ephraim in Ancient Scripture,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 28 (2018): 273–298.
Ryan C. Jenkins, “Quiet Slumber: Revelation through Dreams,” Religious Educator 12, no. 1 (2011): 73–89.
Joseph Fielding McConkie, “Joseph of Egypt: Joseph, Son of Jacob,” in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 4 vols., ed. Daniel H. Ludlow (New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1992), 2:760–761.