Dreams & Visions
This is what Joseph's brothers' sheaves did to Joseph's sheaf in his dream.
What is bowed down (or made obeisance)?
This is the crime Joseph was falsely accused of by Potiphar's wife.
What is attempting to lie with her (or assault/rape)?
When Joseph's brothers first came to Egypt to buy food, they did this before Joseph, fulfilling his childhood dream.
What is bowed down (or made obeisance)?
When Joseph finally revealed himself to his brothers, Genesis 45:2 says he did this so loudly that the Egyptians heard.
What is wept (or cried)?
Joseph prophesied that God would visit the children of Israel and bring them out of Egypt to this land promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
What is Canaan (or the promised land)?
In Joseph's second dream, this many stars (representing his brothers) bowed down to the sun and moon (his parents).
What is eleven?
Genesis 39:21 says "the Lord was with Joseph" and showed him this while he was in prison.
What is mercy (or favor/lovingkindness)?
Joseph accused his brothers of being these when they first arrived in Egypt.
What are spies?
Joseph told his brothers not to be grieved or angry with themselves because God sent him to Egypt for this reason.
What is to preserve life (or save lives/be a savior)?
Before Jacob died, he gathered his twelve sons and told them what would happen to them in these days.
What are the last days (or latter days)?
These two Egyptian officials had troubling dreams on the same night while imprisoned with Joseph.
Who are the chief butler and the chief baker (or Pharaoh's cupbearer and baker)?
The keeper of the prison put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners because the Lord made everything Joseph did do this.
What is prosper (or succeed)?
oseph kept this brother in prison while the others returned to Canaan to get Benjamin.
Who is Simeon?
Genesis 45:5 records Joseph saying "God did send me before you to preserve" this.
What is life (or posterity/a remnant)?
Jacob blessed Joseph's two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, by doing this unusual action with his hands, giving the greater blessing to the younger.
What is crossing his hands (guiding his hands wittingly)?
In Pharaoh's dream, this many fat cows were eaten by this many skinny cows.
What is seven and seven (or seven fat and seven lean)?
Joseph told the chief butler that in three days he would be restored to his position, and asked the butler to do this for him.
What is remember him and mention him to Pharaoh (or help get him out of prison)?
Joseph hid this item in Benjamin's sack to test his brothers' loyalty.
What is a silver cup (or Joseph's divining cup)?
After Jacob died, Joseph's brothers were afraid Joseph would do this to them, but instead he comforted them.
What is take revenge (or hate them/repay them for their evil)?
Joseph made the children of Israel promise to do this with his bones when God brought them out of Egypt.
What is carry them up (or bury them in Canaan)?
Joseph interpreted Pharaoh's dreams to mean seven years of plenty followed by seven years of this.
What is famine?
This is how long the chief butler forgot about Joseph after being released from prison.
What is two years (or two full years)?
This brother offered to become a slave in Benjamin's place, showing he had changed from the person who sold Joseph years earlier.
Who is Judah?
Joseph told his brothers "ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto" this.
What is good (to save much people alive)?
According to 2 Nephi 3:6-15 and JST Genesis 50:24-38, Joseph of Egypt prophesied about a latter-day seer with this same name who would bring people out of darkness.
Who is Joseph Smith?