Joseph (Patriarch)

Son of Jacob and steward of Egypt. Gregory Nazianzen compares Basil to Joseph as steward.

Preliminaries

• TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI. — Gregory Nazianzen compares Basil to Joseph as steward: "Such was our new steward and second Joseph"

  "Such was our new steward and second Joseph"

Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship

• ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES. — One of the scenes that brings the reader back to the hearth of human nature: Joseph finding again his brothers who once sold him

  "Joseph finding again his brothers who once sold him"

Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture

• II. The Richness of the Old Testament — Seized by soliciting mistress, fled leaving cloak; threw himself into danger of prison to preserve chastity; praised above Alexander's continence

  "Who would not rather praise Joseph, already seized in private by the soliciting mistress"

Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses

• Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch — Psalm 80:6 about God setting a testimony in Joseph

  "he set Joseph as a testimony"

• Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch — The Egyptians say to Joseph: "Why should we die before your eyes?"

  "the Egyptians say to Joseph: "Why should we die before your eyes?""

• Sacred Chronology — Years from the beginning of the world to the death of Joseph: 2370

  "Years from the beginning of the world to the death of Joseph: 2370"

• Sacred Chronology — Jacob begets Joseph at 91

  "Jacob, 91 years old, begets Joseph."

• Sacred Chronology — Joseph, 16 years old, is sold by his brothers

  "Joseph, 16 years old, is sold by his brothers."

• Sacred Chronology — Joseph dies, 110 years old

  "Joseph dies, 110 years old."

Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)

• Introduction — Named as a Patriarch; Genesis ends with his death

  "especially of the Patriarchs Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph."

• Introduction — Born in Jacob's 91st year; lived 110 years

  "In the 91st year of Jacob, Joseph was born, as I shall show at Gen. 30:25. Joseph lived 110 years, Gen. 50:25."

• Introduction — Named in the fourth part of Genesis

  "encompasses the deeds of Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph, and ends with the death of Joseph."

Related

• St. Basil the Great
• St. Gregory Nazianzen