The king who raised Joseph · Patriarchs

Pharaoh of Joseph in the Bible

Troubled by two dreams no one can read, this Pharaoh brings a Hebrew prisoner out of the dungeon, hears him credit the interpretation to God, and hands him the administration of Egypt. He settles Jacob's family in Goshen and gives Joseph leave to bury his father in Canaan.

What Scripture says, and what it leaves open

Genesis never names him. Suggestions range from a Hyksos ruler to a king of the Twelfth Dynasty; the Bible offers no detail that settles it, and no Egyptian record of Joseph has been found.

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Verses mentioning Pharaoh of Joseph

275 occurrences across 235 verses in the King James Version.

The list shows every verse using the title "Pharaoh", not only this king.

  1. Ezekiel 31:2

    Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?

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  2. Ezekiel 31:18

    To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.

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  3. Ezekiel 32:2

    Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers. whale: or, dragon

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  4. Ezekiel 32:31

    Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.

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  5. Ezekiel 32:32

    For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.

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  6. Acts 7:10

    And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

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  7. Acts 7:13

    And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.

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  8. Acts 7:21

    And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

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  9. Romans 9:17

    For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.

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  10. Hebrews 11:24

    By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

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