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)

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)

 1:5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

 1:6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.




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
Gen. 157 0 157
Ex. 4 0 4
Num. 12 0 12
Deut. 3 0 3
Josh. 12 0 12
Judg. 3 0 3
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 6 0 6
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Ps. 5 0 5
Ezek. 4 0 4
Amos 3 0 3
Obad. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 35 0 35
BM 43 4 47
DC 155 1 156
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 450 5 455

Ex. 1:5
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

Ex. 1:6
And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

Ex. 1:8
Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.

Ex. 13:19
And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.