Joseph Forgives His Brothers Crossword (Easy, Medium and Hard)

These free Joseph Forgives His Brothers crossword puzzles come in three levels, so every reader in your class can finish one. Every answer comes from the King James Bible (Genesis 45:1–15), and each level downloads with or without an answer key.

• Easy (ages 5–7): short answers, simple clues and a word box to pick from.
• Medium (grades K–2): more words and no word box.
• Hard (grades 3–5): kids look up each verse in their Bible to find the answer.

Use them after the Joseph Forgives His Brothers Sunday school lesson, with the maze and word search.

The Bible story

Joseph could not refrain himself, so he sent every man out and made himself known unto his brethren, and he wept aloud. He said, "I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life." He told them to haste and bring his father down to dwell in the land of Goshen, near him, for there were yet five years of famine. Then he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck and wept, and he kissed all his brethren, and after that his brethren talked with him. Read the whole story in Genesis 45:1–15 (KJV).

Memory verse: "Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life." (Genesis 45:5, KJV). It is printed on every level.

The clues

The easy crossword has 6 answers and a word box to pick from. The medium crossword has 8 clues like these:

• "I am ___; doth my father yet live?" (Genesis 45:3)
• His brethren could not answer him; for they were ___ at his presence. (Genesis 45:3)
• "I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into ___." (Genesis 45:4)
• "For God did send me before you to ___ life." (Genesis 45:5)
• "For these two years hath the ___ been in the land." (Genesis 45:6)
• "And thou shalt dwell in the land of ___." (Genesis 45:10)
• He fell upon his brother ___'s neck, and wept. (Genesis 45:14)
• And after that his brethren ___ with him. (Genesis 45:15)

The hard crossword has 11 clues, each with its verse printed after it, so kids find the answers in their own Bible.

Answer keys

Each level downloads two ways: the puzzle on its own, or with a second page that shows the answer (the filled grid with each answer's verse). Print the key for helpers, or let kids check their own work.